From CNET News.com: Windows users who hate having to reboot their computers after a new update is installed may find some relief in Windows 8.

Microsoft is promising that the upcoming OS will require fewer restarts after a patch, bug fix, or other Windows update finishes installing...

From CNET News.com: If there was ever a period of time that showed Android's dominance over the smartphone space, it was last quarter.

During the three-month period ended September 30, 60.5 million Android-based smartphones shipped worldwide, helping the mobile operating system...

From DailyTech: The Android Market has received six new Adobe Creative Suite-inspired tablet apps from Adobe Systems Incorporated today.

The six new apps include Adobe Photoshop Touch, Adobe Collage, Adobe Debut, Adobe Ideas, Adobe Kuler and Adobe Proto. They are specifically made...

From X-bit Labs: Futuremark, a leading developer of performance benchmarking software, has announced development of a new version of 3DMark, the company's flagship benchmark for gamers. The next-gen 3DMark will be able to benchmark different classes of hardware that will work with...

From PC World: After a brief delay and more than a year of chatter, Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced the availability of its first 16-core Opteron server chips, which pack the largest number of cores available on x86 chips today.

The new Opteron 6200 chips, code-named...

From CNET News.com: Toshiba is poised to launch a model in its Z830 Portege Ultrabook series for $799.99 at Best Buy, which will be a new low price point for this emerging laptop category.

The Portege Z835 at Best Buy (model: Z835-P330) packs a "Sandy Bridge" 1.4GHz Core i3-2367M...

From DailyTech: This year already has quite a few hacking-related blemishes on record that compromised both government and corporate systems. Now, another can be added to the long list of those who have been targeted in 2011: Steam.

Steam is a digital distribution, multiplayer and...

From DailyTech: ARM Holdings, Plc. is making waves in the crowded mobile graphics market, airing a new, more powerful next-generation design.

The chipmaker, best known for its licensed reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processors, is also pushing licensable mobile graphics...

From X-bit Labs: For the second time in a row, Nvidia Corp.'s revenues were boosted by its Tegra line of system-on-chips for ultra-portable devices as well as Tesla and Quadra series for professional usage. Although sales of desktop graphics processing units were up, the increase was...

From X-bit Labs: In a bid to make mobile computers in the so-called "ultrabook" form-factor even slimmer and lighter, Intel Corp. plans to introduce special edition multi-chip-module (MCM) powered by Haswell microprocessor and Lynx Point I/O controller. The chip will help to greatly...