From X-bit Labs: Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest maker of personal computers, has reportedly teamed up with Blockbuster, the largest video rental chain in the U.S., and Lite-On company, the world’s third largest maker of optical disk drives (ODDs) in order to introduce an...

From X-bit Labs: Nintendo said that it would not ship its much-anticipated 3DS portable game console in 2010. This contradicts to earlier information based on which the launch time-frame of the 3DS was in October ’10.

“Nintendo 3DS will not be arriving in 2010. 3DS won’t be...

From InfoWorld: Prices of DRAM, the main memory chips used in personal computers, fell for the first time in over a year in June as companies increased production and PC vendors toughened their stance on further price increases.

The price declines are important for anyone looking...

From PC World: Google Chrome is now the third-most-popular browser in the U.S., behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, but ahead of Apple's Safari for the first time, according to a study by Web analytics company StatCounter.

Chrome overtook Safari during the...

From CNET News.com: Palm stockholders at a special meeting Friday approved plans for the company's acquisition by Hewlett-Packard, according to an SEC filing.

The transaction is expected to close on July 1, according to the filing.

The companies announced in April that computer...

From CNET News.com: After just a few days in customers' hands, the iPhone 4 has been demonstrated to show signal loss when gripped in a certain way. Apple is writing it off as easily fixable by altering the way it's held. But is it a problem with the way customers are holding it or a...

From DailyTech: In what appears to be somewhat of a turnaround for Nokia, the world's No. 1 mobile phone manufacturer announced that it is scrapping its ubiquitous Symbian OS on all future N-series models. Instead, its flagship phones will run MeeGo, a combination of two Linux-based...

From DailyTech: Hulu is the web's hottest source of TV episodes, and one of the most visited sites on the internet. The PS3 may be in third place in the current generation console war, but many view it as the ultimate multimedia machine, with the ability to play a vast variety of...

From Tom's Hardware: As we reported last week, Microsoft has sent out beta invites for testers to give the upcoming Windows 7 SP 1 a go. The beta's been sent out and is now live for those who get to try it (or who find another ways of obtaining it).

According to Ars Technica, the...

From X-bit Labs: The decision of four companies – IBM, Globalfoundries, Samsung Electronics and ST Microelectronics – to synchronize semiconductor manufacturing facilities for the production of advanced chips based on low-power 28nm process represents a strong threat for Taiwan...