From DailyTech:
Microsoft is investing its cash into its own stock through a new share buyback program, and has also announced a dividend increase.

Microsoft introduced a new $40 billion buyback program, which is replacing the previous program that expires September 2013. While...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. last week showcased the world’s first demo system running code-named Haswell-E microprocessor as well as DDR4 memory modules. Unfortunately, no details were given regarding clock-speeds of the central processing units and memory. Besides, nothing...

From X-bit Labs: DDR4 dynamic random access memory (DRAM) will enter the market sometimes in 2014 beginning with various servers and then will start to target client personal computers, e.g., desktops and notebooks. Just like in case of transition from DDR2 to DDR3, the transition...

From CNET News.com: Consumers searching for the Nexus 4 smartphone will no longer be able to grab one through Google Play.

The store currently shows both the 8GB and 16GB models as out of inventory. A note tells buyers to "please check back soon." However, a "trusted source" told...

From DailyTech: Like many rumors, reports that Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) subsidiary Nokia Oyj. (HEX:NOK1V) would unveil its upcoming Windows Phone 8 GDR3 six-inch phablet at a Sept. 26 press event in New York City proved premature. Nokia reportedly opted to bump that unveil date till...

From DailyTech: OCZ Technology Group Inc. (OCZ) has consistently vied for the title of fastest solid state drives, with a broad product line spanning from budget SSDs to the high-end. Fresh off a recent power supply family rollout, OCZ at IDF was primarily focused on its SSD product...

From X-bit Labs: When Sony Corp. launched its PlayStation 3 game console seven years ago, the firm face a number of problems, one of which was high price of the system and another one was poor yield of Cell processor, the heart of the PS3. With PlayStation 4 the company made a lot of...

From X-bit Labs: IBM has introduced the NeXtScale System, a flexible computing platform providing three times as many cores as current one-unit rack servers, making it ideal for the fastest growing workloads such as social media, analytics, technical computing and cloud delivery...

From CNET News.com: HTC has confirmed a reduction of staff at its US offices.

The phone maker said in a statement that the cuts were a "decisive action" by HTC to "streamline and optimize [its] organization and improve efficiencies after several years of aggressive growth."

The...

From DailyTech: A few bidders are eyeballing struggling phone company BlackBerry, but no one seems to want to buy the company as a whole.

According to a new report by Reuters, bidders interested in a BlackBerry sale are more interested in buying parts of the Canadian company rather...