From PC World: Have you noticed? Facebook, the world's favorite social networking tool, has been jockeying for position lately. So have Skype and Twitter. These giants lost their lead after an unprecedented run-up from newcomer Tango, a new free mobile-to-mobile video calling service...

From DailyTech: Well, we didn't see this one coming. With all of the talk about a "done deal" for Apple's iPhone 4 on Verizon's CDMA network, it appears that were backroom discussions of a different nature going on between the two companies. Verizon announced today that it will be...

From DailyTech: Yahoo! Inc. and AOL, Inc. have a lot of in common. Both are two of the most recognizable names on the internet. But both have struggled greatly in recent years. AOL, known for its iconic free registration floppy discs and CDs, had 30 million registered users to its...

From X-bit Labs: Hon Hai, or Foxconn, is essentially the manager of one of the world's major electronics factories. Foxconn is one of the premier manufacturers of electronics designed by Apple, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, Dell, HP, among many others.

Although Foxconn is...

From CNET News.com: Opera Software announced significant new steps for its browsers today, including the release soon of Opera Mobile for Android phones and extensions technology in the upcoming Opera 11 for computers.

In both those cases--and also in the Opera Mini browser for less...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics has started volume production of 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc) 64Gb flash memory chips made using 20nm-class process technology. The new products will allow the company to produce lower-cost memory cards or flash drives with higher capacity.

Samsung’s...

From X-bit Labs: Super Talent, a popular supplier of premium memory and flash-based components has introduces what may be the most advanced memory module for notebooks to date. The novelty not only boasts with 1600MHz clock-speed, but also comes in 4GB capacity, a previously unseen...

From eWeek: While tablet computers such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab threaten to eat into traditional computer company revenues, the data storages devices industry seems well insulated from this, according to a study from IT research firm The Bedford Report. The report...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft released its largest-ever set of security patches Tuesday, fixing a total of 49 bugs in products such as Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office.

There are 16 groups of patches (called updates) in total. Microsoft says that two of them -- the Internet...

From PC World: Microsoft has found a new partner to promote it's Bing search engine technology in China by working with the country's largest online retailer Taobao.com to power web results for its new Etaosite.

Taobao, which is a part of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, launched...