From Tom's Hardware: Although Intel isn't exactly eager to jump on board the USB 3.0 bandwagon just yet, that doesn't mean consumers can't get in on the SuperSpeed USB action. While Asus just unveiled the first motherboard to support USB 3.0, the company also snuck out a nifty...

From X-bit Labs: Asustek Computer, the world’s largest maker of mainboards, has unveiled a new series of mainboards that come equipped with a special card that enabled support of Serial ATA-600 as well as USB 3.0 interconnection technologies. Even though there are not USB 3.0...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla late on Friday released the first beta of Firefox 3.6, a minor upgrade slated to wrap up later this year.

Delayed by over two weeks as developers closed out last-minute bugs, including one that pushed the release back by several days last week, the Firefox 3...

From InfoWorld: Windows 7's market share surged nearly 40 percent in the week following its release, according to Web measurement company Net Applications.

Overall, Windows continued to lose share globally, dropping 0.23 of a percentage point during October, while Apple's Mac OS X...

From PC World: Sony Ericsson's rumored Android-based Xperia handset is expected to launch on Tuesday, with a brand new user interface codenamed Rachel. As we wait for the device to launch, two YouTube videos about the device have surfaced in recent weeks. One is a promo for the new...

From CNET News.com: The internal similarities begin with performance: both devices are fast. The iPhone 3GS is already distinguished for its speed. And the Droid is quickly garnering similar accolades.

"The Droid makes a big leap in internal performance. Compared with its rather...

From DailyTech: The Obama administration has been more willing than previous administrations to implement open source technology, as the new WhiteHouse.gov content management software (CMS) system has been switched over to the open source Drupal.

Open source is already used by the U...

From DailyTech: Yahoo hopes to rebound in the coming years after multiple years of losing visitors, and plans to triple its operating profit by 2012, according to numerous media reports.

The company reportedly fixed some of its short-term problems -- but it should be interesting to...

From X-bit Labs: Apple said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it would defend itself against allegations made last week by Nokia Corp. The company stressed that it would respond to the world’s largest maker of mobile phones later.

“[Apple’s] response...

From InfoWorld: After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.

Over the past few days, the company has re-released two security updates and issued a work-around for a Windows CryptoAPI patch that caused Microsoft's...