From DailyTech: HP has announced that its chairman, Ray Lane, has stepped down from his post. Lane has been under fire from shareholders due to his role in the acquisition of software company Autonomy.

"After reflecting on the stockholder vote last month, I've decided to step down...

From DailyTech: BlackBerry is still facing an uphill battle in the smartphone market even though it has had some modest success with BlackBerry 10 operating system and the new Q10 smartphone. However, if you're a BlackBerry user who loves the BBM Music service, the Canadian company...

From X-bit Labs: Facebook and HTC on Thursday unveiled the first smartphone developed collaboratively with the aim at frequent users of the social network. The handset promises an entirely new Facebook experience, called Home, which brings Facebook’s news feed and notifications...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. this week reiterated its commitment towards improving quality and performance of its integrated graphics cores. The company unveiled new drivers for its Intel HD Graphics cores that boosts performance of video games by up to 10%.

The latest Intel HD...

From CNET News.com: Nokia has closed its flagship store in China, once touted as its largest worldwide.

Nokia told ZDNet that the Shanghai store, which opened in 2007, shut down at the end of March. CNET also confirmed the closure.

"For a while now, Nokia has been focusing on...

From DailyTech: News continues to trickle out about the upcoming version of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows operating system. Set to land later this year, builds of the new OS, code-named "Blue" have trickled out to select partners -- which in turn has led to leaks.

The latest...

From DailyTech: Photos of the upcoming Facebook phone have made their way to the internet, and many are saying it looks like a large iPhone.

It was recently confirmed that HTC would be making the hardware for the Facebook phone, and that the device is supposedly called HTC "first."...

From X-bit Labs: Google reportedly plans to introduce a new version of its popular Nexus 7 media tablet in July. The new slate will be manufactured by Asustek Computer, but will feature Snapdragon application processor from Qualcomm. The Internet search giant has set aggressive sales...

From X-bit Labs: Despite rather high prices, Intel Corp.’s next unit of computing (NUC) ultra-small form-factor PC barebones managed to become popular enough to keep Intel developing new versions for different types of customers. At the Intel Solutions Summit, which is aimed at the...

From CNET News.com: Samsung has tapped Absolute Software to embed the corporate security solutions provider's patented persistence technology onto its mobile devices -- most notably onto the upcoming Galaxy S4 smartphone.

Headed for Samsung Knox when it debuts this year, Absolute...