From CNET News.com: Apple helps you manage your music and video files. Why not your home energy, too?

Apple has applied for two patents that would give people a way to lower their electricity bills by optimizing how power is supplied to various electronics, such as computers...

From Tom's Hardware: Massive (or at least decently sized) SSDs are still priced too far into the stratosphere to be practical replacements for traditional magnetic storage-based hard disk drives – but the performance advantages of SSDs are just far to compelling to ignore.

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From X-bit Labs: Although 802.11n Wi-Fi technology was found in less than 1% of Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones last year, in 2014 at least 87% of Wi-Fi-capable smartphones will feature this latest of the 802.11 protocols, according to ABI Research. However, users of these phones should...

From X-bit Labs: At present stereoscopic 3D output for video games is only supported by Nvidia Corp., but later this month ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, will enable support of stereoscopic 3D technologies in its new Catalyst 10.1 drivers.

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From InfoWorld: Microsoft is scrambling to patch an Internet Explorer flaw that was used to hack into Google's corporate networks last month.

The attack was used to hack into networks at 34 companies, including Adobe, security experts say. Typically such hacks involve several such...

From PC World: Intel plans to release next-generation Xeon server processors based on the Westmere microarchitecture in the next three months, the company said on Thursday.

Intel plans to refresh its line of Xeon server chips as it ramps up chip production to the 32-nanometer...

From PC World: Chinese auction site Taobao.com has launched a download store for applications that help buyers and sellers use its service, a move it hopes will generate additional revenue.

Taobao, owned by China's Alibaba Group, recently released a programming tool to help third...

From DailyTech: The music industry is most known for the willy-nilly sue everyone antics of the RIAA as it sought to stamp out piracy. During the heyday of the suits, the RIAA sued people that were dead, kids, and many others with little or no proof that they had actually done...

From DailyTech: The battle between Google and the Chinese government is heating up. China is one of the most prolific blockers of internet content in the world. The country has a myriad of laws on the books that govern what types of content can be posted or viewed on the internet...

From DailyTech: The new iMacs are sleek and sightly. They're filled with high-end hardware. And reportedly, many of them are defective.

Apple's quality woes seem to only to be getting worse with the holiday season wrapped up. First released in October, the iMac quickly began to...