From DailyTech: Things just keep getting better and better for Google's Android operating system. We found out earlier this week that Android surpassed Apple for second place in smartphone operating systems in the U.S. market.

Today, we learn courtesy of TechCrunch that the next OS...

From DailyTech: Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system is by equal measures compelling and frustrating. On the one hand the OS looks to offer the gaming acumen of the Xbox 360 and the slick music player design of the Zune coupled with a stylish phone OS to boot. On...

From X-bit Labs: LG Electronics, a leading maker of consumer electronics, and Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest maker of software, have announced plans to jointly promote stereoscopic 3D content and video games using LG Infinia HDTV-sets and Microsoft Xbox 360 game consoles. The...

From X-bit Labs: A representative for Microsoft Corp. said that the world’s largest maker of software would release its Natal motion sensor for Xbox 360 game console in October, 2010. The launch that is scheduled to occur well ahead of the holiday season may indicate that the...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla has expanded a service that checks if a browser's plugins are current to now scan Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, and Chrome in addition to its own Firefox.

Plugins are small bits of code that enable other applications to run within a Web browser, such as...

From PC World: Microsoft's new Kin phones are not truly smartphones, but Verizon Wireless is charging users a minimum monthly $70 service fee -- $30 alone for data -- anyway, over a two-year contract.

Microsoft and Verizon representatives defended the fee on Tuesday, partly because...

From CNET News.com: Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam confirmed plans Tuesday to release a tablet computer running software from Google at some point, but did not elaborate on timing.

The Wall Street Journal spoke to McAdam, who said "we're looking at all the things Google has in...

From CNET News.com: The search has begun for a new Mozilla leader now that Chief Executive John Lilly has announced plans to step down later this year.

Mozilla Chairman Mitchell Baker announced the management change and search process in a blog post Tuesday. The announcement timing...

From DailyTech: These days with its ever expanding army of handsets, which just passed the iPhone in U.S. market share, Google's Android doesn't need too much extra help to obtain dominance. However, Google isn't pulling any punches -- that much is obvious from early speed tests...

From DailyTech: Microsoft Office hasn't had a true competitor in years. People, particularly news people, sometimes like to manufacture an opponent in such a case. In the case of Office, people have hailed Open Office and Google Docs as finally giving Microsoft a "fight". While...