Parallels is one of those little companies that could make some big companies very nervous. The Renton, Wash.-based software maker is launching its Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac today. The software enables an Apple Mac computer to run Windows applicat...

Worldwide chip sales were up 19.7 percent in the third quarter to $61.9 billion, compared to the second quarter. The increase shows that tech industry recovery is continuing, since chips are used in everything electronic. Sales compared to the third...

A federal district court in Northern California awarded Facebook $711 million in damages against Sanford Wallace, an online marketer who accessed users’ accounts without their permission, sent phony messages and wrote wall posts. These were use...

AT&T, the major U.S. phone operator, will launch a Nokia Symbian phone with a Qualcomm chip in the U.S. market, an industry source close to Nokia has told VentureBeat. It’s just the latest in a wide front of attack the giant Finnish company...

Facebook did go through with the big top-down overhaul we reported on earlier. This could have significant implications for the way top-performing games attract new users through the system. (If you want the full live-blogged version, it’s here...

Copenhagen is bustling with activity today, marking the opening of the long-anticipated United Nations’ COP15 Climate Change Conference. The goal of the two-week event: To draw up an international treaty requiring significant carbon emissions...

In the fast-growing social games business, Zynga has proven to be a master of copycatting. Playfish, by contrast, has created a number of original titles that have been copied by others. But today, Playfish is turning the tables with the launch of...

Today marks the start of the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) taking place in Copenhagen from Dec. 7 to 18. For those that can’t attend, but feel compelled to help the environment, Swedish company Treehoo has an interesting...

Today, UK location-based networking company Rummble announced it’s launching a version of its real-time, personalized recommendations application for Windows Phone, in addition to Android and iPhone applications. Rummble is now available on an...

Google just announced that it’s adding real-time news and updates to its search results, which prompted some of the journalists at the Mountain View, Calif., press event to wonder, “What does that mean for us?” Specifically, one reporter asked whether...