From CNET News.com: CEO Steve Ballmer last week previewed the new version of Messenger. Microsoft isn't quite ready to detail everything its planning for the next Hotmail, but general manager Brian Hall offered a pretty good indication of where the company is placing its bets.

"This...

From CNET News.com: After a little over a year in the venture capital business, Google now has 10 start-ups under its wing and plans further growth in 2010.

A mobile payments company called Corduro became the latest start-up to accept funding from Google Ventures on Monday, as fund...

From DailyTech: Windows 7 is perhaps Microsoft's best operating system out the gate. Its relative lack of traditional compatibility issues and slick features come thanks to a disciplined program of public beta testing and stricter hardware partner requirements. Amazingly few people...

From DailyTech: In late February, Corsair launched two new SSD product lines aimed at the mainstream market. The Reactor Series features a "reboot" of JMicron's SSD controller while the Nova Series features the much-lauded Indilinx Barefoot controller.

When it launched, the Nova...

From X-bit Labs: Eurocom, a well-known maker of advanced personal computers, has included an option to install Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce GTX 480M graphics adapter into its X8100 Leopard notebook for gamers. According to the company, the next-generation graphics card for mobile computers...

From InfoWorld: Intel's plan to improve its Atom processor line, including the launch of a dual-core version this quarter, could help sustain demand for mobile products including netbooks.

After close to two years of accelerated growth, the initial euphoria around netbooks is...

From PC World: Chrome was the only browser to gain significant usage share last month, and again trounced rival open-source Firefox.

By the end of April, Chrome accounted for 6.7% of the browsers that surfed to the sites that California-based NetApplications monitors for its clients...

From PC World: Not that long ago, Motorola was struggling to survive in the cell phone business, just like Palm. But then Motorola took off, while the Palm continued its death spiral before being bought by HP. What saved Motorola? Put simply, it was Google's Android operating system...

From CNET News.com: Nintendo is dangling a new incentive for Wii purchases.

Starting May 9, the company will include its Wii Sports Resort game and MotionPlus controller with new consoles--with no price increase.

The Sports Resort and MotionPlus bundle sells separately for $49.99...

From DailyTech: In a surprising move, it is being reported that Google has scooped up hot multi-touch operating system skin maker BumpTop less than a month after BumpTop's first product made its commercial debut.

One disappointment of late is that there have been a relative lack of...