From DailyTech: From games to business, Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) Mac App Store follows in the footsteps of such Windows PC software markets as Valve Corp.'s STEAM engine (now available on Macs), making the push to digital distribution. Despite an initial catalog of 1,000 apps and one...

From DailyTech: While the sound of tablets' soaring popularity has been likened to a death rattle for PC devices -- particularly the netbook -- PC giant Acer has held firm in its stance that it would not phase out netbooks in favor of tablets. But with the resignation of longtime CEO...

From X-bit Labs: Even though sales of personal computers were below expectations in the first quarter this year, shipments of various graphics adapters were up both sequentially and annually, according to estimates by Jon Peddie Research, a market tracking and consulting firm. The...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has begun to send samples of its next-generation enthusiast-class processors code-named Sandy Bridge E to various third parties for testing. At least several engineering samples of eight-core Intel Core i "Sandy Bridge E" in LGA2011 package are now on...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Tuesday released the first security update for Windows Phone 7, replicating for smartphone users a patch the company gave Windows desktop users six weeks ago.

When the update will actually reach users is unclear.

"At the time of release, the update is...

From PC World: New claims that Apple will not release a new iPhone in June or July this year have emerged.

According to Mac Rumors, an AT&T representative claims to have been told by Apple that there will be no June or July launch for the iPhone 5.

The less-than-startling...

From CNET News.com: Users of Internet Explorer can now get rid of those persistent "Flash cookies" thanks to the latest version of Adobe Flash and support from within Microsoft's IE.

Cookies are files created on your PC and used by sites to keep track of certain data, such as site...

From DailyTech: Now that the proverbial cat is out of the bag about a planned successor to the Wii gaming console from Nintendo -- set to premiere next month at E3 -- the company is making a move that signifies a new launch is coming sooner rather than later.

As previously rumored...

From DailyTech: Seagate has announced a new storage solution that is the first hard drive in the world to hit the 1TB per platter mark.

The new 3.5” Seagate Barracuda desktop HDD breaks the 1TB areal density barrier and will help to meet the demand for more storage capacity with the...

From X-bit Labs: The mergers between Western Digital and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies as well as between Seagate Technology and Samsung Electronics' hard drive business unit will create companies that will virtually share the market of hard drives between themselves as the...