From CNET News.com: A day after getting a $300 investment from Microsoft, Barnes & Noble is on the offensive again, chopping $20 off its Nook Simple Touch e-ink e-reader and the Nook Color tablet for Mother's Day.

You can now pick up the Nook Simple Touch for $79 and the Nook Color...

From DailyTech: An eye-catching protest/flash-mob occurred outside an Apple, Inc. (AAPL) store in Sydney Australia. Blogger Nate 'Blunty' Burr captured the whole incident on video, leading some to believe he may have been hired by whoever was behind the campaign.

He describes, "All...

From DailyTech: Samsung has announced its latest gaming laptop for enthusiasts called the Series 7 Gamer. This is a big and full-featured gaming notebook with a 400-nit 17.3-inch, 1080p display, Dolby Home Theater surround sound, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M graphics card. The...

From X-bit Labs: From 2003 to 2006 the world's second largest maker of central processing units - Advanced Micro Devices - was an indisputable leader in high-performance desktop personal computer as its processors offered something that Intel-based systems simply could not. In 2012...

From PC World: Phone makers' lack of enthusiasm for Windows Phone is no secret, but LG has made its disinterest official.

LG said in a recent earnings call that it has no plans to release more Windows Phones, because they're not working out financially, WPCentral reports. “The total...

From CNET News.com: Barnes & Noble's shares are skyrocketing today following its announcement of a strategic partnership with Microsoft.

The company's stock soared in early trading to $26, nearly doubling last week's closing price of $13.68. Since then, investors have started to...

From DailyTech: Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KS:005930) -- the world's largest or second largest phonemaker depending on which analysts' numbers you trust -- will shake the global smartphone market later this week when it releases its latest and greatest flagship smartphone, the...

From DailyTech: Top Android-centric blog Droid Life has picked up an interesting tidbit from "Redditor" "DroidTosser", who posted screenshots purportedly from Verizon Wireless -- a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Vodafone Group Plc. (LON:VOD).

America's...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. has unveiled its most powerful graphics solution: the dual-chip GeForce GTX 690, which is powered by two Kepler-generation GK104 graphics processors made using 28nm process technology. With the help of 3072 stream processors, the device is set to...

From X-bit Labs: Soitec, a leading designer of materials for semiconductors, has announced its fully depleted (FD) product roadmap comprising two products designed for both planar and three-dimensional (FinFET) approaches to building transistors. Industry checks by X-bit show that...