From X-bit Labs: It is not a secret that the market of portable video game consoles are facing tough competition from smartphones and media tablets these days. Sales of Nintendo 3DS and Sony PlayStation Vita are not as strong as those of their predecessors, but Nintendo claims that...

From CNET News.com: Samsung is investing billions of dollars into a plant in Austin, Texas, that's known to produce Apple's mobile processors.

The company said yesterday that it'll spend between $3 billion and $4 billion retrofitting its facility to improve production of more...

From DailyTech: Google Inc. (GOOG) beat Oracle Corp. (ORCL), in the Java infringement lawsuit, but even before the inevitable appeal, it is struggling with embarrassing questions regarding payments to bloggers.

Oracle and Florian Mueller -- a blogger who for months predicted Google...

From DailyTech: Canon has announced two new digital cameras that fall into its consumer-friendly PowerShot line. The new cameras are aimed at users looking for super zoom solutions to get them close to the action from afar. The Canon SX500 IS has 30x optical zoom and the SX160 IS...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Monday reduced pricing of select AMD Radeon HD 7900- and 7800-series graphics cards in order to better compete against recently launched Nvidia Corp.'s GeForce GTX 660 Ti. The new prices will become effective later this week.

As a result of...

From X-bit Labs: SanDisk Corp., a leading supplier of flash memory storage solutions, on Monday marked the 25-year anniversary of flash memory and shared some of its achievements associated with manufacturing of appropriate memory.

Companies such as SanDisk have increased the...

From CNET News.com: The embattled HTC is facing some bad news, following OnLive's recent acquisition and restructuring.

The handset maker announced today that it'll be forced to recognized a $40 million investment loss in OnLive. HTC didn't provide details on the loss.

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From DailyTech: Best Buy has announced the hiring of a new CEO to replace former CEO Brian Dunn. Dunn resigned from his position as CEO in April of this year, after concerns were raised about and "inappropriate relationship" he had with a 29-year-old employee. Dunn was then replaced...

From DailyTech: Apple is planning to release a set-top box with a myriad of new features onboard, but it must contend with cable operators and entertainment companies first.

The new Apple set-top box device has one main goal: to offer both live and on-demand content in one place...

From X-bit Labs: Lenovo Group believes that media tablets running Windows RT operating system and utilizing system-on-chips based on ARM architecture will be $200 - $300 cheaper than slate-type PCs powered by Windows 8 that use x86 microprocessors. As a result, ARM-based tablets will...