From CNET News.com: Google and an alliance of privacy groups have come to Yahoo's aid by helping the Web portal fend off a broad request from the U.S. Department of Justice for e-mail messages, CNET has learned.

In a brief filed Tuesday afternoon, the coalition says a search warrant...

From DailyTech: In what must be one of the most shocking developments in the whole Apple App Store versus the third-party app market comes news that Opera Mini has been approved by Apple for the iPhone and iPod touch. When Opera Software submitted the apps for Apple's prying eyes...

From X-bit Labs: G.Skill International has been among leading suppliers of high-end memory solutions designed for enthusiasts for many years now, but in the recent history the company was not exactly offering certain exclusive products. Nevertheless, this week G.Skill introduced what...

From DailyTech: Microsoft Office is the dominant player in productivity apps in the business world. The office suite has more users than any other software platform and Google is trying to take some of the users of Office away though with its cloud offerings including Google Docs...

From CNET News.com: The original release of Windows Vista reached the end of its support on Tuesday, meaning that customers now need to be running either Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 of Vista to get assistance from Microsoft.

However, in conjunction with this milestone...

From CNET News.com: Intel has said its next chip platform, code-named Sandy Bridge, will go into production by the end of 2010.

The architecture will be the first to incorporate Intel Advanced Vector Extension (AVX) instructions, Intel architecture group co-general manager David...

From CNET News.com: You're going to be seeing search ads on Twitter after all.

Adding to the whirlwind of announcements leading up to the company's first annual developer conference, several news outlets late Monday posted interviews with Twitter executives to unveil a search ad...

From DailyTech: DailyTech previously reported that Verizon stores should soon be getting shipments of HTC's latest and greatest Android smartphone, the Incredible. Now more leaks reinforce the tip we got from Verizon techs. AndroidForums has posted a leaked manual and the forum...

From X-bit Labs: Hewlett-Packard on Monday said that it had completed acquisition of 3Com Corp., which should accelerate execution of converged infrastructure strategy and broaden HP’s product portfolio. HP has completed its acquisition of 3Com at a price of $7.90 per share in cash...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft's Silverlight 4, which is an upgrade to the company's rich Internet browser plug-in platform, is set for release on Thursday, according to Microsoft representatives.

Although the subject of a presentation Tuesday at the Visual Studio 2010 launch event in...