From X-bit Labs: eASIC Corp., a provider of ASIC devices, has announced a strategic investment by Seagate Technology. In addition to the equity investment, eASIC and Seagate also are exploring opportunities to jointly develop custom silicon solutions for Seagate’s portfolio of solid...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has begun mass producing the industry's first three-dimensional (3D) vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory, which breaks through the current scaling limit for existing NAND...

From CNET News.com: Watch out, Web site owners: all of that blinking might need to go away soon.

Mozilla announced on Tuesday that Firefox 23, the latest version of its browser, will not support the HTML tag blink. The blink HTML tag allows Web site owners to make text start...

From CNET News.com: Owners of Sony's PS Vita will find at least one cool new feature in the console's latest update.

Released on Tuesday, the Vita software update version 2.60 lets you play games and other content from a PS3 console or a computer without having to copy those items...

From DailyTech: MSI has introduced a new thinner and lighter gaming laptop that was made to rival the Razer Blade Pro.

MSI has unveiled the new GS70, which is a light and portable gaming laptop entry following MSI's GE40. It sports a large, 17.3-inch screen with 1920x1080...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Friday confirmed the beginning of construction of the fab D1X module 2. The new facility will be the world’s first semiconductor manufacturing factory processing 450mm wafers, which will be used primarily for development purposes and which will lead...

From X-bit Labs: The special committee of the board of Dell on Friday announced that it has entered into a revised definitive merger agreement with Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners that increases the aggregate value to unaffiliated shareholders by at least $350 million. In...

From CNET News.com: It seems like it was ages ago when BlackBerry dropped the news that BBM would find a home on Android handsets. Apparently the wait is about to end, at least for owners of Samsung Galaxy phones.

A new report from the folks at N4BB claims Samsung has officially...

From CNET News.com: Google's Chrome Canary, the version of its browser currently under development, is hinting that more touch-friendly features are coming to the software.

Google's latest Chrome Canary build has added touch features, according to The Verge. The browser now includes...

From DailyTech: Microsoft continues to struggle with the popularity of Surface tablets. Last month, Microsoft slashed the price of its ARM-powered Surface RT tablets running the Windows RT operating system. The price cut on the Service RT tablet reduced the entry-level price for...