From DailyTech: If you don't want to wait until next year for Samsung's promised dual-core smartphones, you might be in luck. LG Electronics announced yesterday its intent to launch a new line of dual-core smartphones, dubbed "Optimus," by year's end.

The Optimus smartphones will...

From DailyTech: Google is working with software partners and hardware manufacturers to bring the company's upcoming Google TV service to U.S. customers this fall, Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday. The news came at the IFA consumer electronics trade fair...

From X-bit Labs: Since Intel Corp.'s next-generation core-logic sets for mainstream desktops do not support USB 3.0 natively, the company plans to add an external controller to reference designs of future mainboards due out early next year.

In a bid not to comply with contemporary...

From X-bit Labs: Hewlett-Packard, the company which board of directors forced ex-chief executive officer Mark Hurd to step down because his behaviour violated the company's business conduct, has filed a civil complaint against Mark Hurd demanding his resignation from Oracle. HP...

From InfoWorld: Google's Chrome 6 is 17 percent faster than the version it replaced, putting it in a virtual dead heat with the speed leaders, Opera and Safari, according to benchmark scores.

When Google celebrated the second anniversary of Chrome's launch last week, Brian Rakowski...

From PC World: The Samsung Fascinate, which Verizon Wireless will start selling for $199 this week, is the underdog in an Android lineup dominated by HTC and Motorola.

On Verizon, those manufacturers' Droid phones steal the show, benefiting from aggressive marketing and catchy...

From CNET News.com: Apple has started shipping its new line of iPods.

Over the weekend and early Monday, those who preordered a new iPod started receiving e-mails from Apple that the devices are shipping. Some folks have seen their delivery date pegged at week's end, while others...

From CNET News.com: HDTV shoppers might before too long find Google's Android operating system in Samsung television sets, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Speaking to reporters Tuesday at an event in Seoul, Yoon Boo Keun, Samsung's TV business head, said that his company is...

From DailyTech: Samsung's Hummingbird 1 GHz ARM Cortex processor already fares quite well against the 1 GHz Snapdragon in the GLBenchmark, and has helped power impressive sales of the Galaxy S line of Android smartphones across all major U.S. wireless carriers. Now, Samsung is...

From DailyTech: HP has maintained its lead as the largest shipper of computers in the world with the fight for second going back and forth between Dell and Acer. In July of 2010, Acer ousted Dell from the second place spot in the global computer shipment rankings leaving Dell in...