Chipmaker is integrating the largest number of cores onto one chip in its history--an average three-fold jump in performance, it says.

Google's browser will include Flash and update it automatically. In addition, Google is working with Adobe and Mozilla to improve plug-in technology overall.

Following her retirement as CEO last year, she will step down on May 20. Current CEO Ursula Burns will become new chairman.

Worldwide semiconductor sales dropped by more than 10 percent last year, Gartner says. But a rebound in the second half holds promise for 2010.

Robert Moffat was once thought to be a candidate for chief executive at Big Blue.

The United Kingdom's Security Service is instituting voluntary and compulsory layoffs, after a review of its staff's IT skills.

Microsoft stands behind the security and privacy of Internet Explorer 8 following a hacking contest that was able to exploit certain vulnerabilities in the browser.

In an interview, David Webster talks about the future of Microsoft's advertising, the impending launch of Natal and Windows Phone, and the challenges of going up against Apple.

Advanced Micro Devices is squeezing up to 12 processing cores into one chip.

Readers chime in with comments ranging from Apple losing its technological edge to the iPad overshadowing the venerable laptop line.

Search giant will review the 600 suggestions for the best place to build its experimental fiber network and will announce a decision by the end of the year.

Web giant makes good on censorship threat, while legal shenanigans abound in Viacom vs. Google. Also: putting green into going green.

The Atom-centric application storefront, which already carries Windows apps, in the future will also support apps written for the MeeGo platform.

Engineers in the U.K. will be just as vital to the success of the Williams Formula One team as track-side engineers in Australia.

At CTIA, AT&T announces it will sell a tablet that will run, like the iPad, on its 3G network, but will be powered by Intel's upcoming Moorestown Atom processor.

Earnings offered a little bit of everything: Sun integration is going well, Exadata is a hit, SAP took its lumps, and expectations were beat.

iFixit's side-by-side breakdown of the internals of these two phones makes a compelling case for the Nexus One.

The IT trade association is now offering an exam to certify technology pros who need to make sure their data centers and IT resources are environmentally friendly.

The overall market for high-performance computers sunk, but shipments of supercomputers costing more than $3 million surged 65 percent, IDC says.

Applications for smartphones have become coin of the realm for providers like Apple. But, says In-Stat, that isn't so much the case for developers.