From DailyTech: The body blows just keep coming for “big box” retailer Best Buy. The brick and mortar electronics retail giant has outlived competitors like Circuit City, but has faced increasing pressure from companies like Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Costco which have greatly expanded...

From X-bit Labs: Micron Technology has introduced solid-state drives for ultra-thin notebooks and ultrabooks in mini Serial ATA (mSATA) form-factor. The new RealSSD C400 SSD are projected to offer high performance and reliability expected from modern personal computers.

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From X-bit Labs: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Monday held a groundbreaking ceremony at the South Taiwan Science Park in Tainan for phase 5 of its Fab 14 GigaFab. When the factory is completed in two years from now, it will produce chips using 20nm process technology...

From PC World: Nokia currently estimates the company will sell only 12 million smartphones during the first three months of 2012, as "multiple factors negatively" impact sales, the company said on Wednesday.

Nokia will sell a total of 71 million mobile phones during the first...

From PC World: Instagram’s Android app has been downloaded more than 5 million times less than a week after being released. Not bad for a company that recently agreed to be bought by Facebook for $1 billion.

In comparison to its Android version, Instagram’s iPhone app was a slow...

From CNET News.com: AT&T's marketing clout for the Lumia 900 isn't quite as hefty as initially thought.

The budget to push Nokia's smartphone is significantly lower than the $150 million that Ad Age had reported yesterday, according to a person familiar with the situation. The Verge...

From DailyTech: Toshiba has expanded its line of Excite Android tablets to include three new screen sizes. The new tablets have 13.3-inch, 10.1-inch, and 7.7-inch screens. The names of the tablets, predictably, are the Excite 10, Excite 13, and Excite 7.7. The tablets all have some...

From DailyTech: Even as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) heads in bold new directions with its user interface (UI) in the Metro UI powered Windows 8, Google Inc. (GOOG) is looking (unofficially, of course) to the veteran software giant for inspiration.

Google's Chrome OS project has been more...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Monday officially launched its 7-series chipset family that will enable new platform features on systems based on Core i-series "Sandy Bridge" and "Ivy Bridge" microprocessors. The new Intel 7-series chipsets are now available and shipping in mobile...

From X-bit Labs: Sources familiar with Nintendo's product plans told reporters that bill of materials of Nintendo Wii U video game system with tablet-like controller may be as high as $180, but it is possible that the game console may be priced at $300 in retail when it becomes...