From CNET News.com: Yahoo has hired Michael Barrett as executive vice president and chief revenue officer.

Barrett will lead Yahoo's ad revenue and operations worldwide, the company announced today. In his new role, Barrett will report directly to Yahoo interim CEO Ross Levinsohn...

From DailyTech: It is rumored that Amazon may launch two new Kindle Fire models later this year while cutting the price of its original tablet entry.

According to Max Wang at DigiTimes, who spoke with sources from a supply chain, Amazon is looking to launch a new 7-inch tablet for...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has been rumored to prepare an improved version of its Radeon HD 7970 graphics card in order to better compete against Nvidia Corp.'s GeForce GTX 680. What has not been known so far is that the new version of AMD's top-of-the-range single-chip...

From X-bit Labs: At its Fusion Developer Summit, Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its next-generation high-performance workstation graphics card called FirePro W9000. The new board will not only be based on Tahiti XT graphics processing unit (GPU), but will be powered by the improved...

From CNET News.com: Just when you thought it couldn't get worse for Nokia, Moody's steps in with a downgrade of its debt rating.

Moody's lowered its rating to junk status, citing earnings pressure and cash burn that is larger than the firm previously expected. The move comes after...

From DailyTech: Microsoft is looking to scoop up business software company Yammer Inc. for $1.2 billion in an effort to add a little something extra to its Microsoft Office software.

Yammer is a social network intended for businesses. It was released in September 2008 and offers...

From DailyTech: As far as the U.S. International Trade Commission is concerned, the fight between Taiwanese Android phonemaker HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) and U.S. phonemaker Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is now officially a one-sided scrap, with Apple looking to pick on its smaller rival.

HTC...

From X-bit Labs: While many market observers expect the highly-anticipated Windows 8 RT to change the landscape of media tablet market, it looks like it will not due to rather high price that Microsoft Corp. plans to charge makers of slates and other devices. With a price-tag of up...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has officially published specifications of some of its A-series Fusion "Trinity" accelerated processing units (APUs) for desktops. However, according to media reports, AMD plans to delay its highly-anticipated desktop APUs to Fall, which means...

From CNET News.com: AT&T officially confirmed the pricing of its new Xperia Ion smartphone. The manufacturer's first 4G LTE handset, the device will cost $99.99 and ship to stores beginning June 24.

Since the Android-powered Xperia Ion won't run Ice Cream Sandwich but Android 2.3...