AMD’s Bulldozer-core FX processors won’t ship until later this year but, thanks to the “Team AMD FX” group, they’ve already got a place in the Guinness World Records. A pre-release version of the eight-core chip was clocked at 8.429GHz.

webOS may be looking at a new home soon. Now that HP has decided to sell off the operating system HTC is looking at it as a way to stand out in the crowded mobile market.

Researchers need computing power to help them search through millions of molecules for something to help them create better solar cells. The Clean Energy Project screen-saver program uses your PC’s idle time.

mSeven Software has launched mSecure 3.0 for iOS, Android, Mac OS, and Windows. mSecure focus on its Security Everywhere architecture, using 256 bit Blowfish Encryption, for cloud syncing.

Researchers from the University of Leeds are working on a polymer jelly to replace the liquid electrolyte currently used in most lithium batteries. Jelly batteries are expected to be smaller, cheaper and safer than current batteries.

While this survey was conducted in Britain, the findings are probably not that unique. It seems that an internet connection is ranked more important than eating and drinking.

“What’s Trending” used to have a deal with CBS News. Then someone mistakenly tweeted that Steve Jobs was dead. The tweet was quickly retracted, but not fast enough to keep it from spreading. CBS has not been amused.

For those who like to take things apart, the Droid Bionic from Motorola is easy to take apart and the parts are discreet, allowing for simple replacements.

While some have claimed the number of users on Twitter is misleading, the company says almost 50 million log onto the site every day, most to read the posts of others.

Google Docs, the cloud-hosted office productivity suite, was offline for an hour Wednesday after a software upgrade caused problems. Microsoft’s Office 365, Hotmail, SkyDrive, and other live services were off-line for about an hour Thursday night.