From CNET News.com: Samsung plans to acquire CSR's handset connectivity and location development operations and technology, the companies announced today.

Under the terms of the deal, Samsung will hand over $310 million to the semiconductor company to take control over its "Handset...

From DailyTech: In what seems like an ever-revolving door of new CEOs, Yahoo appears to have landed a winner with its latest chief executive. Yahoo today announced that it snagged a high-profile executive from Google: 37-year-old Marissa Mayer. Mayer was one of the first females...

From DailyTech: While many tablets have unsuccessfully thwarted iPad sales since the popular tablet's initial release in 2010, Google's latest Nexus 7 tab looks like it could give Apple's new iPad a run for its money.

According to many U.S. retail stores, Google's Nexus 7 tablet has...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. announced Monday that it is expanding the capacity range for its popular consumer solid-state drive (SSD), the with a new 330-series 240GB model. In addition, the company has lowered suggested reseller pricing on a number of SSDs including the SSD that...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices may delay release of its new accelerated processing unit code-named Trinity for desktops in a bid to adjust the design of the chip. Theoretically, the move will allow AMD to launch both Trinity APU and Vishera central processing unit at the...

From CNET News.com: Apple could be planning to launch OS X Mountain Lion on July 25, according to a new report.

According to 9to5Mac, citing sources, Apple has informed some employees at its retail stores that they'll need to plan for an "overnight" on July 24. Overnights have...

From DailyTech: Nokia is desperate for success in the smartphone business as its market share continues to decline. The tie up between Nokia and Microsoft, however, has yet to yield impressively ripe fruit. One of the first major smartphones offered after the partnership was the...

From DailyTech: Earlier this week, Apple caught a lot of flak for removing the EPEAT Gold rating from 39 of its products including monitors, desktops, and laptops. While many of Apple's older products -- while often challenging to disassemble -- can be taken apart, repaired, and...

From X-bit Labs: The rumors regarding possible acquisition of IBM's contract semiconductor manufacturing divisions have just resurrected. This time it came out from an additional comment to a Future Horizons. Perhaps, it makes a lot of sense. Or may at all not.

"We assume...

From X-bit Labs: Qualcomm, the world's largest supplier of chips for mobile devices, may contract Globalfoundries, in addition to Samsung Semiconductor, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and United Microelectronics Corp. to make chips using 28nm process technology.

Earlier this...