From X-bit Labs: Hewlett Packard said this week that it had begun executing its plan to deliver an open webOS by committing to a schedule for making the platform’s source code available under an open source license. The company aims to complete this milestone in its entirety by...

From X-bit Labs: Perhaps, the launch of the Radeon HD 7970 graphics card powered by Advanced Micro Devices’ latest Southern Islands/GCN (graphics core next) was not the most impressive one as it was a rush announcement two days ahead of Christmas. But AMD does have a next-gen GPU on...

From InfoWorld: Google has whipped up a privacy brouhaha with a blog post announcing that the company is rewriting its privacy policy, consolidating user information across its services.

What has the blogosphere and some users in an uproar is that Google isn't offering users an opt...

From CNET News.com: Amazon may be looking to cut into Netflix's action by launching a new video streaming service.

Citing information from industry sources, The New York Post said that the new service would expand beyond Amazon's current Instant Video by launching as a standalone...

From CNET News.com: Intel is buying video patents and software from RealNetworks for $120 million, giving the chipmaker new muscle in a market that's increasingly important but filled with intellectual-property obstacles.

RealNetworks is selling about 190 patents, 170 patent...

From DailyTech: Despite the turbulent year much of 2011 turned out to be for Netflix, the video streaming giant reported impressive fourth-quarter earnings with a nearly 50 percent revenue increase since Q4 2010.

In the three months ended December 2011, Netflix posted a revenue of...

From X-bit Labs: Nintendo plans to release its next-generation Wii U game console across the world by the end of this calendar year. The company intends to make Wii U available for the year-end shopping season, but it is likely that the console will still be launched in Japan earlier...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp.'s so-called "tick-tock" model of transitioning to new manufacturing processes and micro-architectures has proved to be very efficient in making Intel the maker of the highest-performance microprocessors. Apparently, its smaller rival Advanced Micro...

From PC World: Advanced Micro Devices reported a fourth-quarter net loss Tuesday on weak sales of graphics chips and charges related to a restructuring.

AMD reported a loss of US$177 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared to a profit of $375 million in the same quarter a...

From CNET News.com: LG's Optimus LTE phone is proving to be a hot seller around the world, racking up more than 1 million unit sales.

Debuting in South Korea last October, the phone grabbed sales of 600,000 units in its native country during the first three months.

From there, the...