From CNET News.com: AT&T and T-Mobile, the two GSM carriers in the U.S., have turned on a database designed to cut back on smartphone theft.

The database went live yesterday and allows either AT&T or T-Mobile to block a device from being used on either network. In order to do that...

From DailyTech: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) announced on Monday that it would be releasing new 64-bit Opterons in 2014 leveraging a radically different architecture to its current complex instruction set computer (CISC) x86 architecture -- ARM Holdings plc's (LON:ARM) reduced...

From DailyTech: Typically, ASUS and Google keep sales figures very hush hush. ASUS makes the Nexus 7 tablet for Google and recently an executive told the Wall Street Journal some of the most detailed information on sales statistics for the Nexus 7 tablet so far.

ASUS CFO David Chang...

From X-bit Labs: Seagate Technology on Wednesday confirmed that it had developed its 5mm thick storage devices for ultra-slim mobile applications and that it had already submitted its fourth-generation hybrid hard drives for evaluation by computer makers. The company also said it...

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group on Wednesday said that it had begun the process of restructuring, under which it shrinks its product lines and reduces its workforce. The company calls its actions initial steps to make its business more efficient and profitable.

"We are...

From CNET News.com: If you're willing to invest in new games for your long-awaited Wii U home console, a Nintendo promotion will grant you an extra $5 for every $50 you spend.

The Wii U, due to go on sale starting November 18, will come in two bundles: a $299 basic set and a $349...

From DailyTech: "Star Wars" will be making its way back to the big screen now that The Walt Disney Company has acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion USD.

Disney said it is buying Lucasfilm Ltd. with cash and stock, and the deal includes Lucasfilm's high-tech production...

From DailyTech: While Hong Kong-based Lenovo Group, Ltd. (HKG:0992) set a tough earnings pace to follow, possibly bumping veteran Hewlett-Packard Comp. (HPQ) from the first place spot in sales; ASUSTek Computer Inc. (TPE:2357) in many ways looked even more impressive, post higher...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. this week debuted Windows Phone 8, the latest version of the company’s smartphone operating system. Windows Phone 8 further enhances Microsoft’s mobile platform and finally brings the core of Windows for personal computers into smartphones and similar...

From X-bit Labs: As smartphones, media tablets and other low-power consumer devices are gaining personal computer-like functionality, they need higher-performance microprocessors that are still small and not really power-hungry. Intel Corp. claims that extreme many-core chips, such...