From X-bit Labs: Although Google Android operating system is the world's most popular OS for smartphones, it fails to gain traction on the market of media tablets, where Apple's iPad still dominates. In a bid to address slates, Google reportedly intends to release a series of co...

From CNET News.com: A decision on what will be the next SIM card technology for smartphones and other portable devices has been delayed following a spat between competing hardware makers.

In a statement today, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) said that it...

From DailyTech:
At its peak in 2003, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) controlled over 94 percent of the browser market. Inspired to "free" the world's internet access from the control of one single company, the Mozilla Foundation launched the open source browser Firefox in 2004, a browser...

From DailyTech: Two of the biggest factors against Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows Phone 7 operating system when it launched in late 2010 were lack of compelling packaging and lack of carrier support.

Thus they shoved the OS onboard their most ugly budget models. Ironically, many...

From X-bit Labs: Toshiba Corp. has reportedly decided to join the bidding race to become the sponsor of Elpida Memory's turnaround from bankruptcy, setting the stage for a one-on-one match with U.S. firm Micron Technology, the Nikkei business daily has reported. Toshiba, apparently...

From X-bit Labs: LG Display on Thursday said that it had started mass production of the world's first plastic electronic paper display (EPD) for use in e-book reader readers. The new display is foldable, therefore, very durable, and very thin, which will allow to make e-readers...

From PC World: The next-generation PlayStation console will display resolutions up to 4096-by-2160 and show 3D games in 1080p, but it may render second-hand games useless, according to an online report. Games would only be accessible for the purported new console, codenamed Orbis, on...

From CNET News.com: With lawsuits filed against each other in countries around the world, Apple and Samsung could be headed toward a truce with one another, according to a new report.

In a detailed history of Apple's legal battles with mobile-device competitors including the likes...

From DailyTech: Best Buy may have dominated its former competitors to the point where Circuit City went out of business, but it appears Best Buy itself is now under pressure. The electronics giant recently offered up its financial details and among the profits and losses was a tidbit...