From X-bit Labs: HP and Oracle Corp. on Monday reaffirmed their long-term strategic partnership and the resolution of litigation regarding Mark V. Hurd’s employment at Oracle. HP no longer has pretensions against Oracle and its ex-chief executive officer.

While the terms of the...

From X-bit Labs: On Tuesday for the very first time in the history of Nvidia Corp. as well as graphics processors industry in general the company shared at its GPU Technology Conference the names and some of the features of its forthcoming graphics processor architectures.

On the...

From DailyTech: Today Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., the world's second largest microprocessor maker, unveiled six new CPUs to hold off Intel while it prepares its next-generation architecture.

First, let's get a quick primer on AMD's CPU brand strategy, which can be a bit confusing...

From DailyTech: Microsoft has been working with its Zune media player and accompanying Zune software to win ground against Apple and its wildly popular iPod and iTunes music service. Apple still has the vast majority of the market and continues to dominate while Microsoft is a...

From PC World: The Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) beta was downloaded more than two million times in the first 48 hours it was available--a significantly faster rate than the Internet Explorer 8 beta. The launch event and hoopla around the launch of the IE9 beta make it seem more like an...

From CNET News.com: MetroPCS launched the nation's first Long Term Evolution 4G wireless broadband networkTuesday in Las Vegas along with the first ever commercial LTE handset.

Like all MetroPCS services, the new 4G wireless broadband service is prepaid and it doesn't require a...

From CNET News.com: It has been a long time coming, but a firmware update is now available that enables PlayStation 3 owners to play Blu-ray 3D films.

The update was released yesterday, a day before it was expected. Upon downloading firmware version 3.50, people can watch the...

From InfoWorld: Apple could be preparing to enhance the iPhone's image search and video calling capabilities, or even add face authentication to the iPhone, say analysts and software usability experts.

The iPhone manufacturer is buying Swedish face recognition software company Polar...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has reportedly said that components for Light Peak technology would be available before the end of 2010, which means that already in 2011 systems with the optical interconnect technology may emerge commercially. Still, a big question is whether Light Peak...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. rose two places on Interbrand's annual 100 best global brands list, ranking seventh and extending its streak of placing in the Top 10 since the list debuted in 2001. Intel’s brand value of $32 billion is a 4% increase over last year.

“In a year that saw...