From X-bit Labs: While some may believe that keyboards are no longer important in the world of touch-screens, it does not seem to be the truth. Microsoft Corp. has apparently submitted a patent on "interactive keyboard with multiple different key arrangements". In fact, Microsoft...

From PC World: For those who think there's no market for phone-tablet hybrids like the Galaxy Note, Samsung would like to offer 5 million counter-arguments.

That's how many Samsung Galaxy Note handsets have shipped over the last five months, the company announced. Earlier this month...

From CNET News.com: A newly uncovered patent design from HTC indicates that the "quietly brilliant" hardware maker could be secretly working on a personal media player.

Initially discovered and detailed by Patentbolt, the filing reveals that the company applied for the patent in...

From DailyTech: ASUSTek Computer Inc. (TPE:2357) gained the enviable position of having its Tegra 3-powered Transformer Prime -- a powerful keyboard dock enabled Android tablet design --become the official flagship tablet of Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich mobile...

From DailyTech: For all its critics and cynics, Intel Corp. (INTC) was still on top of the chipmaking market in 2011, posting one of the largest year-to-year growth numbers, according to a new report by iSuppli.

Intel's whopping 20.6 percent gains came thanks to its purchase of...

From X-bit Labs: Hasbro, a leading maker of toys and board games, has failed to persuade the U.S. court that Asustek Computer infringes its intellectual properties by using the name "Transformer" to call its tablets with optional keyboards. The court says that Asus' tablets will not...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said it had completed acquisition of SeaMicro, a low-power server maker, in record time, or less than a month. The pioneer in energy-efficient, high-bandwidth micro-servers cost AMD approximately $334 million, net of cash assumed. AMD...

From PC World: Americans will watch more movies from legal, online sources in 2012 than they will on DVD or Blu-ray, according to a new study by IHS. Online movie consumption will rise to 3.4 billion views or transactions this year, IHS projects, compared with 2.4 billion views for...

From CNET News.com: AT&T is testing a new program designed to reward and retain customers through a series of potentially tempting perks.

Known as AT&T Plus, the program would offer a "preferential" customer support number, waived upgrade fees, waived activation fees on a second...

From DailyTech: Sony announced today that it is shaking up its management structure in an effort to avoid yet another year of losses.

Sony has definitely seen better days. Its TV unit has been the largest headache as of late, with eight years of quarterly losses. Last December, Sony...