From CNET News.com: Apple may be gearing up to launch the next-generation iTunes 11 software "within the next days," according to a report by MacRumors, citing a German music distribution service.

Germany-based Feiyr emailed artists to submit high-resolution imagery for the music...

From DailyTech: Courts in the UK are currently hearing arguments against hackers allegedly involved with Anonymous. According to courtroom testimony, Anonymous targeted companies that opposed internet piracy but expanded its targets to include PayPal after the payment processor...

From X-bit Labs: The recent round of restructuring at Advanced Micro Devices hurt not only sales and marketing professionals, but also developers of new products. Besides, the new ambidextrous strategy brings a number of new things into the microprocessor development process. As a...

From X-bit Labs: Several add-in graphics cards partners of Advanced Micro Devices this week unveiled the special edition versions of the Radeon HD 7870 graphics cards based on Tahiti LE graphics processing units (GPUs). The new graphics chips feature 1536 stream processors and...

From CNET News.com: Mozilla engineering manager Benjamin Smedberg has asked developers to stop nightly builds for Firefox on 64-bit versions of Windows.

A developer thread posted on the Google Groups mozilla.dev.planning discussion board, titled "Turning off win64 builds" by...

From CNET News.com: Samsung will be privy to some details of a confidential settlement agreement between Apple and HTC, a California judge ruled today.

Samsung's lawyers were given the go-ahead to view confidential details of the agreement that made peace between Apple and HTC...

From DailyTech: Google Inc. (GOOG) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) have had their say in a patent case playing out in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Federal Judge James Robart presided over the case, which wrapped up this week and is expected to give a ruling...

From X-bit Labs: As personal computers become smaller, their flexibility is decreasing. According to a media report starting from code-named Broadwell generation of processors, Intel Corp. will only offer mainstream desktop chips in BGA packaging, which will eliminate upgrade options...

From X-bit Labs: In a bid to better serve its fabless clients from the U.S., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. may build a new fab in the country, according to certain indirect indications and rumours. In case TSMC actually builds a multi-billion fab in the New York state, it...

From CNET News.com: AT&T has loosened its grip on FaceTime availability.

The mobile carrier has reportedly started rolling out FaceTime access to those who own the iPhone 4S and have grandfathered unlimited data plans, according to Macrumors, which discovered reports from users in...