From X-bit Labs: Dell, one of the world’s largest suppliers of personal computers, has no plans to develop its own-brand smartphone to complete its ecosystem of devices. The company hopes that Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 and Windows RT operating systems will help it to gain positions...

From X-bit Labs: Asustek Computer has already successfully designed a $199 media tablet together with Google and Nvidia Corp. However, in a bid to sell more tablets in 2013, the company needs even lower price-points. To design media tablets that will cost from $99 to $149, the...

From CNET News.com: Get ready -- Facebook is making changes to how users access its privacy settings, again. The social network hopes this latest overhaul will make the now bloated process easier to understand, according to a blog post today from Sam Lessin, a director of product...

From DailyTech: It turns out that you can't sell a product that doesn't have broad availability (who would've thought?), so Microsoft is putting the Surface with Windows RT on the shelves of third-party retailers this week.

Up until this point, Surface with Windows RT was only...

From DailyTech: The department that handles acquisitions and mergers at Sprint has been very busy lately. Sprint announced that it would be selling a majority stake to Softbank for $20 billion in October. Sprint has also long coveted the wireless spectrum that partner Clearwire holds...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. will roll-out its next-generation code-named Haswell processors for desktops in two phases, according to a media report. The first phase will take place in early second quarter, presumably in April, whereas the second phase will take place sometimes in Q3...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Tuesday introduced the Intel Atom processor S1200-series designed for servers. The new chips support numerous server features to achieve server-class reliability, manageability as well as cost effectiveness and are among the most power-efficient server...

From CNET News.com: Google's Motorola Mobility unit has signed a deal to sell its Chinese manufacturing operations to Flextronics, which has agreed to run its Brazil facility as well.

Under the deal, announced yesterday, employees and assets will transfer to Flextronics once the...

From DailyTech: Research firm IDC has published its latest results for the worldwide smart connected device market covering Q3 of 2012. The market grew significantly during the quarter to the tune of 27.1% year-over-year. The quarter reached a record of 303.6 million shipments valued...

From DailyTech: It seems as though everyone is picking on RIM these days. Last month we talked about RIM losing a patent infringement case to Nokia relating to Wi-Fi technology.

Today we learned that RIM is involved in a new patent suit that has been filed by Wi-LAN in the U.S...