From X-bit Labs: As chips become more complex while process technologies thinner and trickier, it becomes harder for fabless chip companies and contract makers of semiconductors to interact and consequently ramp up production of new chips quickly. With the emergence of 450mm wafer...

From X-bit Labs: The U.S. court has preliminary halted sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" media tablet in the country as it preliminary found that the device infringes design patents of Apple. Samsung has already filed in the appeal, but in case it fails to convince the court that it...

From CNET News.com: The first major update to Firefox for Android (download) since January has arrived, and it brings with it a new interface, some new features, and a new approach to Android for Mozilla.

The company released the first stable version of Firefox for Android at the...

From DailyTech: Let's face it; geeks love Lego. I'd wager almost all of us have played with Lego bricks at one time or another, be it yesterday or when you were a kid. Many Lego fans want to have as many Lego bricks as possible, but that can get very expensive. It can also be a...

From DailyTech: Sony and Google have partnered up for a new set-top box that will finally be released late next month.

The set-top box, called the NSZ-GS7, will be made by Sony and run Google TV. It was initially announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, and now has a...

From X-bit Labs: Seagate Technology and DensBits Technologies have announced today a strategic agreement for the development of low-cost, high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) for the consumer and enterprise markets. The future SSDs will use 2 bits per cell and 3 bits per cell...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. and Yammer on Monday announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Yammer, a leading provider of enterprise social networks, for $1.2 billion in cash. Yammer will join the Microsoft Office division....

From PC World: Mozilla's new silent updater has not sped up the migration to Firefox 13, according to usage statistics compiled by an Irish metrics company.

Mozilla engineers speculated that an emergency update -- which Mozilla calls a "chem spill" -- that was released June 15 may...

From CNET News.com: Google's Nexus tablet will offer Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, a 1280 x 800 IPS display, and other beefy specs, at least according to one source.

Google is expected to announce its Nexus tablet at its I/O conference later this week. But until then, the folks at Gizmodo...

From DailyTech: Samsung has big goals for the month of July when it comes to sales for its Galaxy S III smartphones. That smartphone has turned out to be one of the most popular devices Samsung has ever made and has been selling in huge numbers around the world. Samsung's goal for...