From PC World: Android's market share dropped and Apple iOS' share grew as smartphone unit sales decreased in the U.S during the second quarter, according to market research company Strategy Analytics.

Overall smartphone shipments in the U.S. fell 5 percent year-on-year to reach 23...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices will delay the release of its dual-chip flagship graphics card, the Radeon HD 7990, to late August. The reasons for the delay are unclear, but what is important is that add-in-card partners of AMD do not seem to have plans to release their own...

From Tom's Hardware: Nvidia, a member of the Wi-Fi Alliance, announced that it's supporting the new Miracast WiFi-Direct based protocol which is expected to launch by the Wi-Fi Alliance within the next few months.

For the uninitiated, Miracast will be an open standard, so any mobile...

From PC World: Facebook boosted revenue by 32 percent in its first earnings report as a public company, bringing in US$1.18 billion and topping analysts' expectations slightly.

The company blamed its net loss of $157 million for the quarter that ended June 30 on the fact that after...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft yesterday confirmed what most analysts and company watchers had concluded last month when the firm unveiled its own tablet, that it risks alienating the computer makers which account for the bulk of Windows sales.

In a document submitted Thursday to the U.S...

From CRN:

Apple is gearing up to buy mobile security firm AuthenTec in a deal that could lead to tighter security protocols on its iPhone and iPad, making the traditionally consumer-focused devices more suited to enterprise users.

The acquisition, announced in an 8-K filing that...

From EETimes: Physicists at the University of Texas-Austin say they have developed the world's smallest semiconductor laser in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China.

The researchers say the development is a breakthrough for emerging photonic technology with applications...

From Tom's Hardware: We've been hearing talk of a Facebook-branded phone for months. Most recently, Bloomberg cited 'people with knowledge of the matter' that said Facebook and HTC were preparing to launch a phone in mid-2013. However, today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shot...

From eWeek: Microsoft's Windows 8 is not yet generally available—the operating system officially lands on store shelves Oct. 26 –but that's not stopping security researchers from trying to find flaws in the OS. However, those hackers who have had an easy time with Windows might find...