From X-bit Labs: Acer Group, one of the world's largest makers of personal computers, expressed doubts that Microsoft Corp.'s attempt to copy Apple's integrated hardware-software model with the Surface media tablets will be a success. According to Acer, Microsoft supplies a vital...

From PC World: Google is adding the ability for developers to respond to reviews and comments posted about their apps on the Play app store, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.

Developers can use the new feature in the developer console to help confused users, or let them...

From DailyTech: When it comes to smartphone operating systems, it appears as though all the major players are preparing updates. Apple recently revealed iOS 6. Microsoft this week took the wraps off Windows Phone 8. Beleaguered RIM is hoping to right its sinking ship with the...

From DailyTech: Want to know secret details about Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) upcoming Xbox 720? Too bad, says Microsoft.

A small army of lawyers at Covington & Burling LLP, among the international law firms whom Microsoft employs, have taken to the internet waging war against a...

From X-bit Labs: Arch-rivals Panasonic Corp. and Sony Corp. are projected to become allies next week when they sign an agreement to cooperate on next-generation OLED [organic light emitting diode] televisions. The companies reportedly intend to jointly develop new process...

From X-bit Labs: Just weeks after denying possibility of launching any new versions of its 3DS portable game console, Nintendo announced that it would begin selling 3DS LL (for Japan) and 3DS XL (for Europe and U.S.) devices with substantially enlarged screens late in July in Japan...

From CNET News.com: Samsung has promised to investigate claims of a Galaxy S3 burning up and melting in Ireland.

"There have been recent online posts displaying pictures of a Samsung GALAXY SIII that appears to have heat-related damage at the bottom of the device," the company wrote...

From DailyTech: Oracle Corp. (ORCL) at one time hoped to win as much as $7B USD from Google Inc. (GOOG) for its allegedly unauthorized use of certain license-only Java source files. That wouldn't be a bad payday -- in fact it would almost entirely justify the $7.4B USD Oracle paid...

From DailyTech: Microsoft may be down in the single-digits when it comes to worldwide smartphone market share, but the company is not going to sit by on the sidelines while the competition from Apple and Google pass it by. Today at the Windows Phone Summit, Microsoft announced the...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has outlined its vision and roadmap for microservers and discussed how they best suited to handle emerging “scale-out” applications. According to Intel, in a bid to ensure truly high performance when it is needed and truly maximum power efficiency when it...