From PC World: Google's book search project suffered a legal setback in Paris on Friday, as a court ordered it to pay €300,000 (US$432,000) in damages for breach of copyright, and to stop distributing digital copies of French books to French Internet users without the permission of...

From PC World: The iPhone has leapfrogged Windows Mobile to jump into the number two position for smartphone platforms in the United States. That news could be the straw that breaks the proverbial camel's back for the floundering Windows Mobile operating system.

The latest ComScore...

From PC World: Google has released the source code of EtherPad, a Web-hosted word processor designed for real-time workgroup collaboration, in a move aimed at appeasing users of the product who complained about plans to discontinue it.

Google acquired EtherPad's creator, AppJet...

From DailyTech: Twitter is one of the hottest web businesses online with everyone from regular Joes to celebrities logging on and microblogging. Last night, Twitter.com went down for several hours -- a notable event. While some were redirected to host PNAP's Perfect World...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices will initiate production of its first-processor based on Bulldozer micro-architecture in the first half of 2011, a source familiar with the plans of the world’s second largest supplier of microprocessors has revealed. Potentially, this may mean...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices plans to release its next-generation mobile platform code-named Danube in May, 2010, a source familiar with the company’s plans said. The new platform will at last feature processors based on AMD’s latest micro-architecture, which may make the...

From InfoWorld: In addition to the usual round of bug fixes, Firefox 3.6 beta version 5, comes with a number of new features and performance enhancements. The browser offers the ability for users to easily reskin the browsers with a new visual theme. The new version can also run...

From PC World: If you use the server edition of Snow Leopard, you will want to take note of a couple of updates recently issued by Apple. The first one is a 21MB patch that reduces the memory footprint of the operating system's mail services and enhances their ability to recover from...

From CNET News.com: Adobe Systems released an update to its Photoshop and Lightroom products on Thursday night to support raw images from a raft of newer cameras from Canon, Nikon, Sony, and others.

Raw image formats, which record the unprocessed image sensor data from various...

From DailyTech: Bluetooth is one of the many technologies that many of use couldn't get through a day without using. It connects us to our phones, our cars, and a myriad of other devices we use for entertainment and work. The Bluetooth SIG has announced the release of Bluetooth Core...