From PC World: Apple reportedly is in talks with Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine on the iPhone's Safari Web browser, according to Business Week. The idea may sound surprising, but it shows how deep the ongoing battle between Google and Apple (which started after the...

From CNET News.com: Samsung Electronics and Rambus said Tuesday that they have reached an agreement settling all claims between them and the licensing of Rambus' patent portfolio for all Samsung semiconductor products.

Under the agreement, Samsung will initially pay Rambus $200...

From CNET News.com: An American computer security researcher has found what he says he believes is strong evidence of the digital fingerprints of Chinese authors in the software programs used in attacks against Google.

The search engine giant announced last Tuesday that it had...

From DailyTech: Reuters reports that the LCD TV slump has started to rebound thanks to increase demand for LCD TVs in China and a shortage of glass that kept screen prices high. There are also a number of important sporting events in the first half of 2010 that are expected to drive...

From DailyTech: A little known fact is that IBM claims its Lotus Notes email client was the first software interface to introduce the chiclet-shaped graphical icons now typically associated with the iPhone in the minds of most. Perhaps it is appropriate that IBM is now at last...

From DailyTech: Sony has announced a new ultraportable notebook called the VAIO Z series. The notebook is the top-of-the-line model from Sony and packs in all the latest technology for performance and ultimate portability.

The machine chassis that is constructed of carbon fiber and...

From CNET News.com: The shortage of IPv4 addresses has reached a critical stage, according to the registries that allocate Internet numbers around the world.

The Number Resource Organization (NRO), which represents the registries, said Tuesday that less than 10 percent of all IPv4...

From X-bit Labs: Apple has sent select journalist and analysts invitations to see its “latest creation” on the 27th of January, 2010. While no one knows exactly what Apple plans to reveal, many expect the firm to announce its tablet personal computer known as iSlate.

Last month it...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft announced plans to cut the length of time it stores IP addresses of Web searchers using its Bing search engine from 18 months to six in a bid to improve its privacy track record.

Rival Google cut retention times to nine months from 18 in August 2008...

From PC World: An intriguing new rumor suggests that Windows Mobile 7 may come in two different flavors: a business version and a media version. The mobile OS may come with a variety of different features including an impressive mobile version of Office, online collaboration, high...