From DailyTech: The latest figures are in from Jon Peddie Research (JPR) on the number of graphics chips shipped for Q2 2011. JPR reports that Q2 2011 was higher year-over-year compared to the same quarter in 2010 for graphics chip shipments.

JPR calls the quarter part of what is...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. on Thursday clarified its plans regarding the next-generation Kepler graphics processing units (GPUs) and their release timeframes. Apparently, the company is on schedule to receive the early silicon of Kepler from its manufacturing partner later in 2011...

From X-bit Labs: Even though Intel Corp. is not really concentrated on driving innovation in the fireld of computer graphics, the company cannot ignore demands of its customers and thus continues to improve its built-in graphics cores. The next-gen Ivy Bridge will bring support for...

From CNET News.com: Skype has launched version 2.1 of its application for Android devices, bringing video-chatting support to a host of new handsets.

According to the company, the update allows 17 more handsets to work with its video-calling feature. The HTC Evo 3D, HTC Evo 4G...

From DailyTech: HP's webOS 3-based TouchPad has been on the market for only a few weeks, but you can already find the 9.7" tablet for much less than MSRP. Members over at Slickdeals are reporting that both HP's online and store and OfficeMax will be selling the 16GB and 32GB versions...

From DailyTech: The SSD world is growing very rapidly today with new offerings hitting the market on a regular basis. With each new generation of SSDs that lands, prices get lower and storage capacity increases. The latest to be unveiled is the new Patriot Pyro SATA III SSD.

Patriot...

From X-bit Labs: After many years of relying on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process technology, Advanced Micro Devices plans to start using bulk process technology for its state-of-the-art Opteron processors code-named Dublin and Macau in 2013, according to a slide that resembles...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has revealed the first and preliminary details about so-called ultrabooks, notebooks in thin form-factor with remarkable performance and feature-set. The first generation of ultrabooks will hardly be as impressive as notebooks like Macbook Air or ThinkPad...

From InfoWorld: OCZ today released the fifth generation of its PCI-Express SSD (solid state drive), which it said can perform at a 2.8GB/sec read rate.

The new Z-Series SSD R4 doubles the performance of the previous generation SSD, according to OCZ CEO Ryan Petersen.

Past...

From PC World: Facebook has acquired Push Pop Press, a start-up that has developed software for creating highly interactive digital books, for an undisclosed amount.

The social networking company said Tuesday that it isn't planning to get into the digital book business, but some of...