From DailyTech: Sources indicate that Sony Corporation is currently considering a proposal from one of its top shareholders, Third Point LLC, to spin off its movie and music businesses. Reuters reports that hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund, which owns 6% of Sony’s stock...

From DailyTech: Rosewill announced that it is adding three new members to its line of powerline networking adapters.

The three new members are the RPLC-201KIT, RPLC-201PKIT and RPLC-200PKIT AV+ Premium. The line is being expanded thanks to the success of the RPLC-200KIT and RPLC...

From X-bit Labs: Imec, GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm announced on Tuesday that they have expanded joint development efforts to advance STT-MRAM [spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory] technology. The collaboration seems to be important as it not only demonstrates...

From X-bit Labs: Even though neither Microsoft Corp. nor Sony Corp. officially revealed launch dates for their next-generation video game systems in different parts of the world, the launch date of Battlefield 4 game by EA/DICE, one of the most anticipated title of this Fall...

From CNET News.com: Google plans to shut down Google Checkout, its service for online payment processing, in six months, the company announced in a blog post Monday.

Even though Checkout was replaced by Wallet in 2011, it still has been an option for those merchants who are adamant...

From DailyTech: When it comes to processors for smartphones and tablet computers, companies like Qualcomm and Samsung have come a long way over the last several years. Processors from both manufacturers have turned up in a wide range of devices, with Samsung powering its own...

From DailyTech: The fall of LightSquared and hedge fund manager Phillip Falcone was well documented. For a time it looked like the service provider would become a key partner to Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) with its ambitious satellite LTE scheme.

Then came the news that the satellite...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest supplier of NAND flash memory, on Monday announced that it is now supplying its solid state drive (SSD), the SM843T, for use in high-performance servers and storage in next-generation data centers, including Big Data systems...

From X-bit Labs: As a result of Nvidia Corp.’s reluctance to release a lineup of graphics processing units previously known under Kepler refresh code-name, the company today has two flagship products aimed at the top of the market segments. While the GeForce GTX 690 and GeForce GTX...

From CNET News.com: Samsung will demo a new LCD screen that would top similar displays in resolution and pixel density, the company said Monday.

Geared for notebooks, the 13.3-inch WQXGA+ LCD display will offer a resolution of 3,200x1,800 pixels and a density of 276 pixels per inch...