From X-bit Labs: Specifications of the first wave of next-generation Intel Atom system-on-chips for various “Bay Trail” platforms have been published in China. As expected, the new products will cut down power consumption of chips for low-cost/low-power notebooks. Many of the...

From X-bit Labs: It looks like the first tablets based on Intel Corp.’s next-generation Atom system-on-chips based on Silvermont micro-architecture may arrive a little earlier than expected. According to a document from Intel, the new Atom Z-series chips that belong to “Bay Trail-T”...

From CNET News.com: A few more details on the mysterious Moto X from Motorola Mobility have trickled out.

When it launches, customers will be able to choose the colors for the back of the device and the trim, according to ABC News. They will also be able to engrave a name or...

From DailyTech: A report by Bloomberg cites sources at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) as saying that Chief Executive Steve Ballmer's leadership change will start be consolidating all of Microsoft's hardware products -- including Surface and Xbox -- under a single new unit, which would be...

From DailyTech: The founder and CEO of Dell Inc. could lose his company if he doesn't heed the warnings of a special committee of the board.

Michael Dell, who founded Dell Inc. in 1984, is trying to take the computer company private, but Dell's second largest shareholder -- Icahn --...

From X-bit Labs: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited and ARM have announced a licensing agreement that enables Fujitsu Semiconductor to release a system on chip (SoC) solution which takes advantage of the benefits of ARM Big.Little technology and ARM Mali-T624 graphics processing core. The...

From X-bit Labs: In the world where smartphones not only outsell PCs, but even feature-phones, it is not really wise not to address the rapidly growing market. Nonetheless, it looks like Advanced Micro Devices, the No. 2 microprocessor supplier in the world, still has no plans for...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft's Xbox One console will hit Japanese store shelves in 2014, the company's Japan President has confirmed.

Speaking in an interview with gaming site 4 Gamer, Microsoft Japan President Yasuyuki Higuchi said that the Japanese market is considered "tier 2"...

From DailyTech: As cloud services become more and more vital to Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) gadgets -- particularly those of a mobile variety -- the company is adding a great deal of capacity to its U.S. data centers. Its latest addition was a massive data center in Maiden, North Carolina...

From DailyTech: Sprint is in hot water due to unpaid sales taxes, and the carrier is looking at a $300 million lawsuit.

A lawsuit, which claimed that Sprint didn't collect or pay taxes properly on wireless calling plans, was filed in New York back in 2011. This cost both local and...