From InfoWorld: After drifting into the stratosphere last month, hard drive prices are now experiencing some significant decreases. If you absolutely have to buy a hard drive today, the good news is you can expect to pay 30 to 40 percent less than the nosebleed fare just a month ago...

From CNET News.com: As Acer's financial troubles mount, its CEO believes ultrabooks could be just what the company needs to return to profitability.

"Ultrabooks will become our key growth driver next year as customers want a lighter, thinner notebook with longer battery life," Acer...

From CNET News.com: That "something exciting" T-Mobile and Nokia teased yesterday? It's the Lumia 710.

A Federal Communications Commission manual for the Lumia 710 were found by WPCentral today. It essentially confirms that T-Mobile and Nokia will be introducing the device at an...

From DailyTech: RIM is taking a beating on the smartphone market today with the popularity of its smartphone and tablets dwindling. More and more consumers and business, which were the lifeblood of RIM in the past, are leaving for newer and better devices like the iPhone and Android...

From X-bit Labs: dvanced Micro Devices has notified some of the product review web-sites (1, 2) that it had provided misleading transistor count number for its highly-anticipated eight-core microprocessors based on the Bulldozer micro-architecture. The reasons why AMD originally...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Labs, a research arm of Intel Corp., and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan decided to establish the Intel and ITRI Research Collaboration (IIRC). The organization will explore many areas, including future energy-efficient memory...

From InfoWorld: At the Windows Store presentation yesterday, Windows Web Services VP Antoine Leblond mentioned that the much-anticipated Windows 8 beta would arrive in "late February" -- but there's more to the story.

Part of the presentation included a call for developers to submit...

From PC World: Microsoft will open its new Windows Store to customers in late February together with the beta of Windows 8, an executive of the company said Tuesday.

The Windows Store is an important part of the Windows 8 experience, said Antoine Leblond, vice president of Windows...

From CNET News.com: AT&T is looking at some happy holidays thanks to a new record expected for smartphone sales.

The carrier anticipates breaking its previous quarterly record by ringing in sales of more than 6.1 million for the final quarter of 2011.

Speaking at the UBS 39th...

From DailyTech:
When an Apple, Inc. (AAPL) iPhone gets hacked, it's no big surprise. When a Google Inc. (GOOG) Android smartphone gets turned into a slave in a massive botnet, it's an average day on the market. But when Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM)...