From DailyTech: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's comment that Windows 8 was his company's most risky endeavor sparked much curiosity. Little is currently known about the upcoming operating system. So why is Windows 8 such a high risk proposition for Microsoft?

The answer to that may...

From DailyTech: Yesterday, LG announced that worldwide sales of its Android-based Optimus One line of smartphones have surpassed 1 million units within 40 days of its launch.

The device, available in the U.S. as the Optimus S on Sprint and the Optimus T on T-Mobile, runs Android 2.2...

From X-bit Labs: Even though an analyst back in October said that it would make sense to split up Microsoft Corp. into several companies targeting different markets to "unlock the hidden value", the world's largest software developer does not have such plans.

"I obviously don't...

From X-bit Labs: Every new generation of central processing units (CPUs) brings improved performance as well as enhanced set of features. Some generations bring breakthrough changes to computing and some just pass some incremental benefits. According to Intel Corp.'s chief executive...

From CNET News.com: The video portal backed by Disney, Fox, and NBC Universal said today that it has trimmed the monthly price of its subscription to $7.99, an obvious sign that the service is struggling to acquire customers.

In June, when Hulu first began charging for a premium...

From DailyTech: Engadget has obtained some information from a reliable tipster that suggests Sprint will try to capitalize on the huge success of the HTC EVO 4G by introducing a new version in the near future.

The HTC EVO Shift 4G, as it is being trademarked, is set to be a smaller...

From DailyTech: Launching at $250, the Nook Color, a new e-book reader from America's largest book retailer, Barnes & Noble, is an interesting proposition. It lacks apps, but otherwise offers most of the features of a tablet, albeit crippled to various degrees. The 7" E-Book Reader...

From X-bit Labs: At the SC10 trade-show dedicated to supercomputers, Intel Corp. demonstrated its first high-performance computing (HPC) accelerator for the first time on public. The code-named Knights Ferry device - which is not supposed to become a commercial compute solution and...

From X-bit Labs: After two years of development, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has unveiled two families of its enterprise-grade solid-state drives. The novelties feature Serial Attached SCSI or Fibre-Channel interfaces and will be solely aimed at the markets that...

From InfoWorld: Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said it will start shipping next-generation Opteron server chips based on the new Bulldozer architecture starting in the third quarter next year.

The first Bulldozer server chips are code-named Interlagos and will come with up to 16...