From InfoWorld: About 40 different Windows applications contain a critical flaw that can be used by attackers to hijack PCs and infect them with malware, a security researcher said Wednesday.

The bug was patched by Apple in its iTunes software for Windows four months ago, but...

From PC World: Intel has expanded its share of the server microprocessor market, taking advantage of a slow product transition at perennial rival Advanced Micro Devices, according to figures released late Wednesday by IDC.

Intel supplied 93.5 percent of the server processor units...

From X-bit Labs: SanDisk Corp. has announced the first product in a new category of embedded solid state drives (SSD) that are smaller than a postage stamp and offer higher capacities and performance than existing storage solutions.

Computing platforms are responding to consumer...

From X-bit Labs: Google, the main search engine on the planet and the world's largest online advertising broker, is reportedly working on a tablet running Google Chrome OS.

The Google Chrome OS slate is reportedly powered by Nvidia Corp.'s Tegra 2 platform, according to...

From DailyTech: RIM and Apple recently have been flattened under a deluge of high-powered Android handset releases. Between the Motorola Droid, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, HTC Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, and Samsung Galaxy S/S Pro it's become hard to keep track of all these high...

From DailyTech: When it comes to alternative input devices for desktop computers, it's kind of hard to top the good old mouse and keyboard. However, Apple is trying to bring its popular multi-touch technology from its MacBook/MacBook Pro offerings to the desktop with the Magic...

From InfoWorld: Adobe Systems said today that it would patch a critical Reader vulnerability on Thursday.

Two weeks ago, Adobe had promised to fix the flaw during the week of Aug. 16 with an emergency, or "out-of-band" security update, but had not slated a specific date...

From PC World: Apple has pulled Grooveshark's music streaming application from its store due to a complaint from a major entertainment company just days after the application launched.

Grooveshark's iPhone application launched around Aug. 11, when Vishal Agarwala, its director of...

From CNET News.com: One of the casualties of last year's layoffs at Microsoft was the Aces game studio responsible for the company's long-running Flight Simulator game.

At the time, Microsoft promised that the flight simulation franchise would continue in one form or another. This...

From CNET News.com: Logitech's newest Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800 is a combination of last year's MK700 and its classic Illuminated Keyboard we loved so much. Released Wednesday for $100, the keyboard incorporates Logitech's PerfectStroke system that allows for uniform...