From InfoWorld: Google patched 16 vulnerabilities in Chrome on Thursday, paying one researcher a record $3,133 for reporting a single bug. The flaws fixed in Chrome 8.0.552.334 were in several components, including the browser's support for extensions, its built-in PDF viewer, and...

From PC World: Google is accelerating its push in the e-book space by acquiring eBook Technologies, a company that specializes in both hardware and content distribution for electronic readers.

Google isn't divulging the financial details of the deal, which it announced in a...

From CNET News.com: The sun may be in your iPhone battery's future.

Apple on Tuesday received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for powering electronics partially with solar power. (See patent number 7,868,582).

The patent, which was originally filed in 2009...

From CNET News.com: Research In Motion is looking to harness the best of today's Web technologies including HTML5 and JavaScript, to bridge the gap between development efforts for its BlackBerry smartphones and the soon-to-be-released PlayBook tablet.

Tyler Lessard, vice president...

From DailyTech: The days of the unlimited internet plan for mobile devices are ending. Many “unlimited” data plans have fair use clauses allowing the carrier to charge you more or cut your speed once you hit a certain threshold.

The sad part for mobile users is that the threshold is...

From DailyTech: Though iOS 4.3 did not roll out before Christmas, as previously reported, the first beta version has been seeded to developers and is full of new changes.

BGR has been informed of the following updates by a number of developers:

* Personal hotspot capabilities...

From X-bit Labs: IBM and Samsung on Wednesday announced they will collaborate on basic research into new semiconductor materials, manufacturing processes and other technologies. The agreement calls for the two companies to jointly develop new semiconductor process technology (with...

From X-bit Labs: Globalfoundries, a leading contract maker of semiconductors controlled by ATIC and AMD, plans to spend whopping $5.4 billion on expansion of its current facilities as well as on building its new manufacturing facility in the state of New York.

The capital spending...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has patched three vulnerabilities in Windows, one that could be exploited by attackers who dupe users into visiting a malicious website.

The company also debuted a new defensive measure to help users ward off ongoing attacks that are exploiting a known bug...

From PC World: Things just keep getting worse for MySpace. The former social networking hub recently announced it would cut nearly half of its global workforce as part of a restructuring effort. As many as five hundred MySpace employees worldwide will soon be looking for work as...