From PC World: Apple is racing to launch a tablet-sized device in time for the Christmas shopping season, according to a report from the Financial Times (FT). Featuring a 10-inch touch screen display, Apple's tablet is also said to launch alongside "Cocktail," a project designed to...

From CNET News.com: The end result of Google's $1 billion investment in AOL in 2006? 28 cents on the dollar.

Time Warner, which is in the process of spinning out AOL as a separate company once again, confirmed that Google sold its 5 percent stake in AOL for $283 million on July 8...

From DailyTech: No one can deny the business sense that AT&T used when it locked up the iPhone from Apple as an exclusive back in 2007 when the phone first debuted. The iPhone has helped AT&T grow significantly since it debuted.

According to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, the...

From X-bit Labs: Globalfoundries, a joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices and Advanced Technology Investment Company, has announced that it officially broke ground on the construction of Fab 2, a new semiconductor manufacturing facility located at the Luther Forest Technology...

From InfoWorld: The emergency patches Microsoft plans to rush out this week will fix a flaw that runs through several critical components of Windows and an unknown number of third-party applications, according to a pair of security researchers.

On Tuesday, Microsoft will slap a...

From PC World: High on the list of Things Not To Do on the World Wide Web is "hack off 4chan," the anonymous Internet message board community that blurs the line between a low-filtered Internet sounding board and launching pad for hijinks, Rickrolls, and full-scale protests. If you...

From CNET News.com: Verizon Communications' profits declined 7 percent year over year, even though the company added more subscribers and increased revenue.

The company's second-quarter results, released Monday, were in line with analyst predictions.

Verizon said Monday it earned...

From DailyTech: Microsoft has long offered one -- and only one -- browser with its market-leading Windows operating system -- Internet Explorer. That inside connection helped it gain over 80 percent of the market at one time, though its lead has now slipped to just below 60 percent...

From DailyTech: Yahoo and Microsoft have had a very tumultuous relationship. Microsoft wanted to buy Yahoo but it and Yahoo were unable to come to an agreement that would merge the two companies. Microsoft ultimately tried a hostile takeover of the company that failed and the end...

Generally, software has usually not been released in a timely fashion; some software may take different lengths of time to be officially released. Take Windows Vista, Half Life 2, or most notably, even Duke Nukem Forever -- as common examples -- especially where the latter has been...