From CNET News.com: Despite being in the middle of litigation with Apple over the use of the term "Appstore" for its mobile application store, Amazon today launched two digital downloads stores for Mac software.

The new stores, picked up by The Loop, cover games and applications...

From DailyTech: HTC has announced that it will no longer lock the boot loader on its devices, although it is unclear whether that will apply only to future devices from the handset manufacturer or if it will be retroactive.

HTC recently broke the news on its official Facebook Page...

From X-bit Labs: The amount of various cards inside wallets is increasing year-over-year as more merchants introduce loyalty cards and more services are used. One radical way to reduce the number of plastic inside wallet is to introduce a universal card that integrates them all...

From X-bit Labs: Sony Corp. has confirmed that it had initiated development of the next-generation PlayStation video game console. At the same time, the company admitted that due to global economic crisis along with its own business problems, it would not invest the same amounts of...

From InfoWorld: Google on Tuesday patched several vulnerabilities in Chrome, including two a French security company said could be used to bypass the browser's anti-exploit technology.

But Chrome 11.0.696.71, which Google rolled out yesterday to users via its automatic update...

From PC World: Apple may have conquered the Mac Defender malware with an official support page and a promise to wipe out the problem through a software update, but that's not stopping malware authors from fighting back.

A new type of fake antivirus software called Mac Guard has...

From CNET News.com: Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet will come out of the box with the latest version of Android Honeycomb 3.1.

A Wi-Fi-only edition of Galaxy Tab 10.1 is due to hit the consumer market on June 8. The 16GB version is expected to cost $499, while the 32GB...

From DailyTech: The end is definitely near – “Duke Nuke Forever” has officially gone gold. That news sent shockwaves through the gaming community, as it was a day that many thought would never happen. The game is now firmly on track for its June 14 release date in North America.

To...

From DailyTech: A series of online attacks has sent Sony Corp. (6758) reeling. The company first experienced a near complete loss of information from its two largest customer databases -- the PlayStation Network (PSN) database and the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) database. This...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. has issued a statement that retracts a promise made by the company's own chief executive officer to release the next-generation Windows 8 operating system (OS) in 2012. Apparently, officially, the company still has not scheduled the launch of the new...