Source: Itworld

While the FX-9000-series central processing units from AMD has not really become popular, they demonstrated AMD’s desire to compete for the high-end of the desktop market. On Friday the company...

Anti-virus firm Avast! has 'fessed up to a breach. The small upside is that the mess only impacts the company's forums. As the company's CEO Vincent Steckler has blogged “Less than 0.2%...

U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm is reportedly on the brink of acquiring 60 GHz WiGig chip-maker Wilocity. According to financial website TheMarker, Qualcomm's potential acquisition could cost the company up to $300 million....

The White House is asking Congress to pass new privacy laws that would add more safeguards for Americans’ data and provide more protections for emails sought in the course of...

Netflix posted earnings that edged past Wall Street expectations Monday, while revenue was largely in line. In addition, the company said it will increase membership costs for new subscribers starting later...

Technology giant NEC's Hong Kong branch is promoting a small, "easy to install" appliance which will enable businesses to monitor their customers based on facial recognition. From a recent NEC press...

Microsoft launches the Xbox One in China in July, and a new forecast suggests that it’s expected to sell 100,000 units there. That’s according to BesTV, a Chinese media company...

It’s a guessing game parents like to ponder: What will my child look like when she grows up? A computer could now answer the question in less than a minute. University...

Intel has launched a $100 million fund in China to accelerate innovation of smart devices, as it seeks to spur development of newfangled products using its chips. Speaking at the Intel...

IBM's Watson business unit and the New York Genome Center will test a cognitive computing prototype aimed at allowing oncologists to better tailor cancer care. The collaboration, one of many IBM...