From DailyTech: Market researchers toil away tirelessly compiling statistics, but often offer confusingly contradictory figures. Such discrepancies were on display with a new study from Nielsen that offers a very favorable perspective on Apple's market position.

A previous study...

From CNET News.com: Although Apple has yet to release a solar-powered gadget, its engineers clearly see the potential for solar power in multitouch devices, such as the iPhone and iPad.

A recently surfaced patent application, spotted by Patently Apple, shows that Apple employees...

From X-bit Labs: The well known fact that Western Digital Corp. shipped more hard disk drives (HDDs) in the calendar first quarter of 2010 than its arch-rival Seagate Technologies has been confirmed by independent analysts from iSuppli. Nonetheless, Seagate still earns more than WD...

From X-bit Labs: Almost every modern personal computer has an x86 processor inside it. The programming code for x86 has transformed a lot over the years, but microprocessors still can run it thanks to operating systems by Microsoft Corp. But it looks like one of the strategic...

From InfoWorld: Oracle is making further job cuts related to its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, primarily in Europe and Asia, the company said in a regulatory filing Friday.

Oracle said it will book up to $825 million in additional charges for the acquisition this calendar year...

From PC World: Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been very clearly and fairly adamant that Adobe Flash is fraught with too many issues to be allowed on the iPhone or iPad platforms. No worries. Adobe has partnered with Greystripe to implement a solution that circumvents Apple's ban on Flash...

From CNET News.com: Continuing its forays into the social-networking realm, and its announced partnership with Facebook, Yahoo is introducing features that will further integrate its services with Facebook.

Users of both Yahoo and Facebook will soon be able to view their stream of...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft said on Monday that it expects to have a public beta by July for the first service pack update to Windows 7.

The announcement came at the start of Microsoft's TechEd conference, being held this week in New Orleans.

Although the update is relatively...

From DailyTech: HP is one of the largest tech firm in the world with products ranging from PCs to LCD monitors to devices like printers. HP may be best known for its computers, but a large portion of the company's profits come from printers and more specifically the ink that often...

From DailyTech: Foxconn is the company that manufactures some of the most popular gadgets on the market including the Apple iPhone and the iPad. Over the last several months, Foxconn has seen an uptick in suicides among its workers that have led to concerns over conditions at the...