From CNET News.com: BlackBerry offered no real surprises as it posted a fiscal second-quarter loss of nearly $1 billion amid the continuing struggles of its smartphones in the marketplace.

The Canadian company said Friday that it lost $965 million, or $1.84, compared with a year...

From DailyTech: Today, vertical NAND (v-NAND) flash memory is in production and bumping storage densities in mobile devices to new highs. Yet while many players -- including Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KSC:005930) -- are actively producing v-NAND, vertical DRAM -- stacked...

From X-bit Labs: Back in the past, when new generation game consoles arrived, they offered similar of better performance than advanced personal computers. When the next-gen PlayStation 4 and Xbox One emerge later this year, hardware inside them will be similar to mainstream PCs...

From X-bit Labs: Valve Software, a game developer and the owner of Steam video game distribution service, has unveiled its Steam Machines initiative. The systems, which will run Valve’s SteamOS, will be available from numerous manufacturers next year. At present, Valve introduces...

From CNET News.com: The rebooted Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 may be called the 2014 edition, but expect it to hit stores a few months before the new year rings in. The 10.1-inch tablet will be available on October 10 with pre-orders starting at midnight EST on September 27.

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From DailyTech: To say Grand Theft Auto V has been successful would be an understatement. The game eclipsed $800 million in sales within 24 hours, and racked up $1 billion in the first three days of availability. Now Rockstar Games is looking to give gamers even more courtesy of...

From DailyTech: At the 2013 Intel Developer Forum (IDF), Dell Inc. (DELL) hinted at a Oct. 2 launch event for a new family of Venue tablets. The big question was whether Intel would have any place in Dell's tablets. At the time Dell was selling the XPS 10 tablet, which ran Windows...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday introduced its all-new Radeon graphics cards as well as new family of graphics processing units. The new R9- and R7-series of GPUs -- which will be available at price-points from $89 to $599+ -- will not only improve performance...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has once again cut prices of its top-of-the-range AMD FX-9000-series microprocessors. While in the U.S. AMD continues to sell its FX-9370 and FX-9590 to system integrators only, in Europe the latest central processing units from the company are...

From CNET News.com: Nokia will launch at least six new devices at its October 22 Nokia World event, according to The Verge

Citing "sources familiar with Nokia's roadmap," The Verge said on Wednesday that at least two of the devices will be new Lumias. Reports have already surfaced...