From DailyTech: Research in Motion is scheduled to have a press conference at 11:00am today to announce its new BlackBerry 9800 "Torch" smartphone, but launch partner AT&T has jumped the gun a bit. AT&T just launched its product page for the phone, so the cat is officially out of the...

From DailyTech: When it comes to Android-based smartphones, the HTC EVO 4G has pretty much been the cream of the crop (that is until the Motorola Droid X came on the scene to share the spotlight). The phone features a fast 1GHz processor, large 4.3” display, front- and rear-facing...

From InfoWorld: Android took the top U.S. spot among smartphones shipped in the second quarter, according to new research from Canalys.

Android devices made up a 34 percent share of phones shipped in the U.S. market in the quarter, followed by Research In Motion at 32.1 percent and...

From InfoWorld: Hewlett-Packard has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations that HP paid kickbacks to systems integrators in order to help it secure government contracts, HP said on Monday.

As a result of the settlement, HP expects to take a one...

From CNET News.com: Viacom-owned game chat and discovery service service Xfire has been sold to Titan Gaming.

News of the sale broke late Monday, Xfire General Manager Chris Kirmse left a cryptic note on the front page of the site titled "team leaving" saying that "most of the...

From CNET News.com: The unstoppable sales juggernaut that is the iPad has pushed Apple past Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba into the No. 3 slot for laptop shipments, according to a Deutsche Bank analyst.

So, how did this happen? Investors will begin to categorize the iPad as a laptop...

From X-bit Labs: Even though Intel Corp. has invested a lot of money into development of chips and system-on-chip (SoC) devices for ultra-portable personal computers or consumer electronics, manufacturers of actual products still prefer ARM architecture-based microprocessors due to...

From DailyTech: Windows 7 is arguably one of Microsoft's greatest achievements to date. However, the company's OS is far from impervious, despite its free antivirus/malware protection suite, beefed up memory protections, and numerous security tweaks.

Today Microsoft will release an...

From DailyTech: The pressure is on for Windows Phone 7. The Kin project was a resounding failure, selling under 10,000 units according to numerous reports and sources. And Windows Mobile 6.5 is rapidly losing favor with customers -- it's been bleeding market share at a steady rate...

From CRN: In July the number of Windows 7 operating system users surpassed Vista users, according to calculations by a leading market research firm. But Windows 7 has a long way to go to overtake the aging Windows XP, which still has more than double the market share of Windows 7...