From X-bit Labs: BIOS updates for mainboards made by Elitegroup Computer Systems and Jetway reveal that Advanced Micro Devices may be preparing a new line of multi-core microprocessors called Phenom II X8. Based on alleged specifications of the products, the new central processing...

From PC World: Mozilla on Tuesday shipped Firefox 9, claiming that the new browser processes JavaScript up to 36 percent faster than its predecessor.

The company also patched six Firefox vulnerabilities, and released a security update to the nearly-two-year-old Firefox 3.6 to quash...

From CNET News.com: The company's best hope for a recovery, its next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform, has been pushed back to late next year. While executives blamed the later release of a new chip, Boy Genius Report said the real reason for the delay is the inability for RIM to...

From DailyTech: The battle is on: ASUS' Transformer Prime v.s. Transformers' Optimus Prime.

Toy maker Hasbro filed a lawsuit against computer manufacturer ASUS last week, claiming that the name of ASUS' latest tablet, Transformer Prime, is much too similar to its line of...

From DailyTech: Following in Research-In-Motion's (RIMs) tracks, though not as large in scale, Verizon has confirmed its second data outage this month throughout the United States.

Many U.S. users started posting on Verizon support forums and jumped to Twitter last night to share...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday that the CES 2012 will be its last keynote presentation and booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, marking the end of an era when Microsoft kicked off the trade-show.

"We have decided that this coming January will be our last...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices this week started to sell a new breed of its A-series accelerated processing units (APUs) code-named Llano that have higher clock-speeds and thus better performance. The refresh of the product lineup may indicate that AMD has more or less...

From PC World: Amazon is pushing out a free over-the-air software update for the Kindle Fire, that fixes a batch of problems with the tablet. The update comes just over a week after Amazon vowed to address users' complaints with the $200 low-cost iPad alternative.

The Kindle...

From CNET News.com: The phenomenal growth rate of Google's Android continues to increase, according to Android chief Andy Rubin.

The Google vice president announced in on Google+ and Twitter this evening that "There are now over 700,000 Android devices activated every day,"...

From CNET News.com: HTC has reportedly already engineered a workaround to sidestep a U.S. agency ruling that HTC infringed on one of Apple's patents.

The move became necessary after the International Trade Commission, a federal agency with the power to enforce bans on products...