From X-bit Labs: Corsair Components, a leading supplier of high-performance PC components, has received a strategic investment of approximately $75 million from Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused investment firm. Francisco Partners will partner with Corsair CEO Andy...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. today took the wraps off its brand new, low-power, high-performance microarchitecture named Silvermont. Silvermont microarchitecture delivers ~3x more peak performance or the same performance at ~5x lower power over current-generation Intel Atom processor...

From CNET News.com: Samsung is launching a new smartphone this month with lower-end features but with a dual-SIM option that lets users access two different SIM cards.

The new Galaxy Core will be available in two flavors -- a single-SIM model that won't be available until July and...

From DailyTech: Barnes and Noble introduced the Nook HD+ last year in an effort to thwart the momentum that Amazon was gaining in the relatively low cost tablet arena with the Kindle Fire HD.

The Nook HD+ is backed by relatively stout hardware, bringing with it a 1.5GHz dual-core...

From DailyTech: The struggles of Taiwanese computer and gadgetmaker Acer, Inc. (TPE:2353) have been well documented.

CEO and chairman J.T. Wang in Dec. 2011 summarized the mess his company was in remarking that Acer products were "cheap" and "unprofitable". The company has...

From X-bit Labs: It is not a secret that it is going to get easier to overclock future K-versions of Intel Core i5 and Core i7 "Haswell" microprocessors because of variable DMICLK/BCLK [base clock] coarse ratios. Therefore, it is not surprising that professional overclockers have...

From X-bit Labs: Even though Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone platform has clearly managed to become a rather powerful alternative to Apple iOS and Google Android, it is still dramatically behind both in terms of market share. But everything may start to change, when Nokia Corp...

From CNET News.com: Bowing to market pressures and customer demand for access to the full breadth of Android apps, Barnes & Noble has made the bold move of adding the Google Play store to its two latest tablets, the Nook HD and Nook HD+. The free software update, which also includes...

From DailyTech: Facebook's financial earnings report for the first quarter of 2013 looks good, thanks in part to mobile ad revenue taking off.

For Q1 2013, Facebook earned $219 million (9 cents a share) in profit compared to $205 million in the year-ago period. Excluding certain...