From X-bit Labs: In its invitations to a press conference sent to various media outlets, Apple has confirmed that it would formally introduce its next-generation iPhone smartphone on the fourth of October, 2011. Given Apple's typical level of corporate secrecy it is natural not to...

From X-bit Labs: A leaked roadmap of Advanced Micro Devices shows a number of new accelerated processing units (APUs) for mainstream, low-power and ultra low-power mobile devices. All the APUs are powered by AMD’s next-generation micro-architectures called Steamroller and Jaguar due...

From PC World: Samsung's Galaxy Players are coming to the United States to do battle with Apple's iPod Touch. And Apple, I'm guessing, couldn't care less.

Sure, the Galaxy Player has some noteworthy features, including a choice of 4- or 5-inch displays and a microSD slot to expand...

From CNET News.com: Nokia has finally started shipping its flagship N9 smartphone. But customers in the U.S. won't be able to get their hands on the device.

The Nokia N9 comes with a curved design and 3.9-inch AMOLED display. The device comes in three colors--black, cyan, and...

From DailyTech: Intel announced that Apple's present Mac computers will have Thunderbolt ports that are compatible with fiber optic cables.

Fiber optic cables will offer faster data transfer speeds, and will be able to provide data transfers over distances of "tens of meters,"...

From DailyTech: Sprint announced that it intends to keep its unlimited data plans around awhile in order to have a competitive edge against AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile -- which have eliminated their unlimited data.

At the GigaOm's Mobilize conference in San Francisco yesterday...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has quietly updated its price-list and added a new-generation Atom microprocessors code-named Cedarview that will power nettops based on Cedar Trail platform. The new chips are inexpensive and considering their capabilities may become popular on the entry...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Monday established its newest Intel science and technology center (ISTC) that will focus on delivering technologies that offer a richer, more personalized experience to consumers of the future .Intel and its partners' goal is to accelerate the...

From PC World: Oracle and Google will engage in another attempt to settle their lawsuit over alleged Java patent and copyright violations in the Android mobile OS.

The parties are set to appear October 1 for the settlement conference, according to a ruling filed late Friday by...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft is trying to shed light on the new secure boot process in Windows 8 to address concerns from people who may want to dual-boot a non-Windows OS, such as Linux.

In an update posted Thursday to the Building Windows 8 blog , Tony Mangefeste, a member of...