From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices pins a lot of hopes onto performance of the integrated graphics cores of code-named Llano A-series accelerated processing units (APUs). Besides, the company believes that other performance-boosting technologies will make its A-series APUs even...

From InfoWorld: For the second time in the last four weeks, Adobe has told users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player, again by embedding malicious code inside a Microsoft Office document.

In a security advisory issued Monday, Adobe said that attackers are...

From PC World: YouTube is expanding its video offerings, launching a live-streaming service to complement its catalog of recorded videos.

Executives late last week took the wraps off YouTube Live, which integrates live-streaming capabilities into the YouTube platform.

YouTube also...

From CNET News.com: Just weeks after launching Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft will preview an early version of Internet Explorer 10 at its Mix11 conference here in Las Vegas today.

Microsoft will deepen its commitment to HTML5 in the new browser. "With Internet Explorer 9, Web sites...

From DailyTech: Lenovo has announced a new offering today that isn't a computer, but a new cloud-ready client for enterprise use.

The Cloud Ready Clients are optimized by Lenovo to interact with the cloud and provide the end users a great user experience. The clients were developed...

From DailyTech: On Monday, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC announced [press release] via its U.S. Playstation blog that it had entered into a settlement with famed 21-year-old iPhone hacker George "GeoHot" Hotz.

According to Riley Russell, General Counsel for SCEA:

Sony...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp has reportedly designed a smartphone, which is set to be manufactured by ZTE. If the information is correct, then the first smartphones with x86 microprocessors will hit the market this year. However, it is reported that the handsets will be available only...

From X-bit Labs: Amazon on Monday introduced a new discount version of Kindle electronic books reader that carries special sponsored screensavers, which allow to make it more affordable than previously. The Kindle with special offers is the fully fledged third-generation Kindle, but...

From InfoWorld: Google has acquired Canadian mobile application developer PushLife, the companies said Monday.

The acquisition will give Google content synchronization know-how and technology, and a company that is already familiar with its Android smartphone operating system...

From PC World: Telecom infrastructure provider Level 3 Communications will acquire Global Crossing, which provides Internet Protocol-based networks and Ethernet services and runs data centers, in an all-stock deal.

Level 3 will pay about US$3 billion for Global Crossing, but will...