From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) this week announced the launch date of the highly-anticipated PlayStation Vita portable game console and also revealed the final specifications of the device. Apparently, the PS Vita will become available in Japan in mid-December...

From InfoWorld: Intel hopes to boost its business selling chips to phone makers -- now the domain of rival ARM -- through a partnership announced this week with Google to develop future Android OS versions for mobile devices with Intel chips.

Intel and Google will jointly tune...

From PC World: Microsoft appears to be taking a page out of Apple's play book saying it will dump plug-ins such as Adobe Flash from Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8. Well, sort of.

You'll still be able to view content requiring plug-ins in Windows 8, but you'll have to switch to...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft is encouraging application developers to get apps for its latest version of the Windows Phone operating system into its Marketplace ASAP.

Matt Bencke, general manager at Microsoft, reminded developers in the company's Windows Phone blog today that AT&T...

From DailyTech: Facebook will go public sometime in 2012, but the company's first-quarter IPO goal will reportedly be pushed back until late 2012.

Financial investors were cautiously optimistic that the No. 1 social networking site would offer a public IPO sometime in 2011. However...

From DailyTech: In the quick IDF 2011 notes category, we wanted to share a humorous exchange we had with an Intel Corp. engineer. Joshua Linden-Levy is a "Mechanical Pathfinding Engineer" at Intel and delivered a terrific presentation on cooling in Oak Trail, the Intel Atom platform...

From X-bit Labs: At the Intel Developer Forum 2011, Intel Corp. showcased a system running a new version of its real-time “Wolfenstein” ray-tracing demo. In order to render the game scenes in full HD (1080p) resolution and with additional visual effects, Intel had to use a 2-way Xeon...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. is known for its comprehensive software development programs that helped designers to leverage both industry-standard as well as Nvidia's proprietary technologies. On Tuesday the company announced its Windows 8 developer program to provide developers...

From InfoWorld: Google and Motorola Mobility plan to file for pre-closing antitrust clearances for the merger of Motorola with a Google subsidiary in a number of jurisdictions including Canada, China, Israel, Russia, Taiwan, and Turkey, in addition to filings in the U.S. and before...

From PC World: When will the PS Vita launch in the U.S. or Europe or anywhere that isn't Japan? We still have no idea, but according to Sony, Sony's PS3-like portable game system will debut in he Land of the Rising Sun on December 17 with 26 launch titles. The Vita 3G version—Sony's...