From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. prepares to release a new GeForce 300M series of graphics processing units (GPUs) designed for notebooks, a listing at the company’s web-site revealed. Specifications of the new graphics chips are unclear at this point.

Based on a list of chips located...

From X-bit Labs: ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, does not support DirectX 9 graphics cards officially under Windows 7 operating system. The news hardly affects many end-users, however, some customers may find it frustrating.

Apparently, all ATI Radeon graphics...

From InfoWorld: Israeli company Red Bend filed a lawsuit this week against Google, charging the search giant with infringing one of its patents.

The suit alleges that Google uses Red Bend's patented technology in Courgette, a method Google uses to compress updates and send them to...

From PC World: Facebook has abruptly decided to pull the plug on its Application Verification program, which let external developers pay to have their applications certified as exceeding certain requirements.

The company made the announcement on Wednesday evening, as it unveiled a...

From CNET News.com: Beleaguered handset maker Motorola on Thursday had some good news to offer investors, reporting a small profit for the third quarter.

For the three months ended October 3, Motorola reported net income of $12 million, or a penny per share, compared with a loss of...

From DailyTech: Nintendo, a quirky Japanese game and gaming console maker, is known for its unusual ideas, creating everything from a bestselling series of games about a plumber who fights turtles to a sales-leading gaming console with meager graphics but innovative motion controls....

From DailyTech: The video game console wars are booming right now thanks to price cuts across the board on the three major game consoles. The introduction of the much cheaper PS3 slim was a catalyst for the price cuts in the industry.

With the PS3 Slim selling for $299, Microsoft...

From DailyTech: Lenovo has unveiled a new line of computers that all run the new Windows 7 OS. The machines slot into Lenovo's line of IdeaPad laptops and IdeaCenter desktop systems. The new line includes the U150, U550, and Y550P IdeaPads; and the B500, K300, and H230 IdeaCenter...

From DailyTech: Handset maker HTC is still trying to win over American consumers with its mobile phones, but the company has taken major strides forward.

The Taiwanese company, which still works in relatively anonymity in the United States, is hoping the Google Android OS will...

From DailyTech: The smartphone market is hot right now with smartphones growing rapidly while other segments of the mobile phone market shrink. Among the hottest smartphones are those running the Google open source OS Android.

Android is quickly becoming the OS of choice for many...