Stories by Sharon Gaudin

Facebook and its social networking compatriot Twitter are jointly taking new steps to help users share information.

While rumors are swirling around the Internet that Intel is looking to buy rival chips maker Nvidia, analysts say it's nothing but talk and bluster.

Google is looking to change the way you read news online. The online giant, whose Google News page is a major - and conroversial - news aggregator, has teamed up with The New York Times and the Washington Post to develop a new online tool that's designed to prioritize articles on major news stories as they develop.

Researchers at Stanford University have used nanotechnology to create lightweight and even bendable batteries out of paper.

The dramatic leap in the use of social networks this year has extended to the language that surrounds them.

After a year of technical problems, bad publicity and staggered momentum, the Large Hadron Collider has returned to work with a vengeance.

By the year 2020, you won't need a keyboard and mouse to control your computer, say Intel Corp. researchers. Instead, users will open documents and surf the Web using nothing more than their brain waves.

Imagine a day when you can make your cell phone smaller to fit more comfortably in your pocket, then make it bigger so you can text more easily.

Executives at Advanced Micro Devices this week said they are hoping that the company's new 40-nanometer graphics processing units will be in full by the end of the month.

The use of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to promote businesses has exploded over the past six months, according to the results of a study that were released today.

In good news for the semiconductor industry, IDC today reported that worldwide computer chip shipments skyrocketed in the third quarter.

An offshore Advanced Micro Devices Inc. foundry is having trouble ramping up on production of a new 40-nanometer graphics processing unit, forcing PC makers to delay shipments of desktop and laptop computers, AMD confirmed today.

A federal court's decision to award Facebook a staggering $US711 million in damages from a convicted spammer probably won't serve as much a deterrent to future attacks on social networks.

Ever wish you had someone to accompany you on a long drive -- a companion that knows you well, can help you avoid traffic jams, maybe even help find the cheapest gas along the route home from work?

The ongoing search war between Google and Microsoft is intensifying as both companies battle to outpace the other in real-time search.