From DailyTech: Airline companies have been working to improve in-flight entertainment systems in order to enhance the traveler's flight experience. For instance, Virgin America announced last week that it is partnering with Lufthansa to incorporate the BoardConnect platform into the...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. admitted that systems based on ARM system-on-chip devices and running Windows 8 will not be able to run applications written for x86 microprocessors. Without emulation of x86 technology and compatibility with existing software, Windows 8/ARM PCs will...

From X-bit Labs: While officially Advanced Micro Devices promised to release its next-generation platform for netbooks, low-cost thin notebooks and nettops in calendar 2012, it is completely unclear when exactly the company will be able to introduce its code-named Deccan platform...

From PC World: Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings thinks he has a great idea to stop more customers from defecting since its recent price hike: split his company into two operations, require users to maintain two separate accounts, and add video games. Hastings announced late Sunday that...

From CNET News.com: Following reports yesterday that suggested Facebook would use its upcoming F8 developers conference to announce some sort of music and/or video service, The New York Times says it has confirmed the service with anonymous industry sources, and the paper has...

From DailyTech: Uh oh, Japan's Sony Corp. is back at it again. The company who installed malicious rootkits on users computers via music CD, banished OtherOS from the PS3, and legally harassed/tried to sue into bankruptcy hardware enthusiasts who modified the firmware of the...

From DailyTech: Hewlett-Packard Company's CEO Léo Apotheker has quite the troubled past. As the leader of SAP AG he was fired for failing to help the company keep pace with American business software rivals International Business Machines, Inc. and Oracle Corp.. To make matters...

From X-bit Labs: According to The NPD Group, back-to-school sales turned out much better than the first half of 2011, when retail notebook sales in the U.S. declined more than 12% over the prior year. During the two-month back-to-school period (July through August), Windows notebook...

From X-bit Labs: Google’s recent acquisition of Motorola Mobility may yet allow the search giant to achieve success with its faltering Google TV product, as Google tries again to penetrate the market for Internet-enabled televisions and set-top boxes, an area projected to more than...