From CNET News.com: Aiming to crack down on a growing problem, Microsoft said it filed five lawsuits Thursday against parties it suspects of posting online advertisements laden with malicious code.

Microsoft has tried to work with ad networks to thwart such "malvertising" in the...

From DailyTech: It's easy to understand why netbooks are so popular with consumers today. The little notebooks are very portable and have low average prices making them affordable for most users despite the poor economy. On the desktop front, the all-in-one segment is the fastest...

From DailyTech: Facebook proudly announced it has finally made more money than it has spent, and now has more than 300 million active international users.

Since its launch six years ago, the No. 1 social networking site in the world failed to generate positive cash flow, though...

From X-bit Labs: Super Talent, a leading supplier of memory and flash products, has announced a series of one of the largest solid-state drives (SSDs) in the world. The new RAIDDrive SSDs will be aimed at gaming personal computers, servers and workstations, however, their pricing is...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. plans to ship one million of its Core i7 and Core i5 microprocessors code-named Lynnfield by the end of the year, according to a media report. The number indicates that the world’s top chipmaker plans rather aggressive expansion of Lynnfield chips onto...

From InfoWorld: The near total dominance of Microsoft Office in the workplace may be getting a serious challenge from Google Docs, according to a new survey by market research firm IDC.

The study's main finding is that about 1 in 5 companies reported that Google Docs is "widely used...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla has switched to a quick-paced "sprint" cycle for Firefox that it hopes will bring new features to users faster, the company's browser architect said Wednesday.

"We decided we not only needed a way to be more nimble, but that we have a lot of great...

From PC World: Sony's PSPgo is a new portable version of its five-year-old PlayStation Portable handheld gaming platform. The device launches in US and Europe in October, and it's set to go head to head with Apple's iPod touch. But Sony has revealed that its software strategy for the...

From CNET News.com: Twitter users on Thursday will, for the first time, be able to make voice calls directly to each other through the microblogging service.

A new third-party offering from Jajah known as Jajah@call is expected to go into beta Thursday morning that will allow...

From DailyTech: Pentax has unveiled a new D-SLR camera called the K-x today that is aimed at the buyer looking to get their first D-SLR and move up from the point-and-shoot world. The camera packs some very nice features into an affordable package.

One of the coolest things about...