From PC World: Google brings the Gmail Web interface for iPad to desktop computers and adds preview panes to its webmail service. If you have used Gmail on an iPad (or Android tablet), the new Gmail preview panes will look and feel familiar, with a few added perks for the big screen...

From CNET News.com: In one short year, Apple has toppled Nokia and taken control of the worldwide smartphone market.

According to research firm IDC, Apple's sales of 20.3 million iPhones worldwide during the second quarter of 2011 helped the company secure 19.1 percent market share...

From DailyTech: The latest figures are in from Jon Peddie Research (JPR) on the number of graphics chips shipped for Q2 2011. JPR reports that Q2 2011 was higher year-over-year compared to the same quarter in 2010 for graphics chip shipments.

JPR calls the quarter part of what is...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. on Thursday clarified its plans regarding the next-generation Kepler graphics processing units (GPUs) and their release timeframes. Apparently, the company is on schedule to receive the early silicon of Kepler from its manufacturing partner later in 2011...

From X-bit Labs: Even though Intel Corp. is not really concentrated on driving innovation in the fireld of computer graphics, the company cannot ignore demands of its customers and thus continues to improve its built-in graphics cores. The next-gen Ivy Bridge will bring support for...

From CNET News.com: Skype has launched version 2.1 of its application for Android devices, bringing video-chatting support to a host of new handsets.

According to the company, the update allows 17 more handsets to work with its video-calling feature. The HTC Evo 3D, HTC Evo 4G...

From DailyTech: HP's webOS 3-based TouchPad has been on the market for only a few weeks, but you can already find the 9.7" tablet for much less than MSRP. Members over at Slickdeals are reporting that both HP's online and store and OfficeMax will be selling the 16GB and 32GB versions...

From DailyTech: The SSD world is growing very rapidly today with new offerings hitting the market on a regular basis. With each new generation of SSDs that lands, prices get lower and storage capacity increases. The latest to be unveiled is the new Patriot Pyro SATA III SSD.

Patriot...

From X-bit Labs: After many years of relying on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process technology, Advanced Micro Devices plans to start using bulk process technology for its state-of-the-art Opteron processors code-named Dublin and Macau in 2013, according to a slide that resembles...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has revealed the first and preliminary details about so-called ultrabooks, notebooks in thin form-factor with remarkable performance and feature-set. The first generation of ultrabooks will hardly be as impressive as notebooks like Macbook Air or ThinkPad...