From X-bit Labs: Western Digital, a leading maker of hard disk drives (HDDs), said on Tuesday that it had initiated shipments of hard drives for mobile computers with 750GB and 1TB capacities. The new HDDs utilize 375GB platters and feature larger 4KB sectors.

The new WD Scorpio...

From InfoWorld: Orthodox server designs are receiving a face-lift with Intel's Nehalem-EX processor, with vendors implementing new memory features to boost application performance.

Intel on Tuesday announced new Nehalem-EX processors, which will include up to eight cores and are...

From PC World: Taiwanese LCD maker AU Optronics (AUO) has signed a deal to acquire Toshiba's LCD manufacturing plant in Singapore, the company said Wednesday.

Under terms of the agreement, AUO will acquire all of the shares in AFPD, a TFT-LCD screen maker owned by Toshiba Mobile...

From CNET News.com: Competition among browser makers is getting fiercer, and Mozilla programmers are pushing a schedule in one hotly contested area, hardware-accelerated graphics.

On Windows, this takes the form of support for Direct2D and DirectWrite, technology to tap into the...

From CNET News.com: AT&T executives, apparently feeling the heat of iPhone users' complaints about poor service, have reportedly been working with Apple to resolve the issues.

Since Apple's iPhone launched exclusively on AT&T's network more than two years ago, customers have been...

From DailyTech: GE is a major company with a wide range of products and operations around the world. The company has announced that it intends to start a new trial using smart meters in homes and WiMAX 4G service to optimize energy delivery/consumption.

The new pilot program is the...

From DailyTech: LG Electronics plans to sell 1 million 3DTV models by the end of the year, which will give it roughly one-fourth of the developing market. LG is the No. 2 TV brand in the world, and sees the growing 3D market as a key industry business. The South Korean company also...

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment announced Monday that its PlayStation 3 game console would no longer support installation of third-party operating systems, including Linux. The move is unlikely to reduce popularity of the PS3 in general, but it will almost certainly...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said that its highly-anticipated AMD Opteron processors with eight and twelve cores are finally available on the market. The new chips will allow AMD to tangibly boost its market share and will also make 4-way servers to become more...

From InfoWorld: Google mobile services have been partly blocked in China, according to the company, after it snubbed the Chinese government over censorship last week.

A China status page set up by Google shows its mobile services were partially blocked in the country starting Sunday...