From X-bit Labs: HGST (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies), a division of Western Digital, has introduced a new generation of hard drives for consumer electronics applications. The new CinemaStar hard disk drives (HDDs) utilize latest-generation 2.5" platters with 630Gb...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday introduced what may be one of its most important developments in the recent years: cloud technologies that allow processing of graphics data from any device. Nvidia’s Grid and VGX cloud graphics processors enable gamer-grade or professional...

From InfoWorld: Advanced Micro Devices hopes to provide thin-and-light laptops that are less expensive but equally speedy to Intel's Ultrabooks with its new A-series chips, which the company officially announced on Tuesday.

The A-series chips, code-named Trinity, will enable laptops...

From PC World: Apple on Monday issued its first security-related update for OS X 10.5, or Leopard, in nearly a year, to disable long-outdated versions of Adobe's Flash Player.

Security Update 2012-003 does not patch any known vulnerabilities, but is instead a Leopard-specific...

From CNET News.com: Apple may already be prepping for the production of its next-generation iPhone.

The company is significantly cutting back on the production of the current iPhones, according to supplier checks by Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu. The number of iPhones produced may...

From DailyTech: Best Buy is seeing sales slump as more and more people go online to purchase items at lower prices. Many consumers are now using retail stores such as Best Buy as places to go in to see and touch products that they then order online. Best Buy has also recently been...

From DailyTech: To say South Korea's LG Electronics, Inc. (KS:066570) has struggled in the smartphone era would be to put it lightly. LG has plummeted in the sales rankings, even as local rival Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KSC:005930) has banked massive profits. But a...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. and Intellectual Ventures (IV) on Monday announced that they have jointly acquired a set of patents developed and owned by IPWireless. The portfolio comprises approximately 500 patents granted and pending in the wireless communications area, including...

From CNET News.com: The first wave of Intel-based Windows 8 tablets are expected to land in retail stores in November, a source familiar with device makers' plans told CNET.

"The schedule is tight," said the source. "Looking at what Windows is trying to achieve not only with a new...

From DailyTech: Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson has stepped down from his position after giving false information regarding his credentials earlier this year.

Thompson, who was previously the president of eBay's online payment system PayPal, took the position of Yahoo...