From X-bit Labs: Valve Software's Gabe Newell recently told EDGE Magazine (via CVG) that the company has no inclination to update the personality of Half-Life's protagonist Gordon Freeman to match other modern FPS game protagonists on the market. Newell said that he wants Freeman to...

From InfoWorld: Apple on Thursday will preview the next-generation iPhone operating system, just a few days after the launch of the iPad tablet, which also runs on the OS.

The company on Tuesday sent out invitations for an event that will provide a "sneak peek of the next generation...

From PC World: Following the release of a new video displaying the features and capabilities of the upcoming HP Slate tablet PC, the specs of the device have apparently been leaked. The leaked document--acquired by Engadget--shows a head-to-head comparison of the HP Slate and the...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft is releasing a free add-on that could make life easier for teachers, professors, and others who use the online educational system Moodle.

The plug-in, which works with Office 2003 and Office 2007, allows users to save Word, Excel and PowerPoint...

From DailyTech: It's been nearly two years since the debut of the 300GB Western Digital Velociraptor. Since that time, SSDs have continued to lower in price and have become the "go to" storage device for hardcore gamers.

We first brought you info on the new Velociraptors back in...

From DailyTech: Blu-ray discs have been around for a long time now, and really took off in adoption thanks to the PlayStation 3. When the format first came out it was mostly for HD movies and killed off HD DVD. Today the format is still big for movies and it is used for storing large...

From X-bit Labs: Sharp Corp. said Friday that it had developed a stereo 3D touch-screen LCD featuring the industry’s highest brightness that can switch between 2D and stereo 3D modes. Users can view 3D images without the need to wear special glasses, making this LCD ideal for mobile...

From InfoWorld: Google's partnership this week with Adobe Systems, which has the Flash Player being bundled with the Google Chrome browser, has the potential to take relatively vigorous competition in the browser market to an even more-heated level, an IDC analyst said in a bulletin...

From PC World: Microsoft is ending its support for Intel's Itanium processor with the current version of its Windows Server OS, according to a Microsoft blog posting Friday.

"Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last version of Windows Server to support the Intel Itanium architecture...

From CNET News.com: Episodic, a San Francisco online video platform startup, has been acquired by Google, the privately-helpd company said today on its blog.

Terms of the deal were not released. The company said news signups of its service are being suspended during the transition...