From CNET News.com: Google is accelerating a test of corporate accounts on Google+ after "thousands upon thousands" of businesses applied for a place in the program, a Google executive said.

The company plans next week to choose who'll get into the test and announce their names soon...

From DailyTech: We brought you news of Sony's swanky new VAIO Z ultra-portable notebook last month. While the specs of the VAIO Z are quite commendable for a notebook in its size class, its most distinguishing feature has to be its proprietary Lightpeak port that enables it to pair...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. believes that thanks to affordability of components going forward, the price of all electronic devices in general and smartphones running Windows Phone operating system in particular will get dramatically lower. In particular, Microsoft believes that...

From X-bit Labs: The forthcoming PlayStation 3 game consoles from Sony Computer Entertainment will no longer support playback of Blu-ray disc (BD) movies via component video output of the device. The restriction is imposed due to requirements of copyright protection standards.

"The...

From PC World: So the rumors turned out to be true: Electronic Arts, one of the world's largest games publishers, is snapping up PopCap, the company that won't stop cranking out sequels to Bejeweled (you know, the colored gem-matching time-waster). For how much? How's $650 million...

From CNET News.com: Google Voice users who have been marking calls as spam now have something to show for their troubles.

"Thanks to the help of the thousands of Google Voice users who mark calls as spam everyday--and our own spam identification tools--it is now possible to...

From DailyTech: On-demand video streaming and video rental-by-mail company Netflix has enjoyed bundles of success recently, reporting 23.6 million subscribers worldwide this year. But now, Netflix is making two big changes to its plans and prices that will either prove to be...

From DailyTech: Cisco is facing tough times as it tries to slash its budget to free up some money. Anytime a major tech firm starts talking about saving huge sums of money, you know that layoffs aren’t far behind. Cisco started talking about smaller scale layoffs a while back and it...

From X-bit Labs: After becoming mainstream processors on the market of desktops, quad-core PC chips now are set to conquer the notebook segment, with about half of the mobile computers shipped in 2015 expected to employ these advanced chips, according to the new IHS iSuppli report...

From X-bit Labs: he first performance benchmark results of AMD FX-series "Zambezi" microprocessors this week finally emerged on the Internet. The engineering sample of AMD's eight-core chip that was supposed to be the flagship offering - the model 8130P - could demonstrate...