From CNET News.com: The components that make up the Google's entry-level Nexus 7 cost roughly $152, according to a tear down study by IHS iSuppli.

The results, which were first reported by AllThingsD, suggest the possibility of a minor profit from the device, which will retail for...

From DailyTech: Say what you will about Finnish phonemaker Nokia Oyj.'s (HEX:NOK1V) struggles in the market, but the company does deserve plenty of credit for a uniquely humane approach to employee layoffs.

While the company has committed to trim its ranks by 10,000 employees by...

From DailyTech: RIM recently posted a dismal quarter in which its handset sales plunged, it posted a loss, and it yet again delayed the launch of BlackBerry 10, its QNX-based platform that's a delay or two away from gaining official vaporware status. RIM's new marketing chief Frank...

From X-bit Labs: Toshiba Corp. on Tuesday introduced its new family of enterprise hard disk drives with 10K revolutions per minute (RPM) spindle speed and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 2.0 interface. The new breed of enterprise-class hard drives significantly improve performance...

From X-bit Labs: Western Digital on Tuesday announced the debut of WD Red NAS hard drives specifically designed for home and small office NAS (network attached storage) systems with one to five drive bays. Compatibility-tested with top NAS box manufacturers and optimized for power...

From CNET News.com: Two more of AT&T's phones will get Google's big 4.0 operating system refresh today, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket (at long last) and the Samsung Galaxy Note.

The Skyrocket, which boasts a 4.5-inch screen, a dual-core processor, and an 8-megapixel camera, was...

From DailyTech: Google may have to pay the largest fine ever given by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a privacy settlement regarding Apple's Safari users.

Google, which invaded the privacy settings of users of Apple's Safari browser, could pay as much as $22.5 million to...

From DailyTech: ASML isn't a household name, but there's a high likelihood that you're using devices with processors made on its chipmaking devices. ASML makes the equipment that companies such as Intel, Samsung Electronics, and TSMC use to construct the processors and other chips...

From X-bit Labs: At the annual worldwide partner conference organized by Microsoft Corp., its chief marketing officer and chief financial officer Tami Reller unveiled new details regarding Windows 8 and its general availability. For the first time, Microsoft confirmed plans to...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced that revenue for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012 is expected to decrease approximately 11% sequentially, or about $1.415 billion. Despite of the fact that the company started to sell new accelerated processing units...