From DailyTech: Barnes and Noble introduced the Nook HD+ last year in an effort to thwart the momentum that Amazon was gaining in the relatively low cost tablet arena with the Kindle Fire HD.

The Nook HD+ is backed by relatively stout hardware, bringing with it a 1.5GHz dual-core...

From DailyTech: The struggles of Taiwanese computer and gadgetmaker Acer, Inc. (TPE:2353) have been well documented.

CEO and chairman J.T. Wang in Dec. 2011 summarized the mess his company was in remarking that Acer products were "cheap" and "unprofitable". The company has...

From X-bit Labs: It is not a secret that it is going to get easier to overclock future K-versions of Intel Core i5 and Core i7 "Haswell" microprocessors because of variable DMICLK/BCLK [base clock] coarse ratios. Therefore, it is not surprising that professional overclockers have...

From X-bit Labs: Even though Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone platform has clearly managed to become a rather powerful alternative to Apple iOS and Google Android, it is still dramatically behind both in terms of market share. But everything may start to change, when Nokia Corp...

From CNET News.com: Bowing to market pressures and customer demand for access to the full breadth of Android apps, Barnes & Noble has made the bold move of adding the Google Play store to its two latest tablets, the Nook HD and Nook HD+. The free software update, which also includes...

From DailyTech: Facebook's financial earnings report for the first quarter of 2013 looks good, thanks in part to mobile ad revenue taking off.

For Q1 2013, Facebook earned $219 million (9 cents a share) in profit compared to $205 million in the year-ago period. Excluding certain...

From DailyTech: In a somewhat unusual move, HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) has seemingly conceded it made a mistake in terms of intellectual property and has dropped a key feature of its HTC One smartphone.

The company had contracted Geneva, Switzerland-based STMicroelectrics N.V. (EPA:STM)...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Thursday unveiled “Iris Graphics”, the brand name that will be carried by the integrated graphics cores of the Core i-series “Haswell” microprocessors. Besides, the company said that the highest-performing Iris graphics cores will outperform the...

From X-bit Labs: Negotiations between IBM and Lenovo group over a deal under which the latter would acquire mainstream server business unit from the former have ended with no results, according to a media report. The parties have not reached agreements over price and will unlikely...