Take a deep breath: Skype isn’t working so great on the iPhone right now. But a fix should be available by Wednesday evening in Apple’s App Store. Skype released an upgrade version 1.2 for the iPhone last Friday that added features such as call forwarding, the ability to send SMS (short message...

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...

In a poor economy, some budget PC brands are finding its customers happier than ever, according to this year’s installment of the American Customer Satisfaction Index, an annual study completed by the University of Michigan each year.In the 2009 rankings for PC makers, which are set to be released...

  Apple likes product conformity. Maybe that’s what makes the latest leaked Apple tablet image (in a long line of purported previews) the most “convincing” one yet. The image comes from a “credible” French blog via The Boy Genius Report. The small, probably Photoshopped...

The fog appears to be lifting on the fabled Apple tablet computer, with fresh “details” gaining splashy new headlines. Piper Jaffray, financial analyst Gene Munster, appears to be willing to bet the farm that the Apple tablet is real and will cost $600, be available early 2010, and will mint...