From X-bit Labs: Industry analysts believe that acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing by Advanced Technology Investment Company and merging it with Globalfoundries, a joint venture between ATIC and Advanced Micro Devices, will allow Globalfoundries to gain new...

From InfoWorld: Countering rivals Microsoft and Adobe Systems, IBM is offering a free tool to simplify development of JavaScript-based Web applications, featuring use of a modeling language, according to IBM sources.

Big Blue's EGL CE (Enterprise Generation Language Community...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft this week will shed some light on a planned upgrade to Silverlight, its browser-based rich Internet application technology, which will gain native multicast support capabilities as well as support for offline digital rights management.

Called Silverlight 4...

From PC World: Earlier this morning, just hours before Apple is due to announce a number of changes to the iPod line up, including a rumoured camera enabled iPod Touch, price cuts have been made across the existing iPod range.

The 32GB iPod Touch has dropped in price significantly...

From PC World: Palm has introduced a smaller, cheaper handset, called the "Pixi," due to arrive in time for holidays buyers. The new handset has a smaller touch screen than the Pre, an exposed QWERTY keyboard, and a two-megapixel camera.

The new webOS device was introduced Tuesday...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft issued a formal security advisory late Tuesday on a reported zero-day flaw in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. However, the software maker also said that the flaw does not affect the final version of Windows 7, contrary to earlier reports....

From DailyTech: Typically, it's Apple doing the trash talking in the operating system market with its long running "Get a Mac" series of commercials. However, an increasingly feisty Microsoft is following up its "Laptop Hunter" commercials with a roast of Linux.

Microsoft and Best...

From X-bit Labs: Seven large consumer electronics makers from Japan are developing a new microprocessor that will be able to compete against chips from Advanced Micro Devices or Intel Corp. The central processing unit (CPU) will be available for purchase starting from fiscal 2012...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla recently released a product roadmap with a number of new details on what the foundation is hoping to release between now and the end of 2010, including information on when to expect the next major iteration of Firefox.

The report details that Firefox 4.0 is...

From PC World: Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom, owners of T-Mobile UK and Orange UK, respectively, plan to merge over the course of several months to create the largest wireless carrier in the U.K. T-Orange -- or whatever the entity will be called -- will have 28.4 million...