From CNET News.com: Google loves to build platforms on which programs run--Android, App Engine, iGoogle, and in the biggest picture, the Web itself. But platforms are of no use, and aren't much fun, without applications on top, so Google often also kick-starts development with...

From CNET News.com: The battle for the 21st century TV viewer is heating up as Verizon Communications adds more Internet content to its Fios TV service. But cable may not be the only competitor Verizon faces as more consumer electronics devices such as Blu-ray players and game...

From DailyTech: With most of the talk in the smartphone market shifting towards Apple, Microsoft, and Google, it's easy to forget about Nokia. Apple's iPhone is the media darling, Google's Android phones are quickly charging down the battlefield with brute force, and Microsoft is...

From DailyTech: Advanced Micro Devices is launching today two new six-core variants of its flagship Phenom II processor, along with its latest 890FX chipset. The new Phenom II X6 CPUs will work on current AM3 and AM2+ socket motherboards that have proper BIOS support enabled, making...

From Tom's Hardware: Remember MechWarrior4? That game is fondly remembered by many PC gamers. Those who want to live the nostalgia but don't have the original media or the setup required to play the classic will soon be able to get it all for free.

While it was originally announced...

From X-bit Labs: Western Digital has become the largest maker of hard disk drives (HDDs) in the world, based on the company’s own financial report for its third quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended on the 2nd of April. Apparently, WD shipped 800 thousand of hard drives more than...

From X-bit Labs: Globalfoundries, the contract maker of semiconductors controlled by Advanced Technology Investment Company and Advanced Micro Devices, said that it would develop 20nm process technology, along with 22nm fabrication process. Besides, the company indicated that the so...

From InfoWorld: McAfee will reimburse its consumer customers for "reasonable expenses" they have incurred dealing with last week's faulty anti-virus update, the company said.

In a message on its Web site aimed at consumers, McAfee promised to pay for repairs. "If you have already...

From PC World: Verizon Wireless subscribers should stop waiting for the Nexus One and buy a Droid Incredible instead, Google says.

"In the US, if you've been waiting for the Nexus One for Verizon Wireless' network, head over to [Verizon] to pre-order the Droid Incredible by HTC, a...

From CNET News.com: An Nvidia executive appearing on a local San Francisco TV show on Friday said that Intel is denying consumers the chance to use Nvidia chips, likely presaging more verbal sparring and future legal wrangling between the two chip giants.

In a video posted on Nvidia...