Intel has acquired software company RapidMind in an effort to push development of programs that can exploit the power of Intel’s multicore processors, the company said Friday. The chip maker plans to integrate RapidMind’s data-parallelism products into Intel offerings. Intel already offers...

The Federal Communications Commission plans to look more closely at the wireless industry as it scrutinizes everything from the industry’s billing practices to the state of innovation and competition in the market. The commission, headed up by newly appointed chairman Julius Genachowski, on August 27...

AT&T told federal regulators on Friday that it played no part in Apple’s decision to keep the Google Voice application from the App Store, while Apple said it never actually rejected the application. In response to inquiries from the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T’s Jim...

GOOGLE’S ambitious book scanning project, already facing anti-trust scrutiny, a court review and privacy concerns, has run into another hurdle. Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! are reportedly planning to join several library associations and non-profit groups in opposing Google’s settlement with...

Nearly one half billion people subscribed to China Mobile cellular services last month, but the giant’s efforts to promote a Chinese 3G standard have made little headway. The world’s largest carrier grew to 498 million mobile subscribers last month, a number larger than the populations of the...