From DailyTech: Microsoft has released to OEMs its latest service pack -- an update that contains compiled Windows Update bugfixes and, typically, a handful of new features. The new service pack is the first for the best-selling Windows 7 operating system and the Windows Server 2008...

From DailyTech: American video game developer and publisher Activision has decided to end the production of the Guitar Hero series after its most recent game, Warriors of Rock, flunked in the sales department.

Back in December 2010, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. plans to update its enthusiast-class desktop platform late this year with Sandy Bridge E-series processors. Previously it was believed that the company would introduce them earlier during the year, but instead the company will speed-up the current...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices said in notes with Securities Exchange Commission that its chief operating officer, Robert Rivet, left the company on Tuesday after eleven years at the world's second largest support of x86 microprocessors. The company also noted that Marty...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft today issued 12 security updates that patched 22 bugs in Windows, IE (Internet Explorer), Office, and its Internet server software.

An analyst suspected that one of the dozen updates was released to prevent hackers from exploiting Windows 7 in the Pwn2Own...

From PC World: Microsoft's latest round of patches released on Tuesday includes an optional update that will shut off the "autorun" capability for users of older Windows operating systems, a move the company has made to reflect the resurgence of worms carried on removable media...

From CNET News.com: Verizon Wireless is promising improved voice quality on phone calls when its able to deliver voice services over its new "4G" LTE network, according to a story on CNN.com.

CNN spoke to Brian Higgins, executive director for ecosystem development at Verizon...

From CNET News.com: Stephen Elop, Nokia's new chief executive, has seemingly begun bracing the company for radical change with a no-holds-barred memo saying the once dominant mobile phone company is now "years behind" its competitors.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop...

From DailyTech: Intel must be the gift that keeps on giving to AMD. In late 2009, Intel was forced to pay AMD $1.25B for its years of monopolistic behavior in the processor market. Now, AMD is benefiting directly from Intel's Series 6 (Cougar Point) chipset woes.

In late January...

From DailyTech: Apple and Verizon officially announced the CDMA version of the iPhone in early January, and pre-orders (for existing Verizon customers) opened up on February 3. Those pre-orders quickly sold out within a few hours -- a JPMorgan analyst puts the pre-order sales tally...