From DailyTech: For those upset about the lack of a start button in Windows 8, prepare yourself for another disappointment -- "Windows Blue", an upcoming short-cycle successor to Windows 8, is not expected to bring the feature back.

The source of this supposed leak is CNBeta, a site...

From X-bit Labs: A federal jury this week found Marvell Technology and Marvell Semiconductor guilty of patent infringements and ordered the companies to pay $1.169 billion in damages to Carnegie Mellon University for infringements of patents related to positioning of hard disk drive...

From X-bit Labs: As the number of different types of personal computers is growing, so does the variability of components. In order to offer the right balance of performance, power consumption and footprint, Intel will increase the number of Core i-series “Haswell” processor types to...

From CNET News.com: Windows Phone users can now find a wider array of apps in Microsoft's online phone store.

A new Microsoft blog post touting the growth of the Windows Phone store in 2012 revealed the latest facts and figures. Over the past year, Microsoft has published more than...

From DailyTech: Samsung has been showing off some of the new products that will be on display at CES 2013 early next month. The new products include new Smart TVs and a new version of the ChatOn app. ChatOn is a cross-platform messaging application that has been turned into a social...

From DailyTech: According to reports, Acer is set to launch a $99 tablet next year. Source claims to have direct knowledge of the project and offered up some specifications on the rumored tablet.

The Iconia B1 tablet will reportedly have a seven-inch display with a resolution of...

From X-bit Labs: As reported, Advanced Micro Devices plans to unveil its first power-efficient eight-core AMD FX-8300 central processing unit on December 29, 2012. The eight-core offering with 95W thermal design power will likely become a chip of choice for those, who prefer quiet...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp.’s next-generation code-named Haswell microprocessors will not only improve performance and feature some tricks to lower power consumption, but will also feature a secret weapon: integrated voltage regulator module (VRM). The latter will allow to improve...

From CNET News.com: Apple was awarded a patent that covers how SIM cards can easily be replaced or removed in a device.

The patent covers multiple methods of inserting a SIM card, including the "plunger system," in which a user pushes on a plunger rod to eject the SIM card. The...

From DailyTech: Samsung Electronics has announced that it has filed a complaint against Ericsson in the United States with the International Trade Commission. Samsung is seeking a ban on the U.S. import and sale of several products Ericsson makes due to patent violations.

"We have...