From DailyTech: Along with computer companies, one of the other products facing hard times in the current economy is large-screen TVs. When consumers have less money to spend, they don’t go shopping for luxury items like HDTVs.

Engadget reports that budget LCD TV maker Vizio has...

From DailyTech: These days, many of the largest print news publications are either moving entirely online or dying altogether. This bleak outlook really comes into focus as advertisers increasingly funnel their ad revenue online. This trend has forced the publishers of several...

From DailyTech: When it comes to antitrust concerns, one name typically springs to mind -- Microsoft. The massive software company has faced allegations of blocking competition repeatedly over the years. Microsoft isn’t alone in fighting antitrust issues in America and some view...

From DailyTech: The big news this week is that Microsoft has released its first Release Candidate of its new Windows 7 operating system. However, what most enthusiasts are looking forward to is the Release-To-Manufacturing version, which is the final version that will be mass...

From CNET News.com: Google plans to make its first foray into the old-fashioned world of television advertising with spots promoting its Chrome browser this weekend.

Google Japan had already released a 30-second video promoting Chrome on YouTube, but the company will distribute...

From CNET News.com: One of these days, Google is going to need to find a way to wring money out of YouTube, but at least it has a lot of room to grow.

If you're a glass half-full kind of person, then a report out Friday from Bernstein Research's Jeffrey Lindsay (as spotted by...

From Tom's Hardware: For our shiny 1080P HDTVs, there’s nothing better for them than a Blu-ray Disc movie (or HD DVD, if you’re feeling nostalgic). And it appears more people are getting onboard the high-definition movie train.

According to the latest NPD data collected from point...

From X-bit Labs: Roughly a month after ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, unveiled its ATI Radeon HD 4890 (RV790) graphics processing unit (GPU) and implied on its high overclocking potential, several leading makers of graphics cards started to show off their...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has rebranded its WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) validation system in Windows 7, likely an attempt to shed the controversial image of the antipiracy program.

The company said Thursday it is renaming WGA "Windows Activation Technology" because the name more...

From PC World: The world's largest handset manufacturer, Nokia, is prepping its long-awaited application store for mobile devices at the end of May. Called the Ovi Store, the Finnish company will try to emulate Apple's success, only this time with over 20,000 titles at launch.

The...