From X-bit Labs: Pessimistic projections draw declines on the market of processors in the third quarter of 2011 due to slow demand for PCs in well-developed countries. The expectations proved to be incorrect as the market was up both sequentially and annually both in terms of volume...

From CNET News.com: HP's tablet that's not the TouchPad was originally released in 2010 as a Windows-based tablet aimed at offering business users an iPad-esque experience, albeit with a capacitive screen that works with an included stylus. The new Slate 2 is still Windows-based, and...

From DailyTech: Many Apple customers using iOS 5 compatible devices have been complaining of poor battery life after upgrading to latest version of Apple's mobile operating system. A thread over on Apple's own support forums regarding poor battery life on the new iPhone 4S has...

From DailyTech: Even as x86 chipmakers like Intel Corp. (INTC) dream of getting a piece of lucrative smartphone and tablet chip market dominated by ARM Holdings plc licensees, ARM is ready to take the fight to Intel. Already preparing to invade the laptop space, courtesy of...

From X-bit Labs: Penguin Computing, experts in high performance computing (HPC) solutions, on Wednesday announced that the company has successfully installed the world’s first HPC cluster powered by AMD accelerated processing units (APUs) at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, New...

From X-bit Labs: The flooding in Thailand is affecting the fabrication of several products and parts, including automobiles, car components, cameras, semiconductors and hard disk drives. The disruption to the supply chain is having an indirect impact in turn on the making of other...

From PC World: Nokia will use ST-Ericsson's dual-core NovaThor chips in future Windows Phones, the companies said on Wednesday.

Nokia launched its first such devices, running Windows Phone 7.5 or Mango, last week. The Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 contain processors from Qualcomm and will...

From CNET News.com: Contacting Best Buy outlets last week to gauge demand for the iPhone 4S, analyst William Power found that the phone was sold out at most of them, with many informing customers of shortages via automatic greetings. Stores in less populated areas were more likely to...

From DailyTech: The LCD era has not been kind to Sony Corp.'s television unit. Sony has a hand both in manufacturing LCD displays -- via a joint venture with Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. -- and, like Samsung, in selling assembled LCD TVs. Unfortunately, Sony's LCD ambitions have...

From X-bit Labs: ARM, a designer of low-power microprocessor technologies, on Tuesday announced that it has acquired Prolific, which develops IC design optimization software tools that significantly reduce development time and improve performance of cell-based designs.

The...