From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. is extremely optimistic about its code-named Sandy Bridge central processing unit (CPU) and the company is eager to show that system builders are also very excited about the new chip, which brings a lot of tangible improvements compared to predecessors...

From InfoWorld: Arm Holdings will unveil new plans for processing cores that support 64-bit computing within the next few weeks, and has already shown samples at private viewings, sources close to the company said at an Arm technology conference in Taipei.

The company's move into 64...

From PC World: Some Nokia N8 smartphones are turning themselves off or refusing to turn on after charging. Nokia has identified a manufacturing problem and has promised to replace the small number of affected phones it said in a blog post on Thursday.

N8 owners have been complaining...

From CNET News.com: According to multiple sources close to the situation, Google is in discussions with local-deals powerhouse Groupon about buying it.

Without making the requisite joke about the deal of the day, sources said the price being considered is certainly no discount-well...

From DailyTech: Rumor has it Google will launch its next version of Android, Android 2.3 "Gingerbread", sometime very soon. Nobody knows quite what's in the new release exactly, but there's been plenty of rumors regarding what kinds of tricks the company might pull out.

According...

From X-bit Labs: PCI-SIG, the organization responsible for the widely adopted PCI Express industry-standard input/output (I/O) technology, on Thursday announced the availability of the PCIe 3.0 specification to its members. The PCI Express 3.0 will increase bandwidth and feature-set...

From X-bit Labs: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has quietly started to sell its first internal 3TB hard disk drives (HDDs). The new Deskstar 5K3000 and Deskstar 7K3000 products feature five platters and only work on newer computers, thus, they are unlikely to become very popular...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Wednesday patched an enterprise security tool that had blocked some copies of Chrome from updating.

The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) "may have potential issues with the update functionality" of Google's Chrome and Adobe's Reader and...

From PC World: A task force led by the GSM Association will take a look at how SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards embedded in non-phone devices can be remotely programmed and activated, in an effort to expand the use of mobile broadband , the organization said on Thursday.

The...