From X-bit Labs: Dell on Thursday said that as a result of ongoing discussions with the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company recorded a $100 million liability in its first quarter of fiscal 2011 to establish a reserve for the potential settlement by...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Thursday confirmed that Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 contain an unpatched bug that could be used to infect PCs by duping users into visiting rigged Websites or opening attack email. The company said it has seen no active in-the-wild attacks...

From PC World: Adobe has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently with new attacks exploiting flaws in Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader. Adobe has addressed the security vulnerabilities now with an immense update resolving a variety of serious issues.

It has been a very...

From CNET News.com: Adobe Systems on Thursday released AIR 2, upgrading the features and aspirations for the software foundation.

AIR is a programming foundation that lets a Net application run on a variety of computing platforms--Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and, significantly...

From CNET News.com: Motorola and Research In Motion have settled their patent dispute over wireless technologies, the companies said Friday.

Under the settlement, both companies will set up a cross-licensing agreement in which they will receive patent rights related to certain key...

From DailyTech: The HTC EVO 4G has some minor drawbacks -- its battery life is rather poor necessitating daily recharges; and it can't make simultaneous calls and internet requests when outside 4G (WiMAX) coverage. However, the phone packs a gorgeous 4.3-in. screen and some of the...

From DailyTech: HP and IBM are currently the top producers of business servers. However, with its $2.7B USD acquisition of 3COM, a leading networking solutions provider, HP is looking to step up its all-around networking solutions efforts, challenging Cisco in the arena of...

From CNET News.com: Fourteen hours into a 24-hour experiment with background imagery, Google's home page is once again stark white.

Design guru Marissa Mayer confirmed that Google was ending the experiment early due to what she called a "bug," which erased a link underneath the...

From CNET News.com: As a result of the federal investigation of accounting fraud at Dell, the PC maker said Thursday it will take a $100 million charge on its first quarter 2011 earnings.

Dell and the Securities and Exchange Commission agreed on a settlement, which includes the...

From PC World: Despite being buffeted by ongoing criticism from Apple and advocates for open Web standards, development on the Flash platform continues with today's release of a finalized version 10.1of the Flash browser plugin. Adobe released a beta version of 10.1 last November...