From PC World: DoubleTwist introduced a free media player application for Google Android phones, which rivals the default media player on the platform. DoubleTwist's app not only plays music and videos in a clean interface, but also has a desktop counterpart for iTunes-like syncing...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft on Wednesday outlined a series of improvements it's making to its Windows Live set of downloadable programs for managing photos and videos and keeping files in sync.

With no major update to Windows coming this year, Microsoft is counting on improvements...

From CNET News.com: Authorities have finally begun examining the computers, server, and other electronic gear seized from a Gizmodo editor as part of the investigation into a missing iPhone prototype.

Stephen Wagstaffe, chief deputy district attorney for San Mateo County, told CNET...

From DailyTech: While many thought that Apple's iPad would steal the stage at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Microsoft had different plans.

It is rumored that Hulu, the online database for hit TV shows and movies, will be added as a service for Xbox Live users. The...

From DailyTech: Hewlett Packard, the world's largest personal computer maker, is in a period of transition. It's releasing 9,000 employees and hiring 6,000 new ones. And it just purchased Palm at the end of April for $1.2B USD.

That acquisition gives HP access to webOS, a powerful...

From X-bit Labs: At the Computex Taipei 2010 trade-show Intel Corp. unveiled its new microprocessors designed specifically for overclockers. The chips come with unlocked multipliers and hence allow to easily boost performance of such central processing units without any need to...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices said at Computex Taipei 2010 that the company had initiated sampling process of its code-named Ontario chips that contain both x86 general-purpose cores along with graphics processing engine on the same piece of silicon. Besides, the company...

From InfoWorld: On the heels of a report that Google will phase out Windows in its workplace over security concerns, Microsoft on Tuesday stood up for its operating system.

Microsoft's counterattack was a turnaround from earlier in the day, when the company declined to comment on a...

From PC World: Google plans to release its Chrome operating system late this year, initially targeting laptop users, the head of the project said Wednesday.

The Chrome OS "will be offered to users in the fourth quarter," said Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president of product...

From CNET News.com: Video is still the killer app of the Internet, but peer-to-peer services like BitTorrent will no longer account for the bulk of traffic on the Net as streaming services grow at a quicker pace over the next few years.

For 10 years, peer-to-peer traffic, such as...