From InfoWorld: Google will end Gears, an open-source plug-in project it launched two years ago to allow Web applications to function even when a computer isn't connected to the Internet, according to a statement from the company.

Google said that many of the features it has wrapped...

From PC World: Attorneys for AT&T and Verizon Wireless agreed today to drop two federal lawsuits over Verizon advertising about its 3G network.

As a result, AT&T avoids giving itself an even bigger black eye than it has gotten from many iPhone users, who have complained about...

From CNET News.com: Lenovo's purchase of the mobile phone arm it sold off last year signals its intention to penetrate the global market, but the move could dilute its core computer business, according to a Shanghai-based analyst.

The Chinese computer maker last week announced it...

From CNET News.com: Google and Microsoft have joined a group devoted to creating a way that cell phone buyers can easily comprehend the quality of their camera phones.

The International Imaging Industry Association said the tech titans signed up to help with the third phase of the...

From DailyTech: Microsoft has already rolled out its new Bing search engine, the successor to Live Search/MSN Search. The new search engine powers Microsoft search homepage (Bing.com) and partner Yahoo's search page. Google, which enjoys a sizable lead over Microsoft and Yahoo, has...

From DailyTech: Overheating problems in mobile electronics are hardly new territory, but they're always unpleasant to say the least. Thus when news broke earlier this week that some users' Dell Latitude E6400 and E6500 (as well as select XPS notebooks) were overheating and...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it began shipping its 32Gb multi-level-cell (MLC) NAND flash chips with an asynchronous DDR (double data rate) interface made using 30nm-class process technology to major OEMs at the end of November.

“With the new DDR MLC...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of flash and DRAM, on Tuesday announce that it had commenced the industry’s first volume production of 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc), multi-level-cell (MLC) NAND flash chips using 30nm process technology. The chips will be used...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has denied that its November Windows updates are causing a widespread "black screen" lock-out of users' PCs.

"Microsoft has investigated reports that its November security updates made changes to permissions in the registry that are resulting in system...

From PC World: Mac clone maker Psystar has agreed to pay Apple nearly $2.7 million in a partial settlement approved today by the federal judge who has overseen the 17-month case.

Psystar has also halted sales of Intel-based clones with Mac OS X preinstalled. Late Tuesday, its Web...