From Tom's Hardware: We've heard rumors that Nvidia been dipping its toe into the x86 CPU market, and today the graphics company made an announcement related to that – but it's not what you think.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang revealed that the company will bring its CUDA programming...

From InfoWorld: Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE) will be upgraded in separate releases in 2011 and 2012, with the platform getting capabilities for developer productivity, modularity, and dynamic languages.

The two-phase upgrade involves offering Java SE 7 next year and Java SE...

From PC World: Cisco Systems is updating parts of its product line for small businesses, a world where IT needs have grown up over the past few years.

In a broad product rollout set for Wednesday, the company is introducing new managed Ethernet switches, IP (Internet Protocol)...

From PC World: Research in Motion may introduce a tablet computer next week, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Persistent rumors over the past few months have pointed to a BlackBerry tablet that would aim to compete with Apple's popular iPad.

The Journal, citing...

From CNET News.com: One question that was raised almost immediately when Apple announced Game Center, the company's first-party social gaming service, in April was what would happen to existing social game networks on the platform? The early answer, surprisingly, is comfortable...

From CNET News.com: Sharp said today it will pay $305 million in cash to acquire Recurrent Energy, a California-based solar project developer.

The move gives Sharp, a major manufacturer of solar modules, a vehicle for developing large solar installations at businesses and other...

From X-bit Labs: HP and Oracle Corp. on Monday reaffirmed their long-term strategic partnership and the resolution of litigation regarding Mark V. Hurd’s employment at Oracle. HP no longer has pretensions against Oracle and its ex-chief executive officer.

While the terms of the...

From X-bit Labs: On Tuesday for the very first time in the history of Nvidia Corp. as well as graphics processors industry in general the company shared at its GPU Technology Conference the names and some of the features of its forthcoming graphics processor architectures.

On the...

From DailyTech: Today Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., the world's second largest microprocessor maker, unveiled six new CPUs to hold off Intel while it prepares its next-generation architecture.

First, let's get a quick primer on AMD's CPU brand strategy, which can be a bit confusing...

From DailyTech: Microsoft has been working with its Zune media player and accompanying Zune software to win ground against Apple and its wildly popular iPod and iTunes music service. Apple still has the vast majority of the market and continues to dominate while Microsoft is a...