From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. reportedly plans to implement a new "disc format" for Xbox 360 game console along with the next release of the system update for the system. At present the details are scarce, but since the software giant is looking for "multiple thousands of...

From X-bit Labs: A high-ranking executive from Hewlett Packard advised the company's channel partners to demand Oracle to continue supporting Intel Corp.'s Itanium-based mission-critical servers with new software. HP claims that Oracle may change its mind once it hears feedback from...

From InfoWorld: Oracle's announcement last week that it will stop developing software for Intel's Itanium processor has database startup EnterpriseDB looking to capitalize.

Hewlett-Packard's Integrity servers are based on Itanium chips and run its HP-UX OS. PostgreSQL, the open...

From PC World: Apple emphasized that this year's WWDC 2011 conference in June will be all about the future of iOS and Mac, giving tech pundits reason to believe we won't see a new iPhone 5 announced during the event. With the rumor mill in full swing, speculation suggests that the...

From CNET News.com: For Android devotees, Mozilla's issuance of Firefox for Android has been a long wait. Sure, the browser-maker added it to the Android Market in beta form months ago, and made the release candidate (RC) available last week.

However, today marks the first that the...

From DailyTech: South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics (LGLD) has struggled in the smartphone market. While it picked the winning operating system (Android), it failed to deliver compelling products, even as competitors like Motorola, HTC, and Samsung came through with smash...

From DailyTech: Apple and Google are both preparing their own cloud-based storage services for multimedia files, but Amazon today beat them both to the punch with Cloud Drive. Cloud Drive allows users to stream/upload music to a PC, Mac, or Android smartphone.

Interestingly, iOS...

From X-bit Labs: Nokia Corp. on Tuesday said it had filed a further complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Apple infringes additional Nokia patents in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, tablets and computers.

The...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. announced its new family of solid-state drives (SSDs) that are based on 25nm NAND flash memory, up to 600GB capacities as well as build-in encryption capabilities. The new SSDs are aimed at various types of customers, including typical consumers seeking...

From InfoWorld: Oracle's MySQL.com customer website was apparently compromised over the weekend by a pair of hackers who publicly posted usernames, and in some cases passwords, of the site's users.

Taking credit for the hack were "TinKode" and "Ne0h," who wrote that the hack...