From DailyTech: Research In Motion (RIM) has officially started laying off employees after suffering a huge quarterly financial loss and losing the smartphone race against the likes of Apple and Google.

RIM hasn't announced exactly how many layoffs have occurred or how many will...

From DailyTech: Waterloo, Ontario-based smartphone maker Research in Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM) is facing a potential end-of-life scenario as it scrambles to deploy its next generation BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system to market. BB10 was supposed to arrive early this year, but...

From X-bit Labs: HP on Tuesday announced that for the next phase of Project Moonshot, it has chosen to proceed with server cartridges featuring Intel Atom code-named “Centerton” chip for its initial system. Project Moonshot, a multiyear program designed to significantly reduce server...

From X-bit Labs: At the International Supercomputing Conference, Intel Corp. made yet another announcement regarding its highly-anticipated many-core accelerator for high-performance computing (HPC) known as Knights Corner. The official name of the chip and PCI Express accelerators...

From CNET News.com: During the 12-month period that ended April 28, Barnes & Noble's Nook business, which includes e-reader, accessories, and digital content sales, posted revenue of $933 million, representing a 34.3 percent gain over the $695 million it posted in the prior year...

From DailyTech: When Nokia pulled the wraps off the 808 PureView back in February, a lot of mobile phone users were interested in the phone and its groundbreaking camera. The phone boasts a 41-megapixel camera sensor making it more like a digital camera that can make calls than a...

From DailyTech: Verizon has finally released prices for its updated FiOS Internet tiers, and gave its new service a name -- FiOS Quantum.

Verizon said its entry-level options would remain the same, such as the 15/5 Mbps, 25/25 Mbps, 35/35 Mbps, 50/20 Mbps and 150/35 Mbps tiers, but...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. on Monday introduced its first media tablets that will be sold under its own brand later this year. The company executives showed two Windows tablets and accessories that feature significant advances in industrial design and attention to detail...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. and InterDigital on Monday announced that they had signed a definitive agreement to sell to Intel roughly 1700 patents and patent applications for $375 million in cash. The radio technology patents will help Intel to better compete on the market of cell...

From PC World: Japan's Sharp said Monday it will release a new user interface for its smartphones in an attempt to differentiate them from the Android masses.

The Osaka-based electronics maker's new "Feel UX" will feature a simplistic design with large icons, and allow many phone...