From DailyTech: Apple yesterday announced another blowout quarter, raking in $28.57B in revenue and $7.31B in profit. The company also sold over 20 million iPhones, over 9 million iPads, and just shy of 4 million Macs. While Apple has spent the bulk of its resources grooming its iOS...

From DailyTech: Cisco is working hard to turn things around for investors and bring the company back to the growth and profitability of years past. To facilitate the change, Cisco has shed units that were not part of its core networking operations and has already laid off some...

From X-bit Labs: After Advanced Micro Devices releases its FX-series microprocessors code-named Zambezi this September, the company will only refresh its lineup of high-end chips sometimes in the first quarter of next year. The first refresh of desktop Bulldozer family will likely...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems, a privately held fabless semiconductor company that designs Ethernet switch silicon for data center network providers. Intel will use technologies by Fulcrum to create...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft upped the ante on Monday in its months-long battle against the Rustock botnet by posting a $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the hackers who controlled the malware.

It was the first time Microsoft used its malware...

From PC World: Apple's iOS-based iPhone continues to be the preferred smartphone for nearly 50 percent of consumers, with Android the top choice for about one-third of them. The real surprise is evidence that Microsoft's Windows Phone OS now outstrips Android in user satisfaction...

From CNET News.com: Google, apparently keen on moving beyond 10 million people on Google+, is working on a plan to attract celebrities to its new social network.

Central to the plan is the matter of verifying identities, according to a CNN report. Online identity matters are thorny...

From DailyTech: For those of you who've lived the college experience, you know that the expenses don't end at tuition. Some may pay for room and board, and commuters may pay for parking passes. But one thing everyone must pay for are textbooks, and they certainly aren't cheap.

Now...

From X-bit Labs: Seagate Technology on Monday began distribution channel shipments of the Pulsar XT.2 solid state drive (SSD) that combines performance with the data integrity and drive endurance needed for the demanding enterprise environments. The company also announced it is on...

From X-bit Labs: After more than 30 years of domination by a single x86 micro-architecture the PC microprocessor market finally is set for some real competition, with shipments of ARM processors set to soar in the coming years and projected to appear in nearly one out of every four...