From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics has announced a new family of wearable gadgets, the Gear 2 smartwatches. The manufacturer slightly changed the internal architecture of its smartwatches in a bid to make them more powerful and more independent than their predecessor. The new devices are powered...

From EETimes: Fairchild Semiconductor of San Jose, Calif., must pay at least $105 million in damages -- possibly three times that amount -- having been found guilty of infringing two patents on power supply ICs held by Power Integrations Inc., also based in San Jose, in a North California district...

From EETimes: The Wall Street Journal reported today that Radio Shack will close 1,100 stores, or about 20% of its total. Frankly, I've wondered how Radio Shack has survived this long anyway.

There is a Radio Shack in my local area, known as Coolidge Corner. I go in once in a while if I happen to...

From PC World: Comcast said Tuesday that it will extend its Internet Essentials program to supply low-cost Internet access "indefinitely," a goodwill gesture as it hopes to complete a $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable.

The Internet Essentials program supplies Internet access for $9.95...

From DailyTech: If you are an Xbox One gamer, the March update for the game console has started to roll out today. The new brings changes for multiplayer features just for the hotly anticipated game Titanfall, which will launch on March 11.

Some of the major changes the March update brings include...

From X-bit Labs: Razer, a leading maker of high-end PC peripherals aimed at gamers, has announced a partnership with Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg to produce a series of not-for-sale Koenigsegg limited edition Razer Blade laptops. The alliance is emblematic of the two brands’ common...

From EETimes: The global semiconductor industry is off to a solid start in 2014, with semiconductor sales topping the $26 billion mark for January, according to the latest numbers from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose 8.8% from a year earlier to...

From PC World: Advanced Micro Devices’ Sempron processor brand has polarized chip fans since its 2004 introduction in laptops, but a fresh batch of the processors is being targeted at its desktop fan base.

AMD’s Sempron chips will go into low-priced desktops priced at up to $399. Barebones desktops...

From DailyTech: Back in January, Toshiba completed its acquisition of OCZ. At the same time that purchase was completed, OCZ rolled out its first SSD aimed at consumer systems under its new owner. OCZ has now unveiled its second SSD to be released under new ownership.

The new Z-Drive 4500 series...

From X-bit Labs: Mozilla, the developer of Firefox browser and mobile operating system, and Spreadtrum Communications, a designer of mobile application processors from China, have announced that they have teamed up to deliver turnkey Firefox OS reference designs with Spreadtrum's entry-level...