From X-bit Labs: Via Technologies, a designer of low-power and low-cost computing platforms, started to accept pre-orders onto its Android PC (APC) platform for $49 on Sunday and managed to sell the first batch of mainboards within several hours. Apparently, the demand towards the...

From X-bit Labs: Sony Corp. has started a campaign during which students who buy Sony Vaio personal computers can get a free PlayStation video game console, a $200 discount on PlayStation-branded hardware or software, or save 8% on the PC itself. The campaign is aimed at...

From PC World: Like many of us, the 17-inch MacBook Pro has learned that it can be dangerous to one's health to carry around too much bulk. Apple has discontinued the largest member of its laptop line in the wake of its WWDC announcements.

Apple Discontinues 17-Inch MacBook ProIf...

From CNET News.com: Apple's bid to ban the sale of the Samsung Galaxy S III in the U.S. has been put on ice.

U.S. District Court judge Lucy Koh decided (PDF) this week that Apple cannot argue its case for a ban on the flagship handset at a previously scheduled June 21 hearing...

From CNET News.com: In the pot of struggling smartphone makers, it seems like a logical move to push towards the emerging market.

The rapidly-expanding population centers make Brazil, Russia, India and China -- BRIC countries -- an attractive point of interest for smartphone makers...

From X-bit Labs: Micron Technology on Tuesday introduced its new family of memory devices that are the world's first DDR3 chips officially rated to run at 2133MHz (2.13GHz) effective clock-speed. The new dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products are intended not only for high-end...

From X-bit Labs: LSI Corp. on Monday acknowledged that its latest SandForce SF-2000 solid-state drives controllers fail to encrypt data using 256-bit AES algorithm. As a result, Intel Corp. and Kingston Technology will either recall solid-state drives with controllers incapable of...

From CNET News.com: Verizon Wireless finally unveiled its "Share Everything" family plan for data, phone calls, and text messages, potentially shaking up how consumers pay for wireless services.

The plans allow for unlimited phone calls and text messages, and a bucket of data that...

From DailyTech: Eastman Kodak Company is in bad financial shape and entered bankruptcy in January to protect itself from creditors. Back in March, Kodak sold off some of its assets for the Gallery Online Photo services to Shutterfly. Kodak continues to hope that it can emerge from...

From DailyTech: Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) was long the majority of Clearwire Corp. (CLWR), a publicly traded telecommunications company. Among Clearwire's recent accomplishments, it has perhaps been best known for deploying Sprint's WiMAX network, which gained the company much...