From CNET News.com: It's official: Dell is being taken private for $24.4 billion, or $13.65 a share in cash, allowing the company to turn itself around away from shareholder scrutiny.

Michael Dell, who owns about 14 percent of Dell's common shares, teamed up with Silver Lake...

From DailyTech: Windows 8 has taken a lot of criticism since its release last fall, but a Microsoft executive insists that the new operating system is off to "a solid start."

Tami Reller, Microsoft's head of business and marketing for Windows, said that Windows 8 had a bit of a...

From DailyTech: Although the jailbreak was initially expected to arrive yesterday, the hacker group known as evad3rs finally released their long-awaited jailbreak for iOS 6.x today. The group wanted to wait until iOS 6.1 was pushed out the door to prevent Apple from deploying quick...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced the arrival of its “Never Settle: Reloaded” game bundling campaign, the sequel to last year’s “Never Settle” program. With the new deals offered by AMD, gamers who buy select AMD Radeon HD 7800- and Radeon HD 7900-series...

From X-bit Labs: Acer Group. And Intel Corp. on Monday announced the introduction of the Acer Liquid C1 with Intel Atom Z2420 (Lexington) inside, which will be the first x86-based smartphone in the Asia Pacific region. The Liquid C1 smartphone will first be made available with a...

From CNET News.com: Taiwanese firm HTC said Monday that it expects profit margins to continue sliding in the wake of increased competition by rival firms including Apple and Samsung.

HTC says that it expects revenue to drop by 17 percent in the three months leading to March 31...

From DailyTech: Verizon Wireless is betting its nation-leading network (in coverage and customers) will lure some to try its prepaid (no-contract) plan, despite relatively high pricing.

We brought word early last month that Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) was rolling out its own branded...

From DailyTech: The European Commission revealed today that Google Inc. (GOOG), the world's largest search and smartphone operating system maker, has offered up some major concessions to try to avoid joining Intel Corp. (INTC) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) as the latest victim of...

From X-bit Labs: Apple will stop selling its high-end Mac Pro desktop in the European Union next month since the product does not comply with certain EU regulations. While today’s Mac Pro can be considered as an outdated exotics, it will probably be missed by certain customers, who...

From X-bit Labs: The chief executive officer of Electronic Arts, one of the world’s largest game publishers, said that he expects next-generation Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation to drive sales of video games up and be popular among end-users. At the same time, the boss of EA is...