From X-bit Labs: Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Electronic Arts, said that it will take advantage of second-generation Kinect sensor in the version of Battlefield 4 for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One. The sensor will not be used for controlling...

From X-bit Labs: Western Digital Corp. has acquired privately held VeloBit, a provider of high-performance storage I/O optimization software. VeloBit enhances storage system performance with its software technology by adding a transparent acceleration layer utilizing solid state...

From CNET News.com: BlackBerry is eyeing another round of layoffs as part of its ongoing restructuring, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Citing "people familiar with the matter," the Journal said on the Wednesday that the job cuts would affect middle management across the sales...

From DailyTech: Microsoft has hatched a plan to get resellers to help wean customers off Windows XP by April 2014. Windows XP currently holds the second largest percentage of the computer operating system market right below Windows 7. According to Net Applications, Windows XP holds...

From DailyTech: Google has rolled out some official updates for the Google Maps app for various smartphones and tablets running Android. The updates will also come soon to the iPhone and the iPad.

The new app updates build on the design released for the iPhone last December, and...

From X-bit Labs: As personal computers tend to become thinner and lighter, their components should also get smaller, even at the cost of their upgradeability. Intel Corp. understands all the trends very well and in the coming year it will offer a bunch of different chips in ball-grid...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices intends to discontinue dual-chip Radeon HD 7990 graphics card later this quarter in a bid to free market space for next-generation offerings. Keeping in mind that level of performance offered by the HD 7990 is similar to product that have been...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil a dramatic and long-awaited restructuring at the tech titan as early as Thursday, according to AllThingsD.

Ballmer is likely to realign the company around services (software) and devices, in both the...

From DailyTech: Nokia Oyj.'s (HEX:NOK1V) upcoming flagship phone will be officially unveiled Thursday. Partner Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) may have blown the surprise, though, when Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore posted photos dubbed "Lumia 1020" to his Flickr account. The photo has...

From DailyTech: Nikon is one of the biggest companies in the photography industry. The company produces cameras that fall into every price range imaginable from super expensive professional grade cameras to cheap point-and-shoot offerings selling for around $55. However, Nikon...