From X-bit Labs: On Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had modified its antitrust settlement with Intel Corp. and under new agreement the company may omit support of PCI Express interface from its code-named Oak Trail system-on-chip aimed at tablets. The change of...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices recently released its conceptual server roadmap for the next several years. Apparently, the company's next-generation server platform will not only support both Bulldozer and Bulldozer NG central processing units (CPUs), but will also "fuse"...

From InfoWorld: A startup led by people who worked with and at Microsoft on Internet Explorer will soon release an add-on that lets customers run the aged IE6 within the newer IE8 browser.

The Unibrows add-on is aimed at companies that want to move off IE6 -- and the almost-as-old...

From PC World: With an eye to letting people link more devices and displays without using cables, the Wireless Gigabit Alliance plans to bring DisplayPort technology into its specification.

The WiGig group, which is promoting a system to wirelessly transfer data within a room at...

From PC World: Google on Tuesday said it won preliminary approval to settle a class-action lawsuit related to alleged privacy violations caused by its Buzz service.

The company will pay US$8.5 million into a fund, which will go to organizations focused on Internet privacy education...

From CNET News.com: During the third quarter, AOL generated $563.5 million in total revenue, a drop of 26 percent from $763.9 million for the same period in 2009. The company's advertising revenue, which was $292.8 million on the quarter just ended, slid by 27 percent from the $402.3...

From CNET News.com: An Apple spokesman confirmed for CNET this evening a report by Symphonic Distribution, a digital music distributor, that iTunes would soon be extending the length of song samples from 30 seconds to 90 seconds for songs that are at least two-and-a-half minutes in...

From DailyTech: Apple may be known for releasing flashy products that take thin and light to the extreme, but the company is also known for its share of problems with new release hardware. The latest product to experience problems is the recently introduced total revamp of the...

From X-bit Labs: After years of criticizing silicon-on-insulator technology, Intel Corp. may finally adopt it to increase performance of its future chips, according to an analyst. Believe it or not, but the adoption may be just a year away as the chipmaker if rumoured to endorse SOI...

From X-bit Labs: Lenovo Group on Tuesday ceased to sell its premium ThinkPad X301 laptop on its web-site and while the system is still available from resellers, it is a yet another confirmation that the model is in the end of its life. The company plans to phase out one of its most...