From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices is preparing a desktop processor with six processing engines, sources familiar with the company’s plans revealed. The new central processing units (CPUs) will not be available this year, but are likely to boost performance of AMD’s desktop...

From X-bit Labs: The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) on Tuesday announced the availability of the USB 3.0 compliance and certification program. The program allows manufacturers to achieve certification and qualify to use the SuperSpeed USB logo by testing their products to ensure...

From InfoWorld: Windows Server 2008 R2 will help Microsoft narrow the feature gap with virtualization products from VMware and Citrix Systems, but its new Hyper-V software still won't be "production-ready" for most enterprise applications, according to Burton Group.

The analyst...

From PC World: Microsoft has confirmed that it will be washing its hands of the Zune media player, discontinuing it once the touchscreen Zune HD launches.

WinSuperSite's Paul Thurott got word that all models of the original Zune will be phased out. The Zune HD rolls into town on...

From CNET News.com: Gmail was down from about 12:30 p.m. PDT Tuesday to about 2:30 p.m. PDT, affecting millions of Gmail customers who depend on the service for everything from fantasy football roster updates to business-critical information. The problem was caused by a classic...

From DailyTech: Just over a month ago Apple rejected Google Voice, a voice iPhone app that would allow international calling at reduced rates and free SMS text messaging. Apple claimed the rejection was not due to the voice functionality, but rather because the app replaced parts of...

From DailyTech: Microsoft and Intel senior executives met with members of the press in San Francisco to co-promote their flagship products. At the event Intel pushed the fact that it had extensively tweaked and designed its latest Wintel offerings, which are shipping this fall, to...

From Mashable.com: Finnish mobile giant Nokia has introduced several new mobile devices at the Nokia World conference held in Stuttgart, Germany. Judging by its amazing design, Nokia X6 is the highlight of the lot: it will definitely make heads turn, but it’s quite powerful when it...

From InfoWorld: Oracle on Tuesday is launching version 11g Release 2 of its database, about two years after the initial version hit the market.

The new release is the product of some 1,500 developers and 15 million hours of testing, according to Mark Townsend, vice president of...

From PC World: It's official: eBay has sold Skype to a group of private investors for $1.9 billion, the company announced on Tuesday. That consortium of private investors now owns 65 percent of the Internet-based calling business.

The news comes as no surprise. Late last week...