From PC World: Google has acquired Sparkbuy, a year-old Seattle startup that developed a comparison shopping service for consumer electronics products.

Sparkbuy's service allowed buyers to research products in just two categories, laptops and TV sets, but to perform detailed...

From CNET News.com: Yahoo has taken the "beta" tag off its Yahoo Mail.

The Web giant, which introduced the beta offering of its online e-mail service in October, begins rolling out the latest version of Yahoo Mail to its 284 million users worldwide today. The service is available in...

From DailyTech: When it comes to dedicated eReaders, Amazon get the lion's share of the attention with its popular Kindle devices. Amazon's newest Kindle is available with a relatively low price tag of $114 and has been a sales success; however, your screen is bombarded with ads when...

From DailyTech: Dell pulled the wraps off a new notebook officially today called the XPS 15z. This machine is aimed right at the Apple MacBook Air and is going after the users wanting high style and a very thin profile in their notebook. The 15z features GeForce graphics and a slot...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. is looking forward adding stereo-3D support to Xbox 360 game console in the near future, according to a report by a web-site. The company is projected to support stereoscopic 3D output at 720p resolution, which will make the device more appealing to...

From X-bit Labs: The first details about Nokia Corp.'s smartphones powered by Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone operating system have begun to emerge. According to chief executive of European semiconductor maker STMicroelectronics, Nokia will utilize ST-Ericsson's system-on-chip with...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla on Friday shipped the beta of Firefox 5, the latest step in its move to pick up the release pace of its open-source browser.

Firefox 5 is slated to wrap up on June 21.

The company's developers merged the changes made over the last several weeks in Firefox 5...

From PC World: Laptops don't make for the most exciting news these days, but I'm pleased to hear that Intel's PC plans call for a big bet on ultra-low-voltage processors, as Ars Technica reports.

Ultra-low-voltage, or ULV, refers to a range of processors that are more powerful than...

From CNET News.com: Intel has added two years to the warranty on its 320 series of solid-state drives because it is confident in their reliability.

The boost in warranty from three to five years was announced Friday. It covers consumer-level use of the drives, which is up to 20...

From DailyTech: HP has been dominating the computer market in shipments and market share for the past few years. The company is the largest computer shipper in the world and is far ahead of the second place company in the computer realm. In the world of HP, that apparently equates to...