From X-bit Labs: The recent quarters were not exactly impressive for Hewlett-Packard, the world's top PC maker, as its sales forecasts were reduced, something that caused analysts question whether the new chief executive can run the company successfully. But HP's chairman of the...

From X-bit Labs: Nintendo late on Thursday said that it would reduce pricing of its latest 3DS game console by 40% in August. Sales of the 3DS have been lower than the company expected originally following its launch in February and the firm clearly needs to sell as many devices as...

From InfoWorld: Mango, the latest version of the Windows Phone mobile operating system, was released to manufacturers Tuesday, Microsoft said in a blog.

The OS code was officially turned over to manufacturers and mobile operators. The OS will come pre-installed in new Windows Phones...

From PC World: Here today, gone tomorrow, that—in so many words—was what EA CEO John Riccitiello had to say about video game consoles in an earnings call yesterday. Riccitiello was on the phone to discuss EA's fiscal 2012 first quarter, which he described as "ahead of expectations,"...

From CNET News.com: LG Electronics posted a sharp decline in its second-quarter profit today, but managed to reverse a recent string of losses as its turnaround efforts begin to take effect.

The consumer electronics giant posted a profit of nearly $100 million, compared with a year...

From CNET News.com: Google has released a new developer version of Chrome to re-enable a multitouch gesture that changed in Lion, the new version of Mac OS X that Apple released last week.

With the new operating system, a three-finger swipe left or right moves among different full...

From DailyTech: Google Inc. has a way of pulling rabbits out of a hat when it comes to defending itself from seemingly impending legal demise. Not long ago it defeated cable giant Viacom, Inc. in a $1B USD court battle, when it proved that Viacom employees had secretly uploaded...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices remains very optimistic about its ability to ship graphics processing units (GPUs) made using 28nm process technology this year. The company believes that 28nm node will not only provide it an opportunity to offer advanced graphics chips...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. plans to continue to follow its Tick-Tock strategy and introduce new microprocessors for desktop, laptop and server markets every year. Keeping the same schedule of introduction and the same pace of transition to new process technologies, Intel intends to...

From CNET News.com: Amazon reports its second-quarter results later today, and Wall Street analysts will have one eye on the actual financials and another one on new revenue streams expected to emerge in the back half of 2011.

For the quarter ended June 30, Wall Street is expecting...