From DailyTech: Microsoft struggled under a negative public image during the Vista years. However, the work it did would help to lay the foundation for Windows 7, perhaps Microsoft's most popular operating system to date. The new OS, which was released last October, was extremely...

From DailyTech: Gateway has announced new computer models today in its FX, DX, and SX desktop series. The FX series computers are desktop gaming machines in a newly designed chassis with front headphone and mic ports and a storage tray on top for cameras and other gear. The FX line...

From DailyTech: Intel currently has the best selling solid state drive in the market, thanks to the impressive pricing and performance of the 80GB X25-M. The company uses its own proprietary controller to attain the fastest random read and write performance in any SATA-based SSD...

From CNET News.com: IBM said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Initiate Systems, a privately held company that makes software designed to help health care companies manage and share information.

Initiate's software is geared toward customers in both the private sector and...

From Tom's Hardware: Memory company Corsair is diving deeper into the SSD market with plans to roll out a 512GB model that is focused on performance.

According to Hexus, the SSD will be of a 3.5-inch form factor – making it a desktop
solution – and will supposedly feature a 128MB...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics on Tuesday released its new lineup of EcoGreen hard disk drives (HDDs) with massive storage capacity and reduced power consumption. The new hard drives will definitely not offer truly high performance due to 5400rpm spindle speed, which is not...

From InfoWorld: Reports and a photo of Sprint Nextel's first WiMax smartphone, code-named Supersonic, have surfaced , but the company has not yet confirmed the device.

Sprint Nextel officials enticed reporters at CES in early January with comments that its first WiMax-enabled...

From PC World: After struggling to support Nexus One customers using an online-only approach, Google appears to be developing a phone customer service operation.

The Digital Inspiration blog noticed a Google job advertisement for a phone support program manager for Android and the...

From CNET News.com: Comcast reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results as it continued to poach telephone customers from incumbent carriers and bolstered its high-speed Internet subscriber base.

The cable giant, which will become one of the larger media players if it...

From CNET News.com: AOL CEO Tim Armstrong turned in his first earnings report as CEO of the newly independent company this morning. And his numbers don't look anything like the ones he was used to reporting at Google--revenue plummeted across the board.

Then again, Wall Street has...