From DailyTech: VIA has launched the world's first quad-core mini-ITX mainboards. The new VIA EPIA-M900 and EPIA-M910 boards slip into the line of VIA's small and power efficient x86 platforms. Both boards use the same 1.2 GHz VIA QuadCore E-Series processor, though other processor...

From DailyTech: It would be fair to say that Samsung's display business has some serious issues.

While Samsung Electronic Comp., Ltd. (KS:005930) outsold its rivals in 2011 in both the flat-panel segment and the 3D-TV sub-segment [source], it also hemorrhaged $900M USD. The company...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices disclosed at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) that in order to increase clock-speeds of its forthcoming microprocessors based on Piledriver micro-architecture, it will use a new resonant clock mesh technology developed...

From X-bit Labs: SanDisk Corp. had developed the world's smallest 128Gb NAND flash memory chip currently in production. The three-bit-per-cell (TLC) semiconductor device’s die size is just 170mm2 in size and is made using 19nm process technology.

"Building a 128Gb NAND flash memory...

From PC World: Microsoft has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility for alleged abuse of essential patents.

Microsoft Deputy General Counsel, Dave Heiner, said on his blog on Wednesday that Motorola was attempting to block sales of Windows...

From CNET News.com: Verizon's 4G services continue to suffer growing pains with yet another outage being reported by users in several different states.

A few customers in Michigan, Arizona, and Virginia so far have posted messages about outages via the Verizon discussion forums...

From DailyTech: Past reports from other sources hint at a sub-$160 price, off contract, which would make the phone half as expensive as the Lumia 710, which retails for $315 USD off contract.

The new phone is expected to run Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) new Windows Phone Tango release...

From DailyTech: Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM) impressed at the 2012 Consumer Electronic Show in January. At the show it talked about its transition down to the 28 nm node (via Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp., Ltd.'s (TPE:2330) new processes) and pushing Snapdragon 4 (S4) system-on...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has introduced a new series of inexpensive graphics cards aimed at mainstream personal computers. The new family of AMD Radeon HD 7700-series is based on the latest DirectX 11.1-class GCN (graphics core next) "Southern Islands" architecture and...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of microprocessors, has agreed to manufacture chips for yet another developer of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) on contract basis using its 22nm fabrication process. Tabula, a designer of programmable logic solutions for...