From DailyTech: In the quick IDF 2011 notes category, we wanted to share a humorous exchange we had with an Intel Corp. engineer. Joshua Linden-Levy is a "Mechanical Pathfinding Engineer" at Intel and delivered a terrific presentation on cooling in Oak Trail, the Intel Atom platform...

From X-bit Labs: At the Intel Developer Forum 2011, Intel Corp. showcased a system running a new version of its real-time “Wolfenstein” ray-tracing demo. In order to render the game scenes in full HD (1080p) resolution and with additional visual effects, Intel had to use a 2-way Xeon...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. is known for its comprehensive software development programs that helped designers to leverage both industry-standard as well as Nvidia's proprietary technologies. On Tuesday the company announced its Windows 8 developer program to provide developers...

From InfoWorld: Google and Motorola Mobility plan to file for pre-closing antitrust clearances for the merger of Motorola with a Google subsidiary in a number of jurisdictions including Canada, China, Israel, Russia, Taiwan, and Turkey, in addition to filings in the U.S. and before...

From PC World: When will the PS Vita launch in the U.S. or Europe or anywhere that isn't Japan? We still have no idea, but according to Sony, Sony's PS3-like portable game system will debut in he Land of the Rising Sun on December 17 with 26 launch titles. The Vita 3G version—Sony's...

From CNET News.com: Adapting Firefox for tablets is on Mozilla's mobile-browser priority list, and now the first version has appeared in "nightly" builds for developers to try out.

"It has now reached a functional state that is good enough for getting some early feedback," said...

From DailyTech: We've talked plenty about Windows 8 in the past, but Microsoft is really gearing up to get developers onboard with the highly anticipated successor to Windows 7. Microsoft showed off the latest version of Windows 8 to developers at the BUILD conference in California...

From DailyTech: Logitech has unveiled its latest new peripheral today: the Wireless Touchpad. The Wireless TouchPad is a multi-touch computer peripheral that lets you scroll and supports gestures for different commands without any wires.

One finger lets you move the pointer, two...

From X-bit Labs: At its own media event in San Francisco, California, Advanced Micro Devices has showcased a system featuring its next-generation AMD Radeon HD 7000-series graphics processing unit (GPU) code-named Southern Islands. The demonstration is a proof-of-concept that AMD is...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. and Google on Tuesday announced that they will work to enable and optimize future versions of Android operating systems for Intel's family of low power Atom processors and Atom-based system-on-chips. This means that future versions of the Android platform...