From DailyTech: For a lot of people, Myspace was their first introduction to modern social networking. News Corp. saw great potential in the site and in 2005 acquired it for a whopping $580M. However, Myspace did little to innovate and keep up with competitors like Facebook in the...

From DailyTech: Intel Corp. (INTC) is finally seeing real competition in the personal computer CPU market for the first time in years. A surging ARM Holdings plc (ARMH) is expected to be powering as many as 50 percent of mobile computers by 2015, thanks to new support from the...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. this week introduced its highest-performing graphics processing unit (GPU) for mobile systems. The new GeForce GTX 580M solution is powered by GF114 graphics chip, which makes it possible to expect premium desktop performance as well as feature-set on a...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices' next-generation Opteron microprocessors based on Bulldozer micro-architecture will support capability to adjust maximum thermal design power (TDP). The technology will allow customers to regulate TDPs in order to balance power consumption and...

From InfoWorld: An Oracle damages expert estimates that Google owes the company $2.6 billion for alleged Java patent violations, according to a court filing made Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

That figure falls in between the "breathtaking"...

From PC World: Little green pigs across the nation are cowering in fear now that Angry Birds has finally come to Windows Phone 7.

It's certainly been a long journey, as All Things D points out: the first we heard of the popular mobile game hitting Windows Phone 7 was before Windows...

From CNET News.com: With the launch of a new social networking platform, Google seems determined not to repeat the privacy missteps it made last year with Google Buzz.

Public criticism, some valid, some not, prompted Google to make a series of quick changes to Buzz a few days after...

From CNET News.com: Oh, forget all that talk of Google+ and its uncomfortably human concept called "real-life sharing."

Here is something far more startling: Google has launched a new home page today. Yes, today.

In a stealthy little blog post, Google's digital creative director...

From DailyTech: The biggest wireless announcement of the year was AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile that would make it the largest carrier in the U.S. While the merger is expected to get the green light by regulators, some in the industry think that the merger is bad for the...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. may release Windows 8 to manufacturing as early as in April, 2012. The software giant reportdely wants to RTM all three flavours of Windows - for x86 clients, for servers and for ARM clients - at the same time.

Based on recent market chatter heard by...