From PC World: Google has overtaken Microsoft to secure the top spot in a major Japanese survey of corporate brand perception.

The company has been growing in Japan and easily attracts more traffic each month than competing Microsoft Web sites, but Microsoft's long history in Japan...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has disclosed details about its Bobcat micro-architecture that will power the company's next-generation central processing units (CPUs) for netbooks and other innovative form-factors that require very low power chips. The Bobcat seems to be by...

From X-bit Labs: Back in the days the manufacturers of premium memory modules said that the best way to make a PC run faster is to add more memory. Nowadays the situation is changing and many companies claim that the easiest way to speed-up a PC is to install a solid-state drive (SSD...

From CNET News.com: Garmin on Wednesday issued a worldwide recall of 1.25 million Nuvi GPS units, saying the batteries can overheat and pose a fire hazard.

Roughly 1.25 million units are affected, with 796,000 of those in the U.S. Garmin said there have been 10 cases of the...

From CNET News.com: Adobe Systems pushed out updates Wednesday to both its Photoshop Express online photo tool and photo-editing app for Android devices that bring some noteworthy improvements.

The biggest change, besides an increase in overall speed on the Web version of Photoshop...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla on Tuesday launched the fourth beta of Firefox 4, adding bookmark and password synchronization, and revamping how people wrestle tabs.

The latest build also sported the first attempt at accelerating Firefox 4's page rendering by tapping the graphics processor...

From PC World: At a September 7 press event Apple will introduce a 99-cent TV show rental offering, a new version of the iPod Touch with a higher-resolution screen, and a $99 version of the Apple TV set-top box, according to Bloomberg news.

Bloomberg reports the Apple announcment's...

From CNET News.com: It's not just the TV makers that have a vested interest in pushing video's transformation to 3D TV and beyond. Companies that supply and enable the technology are just as eager to see the next generation of video take hold as the TV makers looking to sell you...

From CNET News.com: The Logitech Speaker System Z623 revealed today is a three-piece speaker set that delivers 200 watts of sound and ample thumpage thanks to the accompanying 7-inch subwoofer.

Multiple inputs on the back of the two satellite drivers let you connect the system to a...

From X-bit Labs: Globalfoundries, the contract manufacturer of semiconductors controlled by Advanced Micro Devices and Advanced Technology Investment Company, said on Monday that it would make a major announcement next week at the Globalfoundries Technology Conference.

"GTC 2010...