From CNET News.com: The judge overseeing Google Books settlement has agreed to the plaintiffs' request for a delay of the final hearing scheduled to approve the controversial settlement, which is being reworked by the parties.

Judge Denny Chin of the U.S. District Court for the...

From CNET News.com: CEO Mark Hurd said Thursday at a meeting with analysts that he expects the IT industry to return to growth in 2010 and went so far as to say that HP will outpace the market.

"Our broad product and services portfolio and global scale give HP a clear competitive...

From DailyTech: In the company's continuing battle against Apple and other smartphone makers, Palm will launch its Pre device in the United Kingdom next month.

On October 16, the Pre will launch on the O2 network, the British telecom company confirmed on Thursday morning. Available...

From X-bit Labs: As expected, Intel Corp. unveiled its first chips powered by Nehalem micro-architecture for mobile computers. The new central processing units (CPUs) originally known under Clarksfield code-name will power high-end laptops aimed at demanding workstation users or...

From X-bit Labs: All modern interconnection technologies, whether it is DisplayPort, USB 3.0 or FireWire, utilize copper wires, which have relatively limited peak bandwidth. In order to solve the bandwidth and wire problems in the long term, Intel Corp. is working on Light Peak...

From InfoWorld: Intel has expanded the scope of Linux-based Moblin by porting the OS from netbooks to mobile devices and desktops, where it could compete with Microsoft's Windows OS.

The company introduced a beta version of Moblin 2.1 at the Intel Developer Forum being held in San...

From PC World: The latest installation in the hit "Gran Turismo" driving simulation series for the PlayStation 3 will be coming in the first quarter of next year, Sony announced Thursday at the Tokyo Game Show.

The game had been rumored to hit store shelves this year but won't be...

From CNET News.com: Gmail was unavailable Thursday morning for what Google said was a "small subset of users," the latest outage from a company that prides itself in running advanced computing systems.

On the Google Apps status dashboard, the company said at 7:29 a.m. PDT that it...

From CNET News.com: Hewlett-Packard is sending mixed signals on what exactly it plans to do with the Voodoo PC brand it acquired three years ago.

After purchasing the gaming and PC enthusiast brand in 2006, HP in 2008 began using the Voodoo name beyond powerful gaming PCs. It...

From DailyTech: The European Commission has given the Polish government a green light to transfer $80.7M in aid to Dell, allowing the tech giant to build a factory.

Dell will close its Limerick, Ireland, manufacturing plant -- which was announced earlier in the year -- shifting the...