From X-bit Labs: As personal computers tend to become thinner and lighter, their components should also get smaller, even at the cost of their upgradeability. Intel Corp. understands all the trends very well and in the coming year it will offer a bunch of different chips in ball-grid...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices intends to discontinue dual-chip Radeon HD 7990 graphics card later this quarter in a bid to free market space for next-generation offerings. Keeping in mind that level of performance offered by the HD 7990 is similar to product that have been...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil a dramatic and long-awaited restructuring at the tech titan as early as Thursday, according to AllThingsD.

Ballmer is likely to realign the company around services (software) and devices, in both the...

From DailyTech: Nokia Oyj.'s (HEX:NOK1V) upcoming flagship phone will be officially unveiled Thursday. Partner Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) may have blown the surprise, though, when Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore posted photos dubbed "Lumia 1020" to his Flickr account. The photo has...

From DailyTech: Nikon is one of the biggest companies in the photography industry. The company produces cameras that fall into every price range imaginable from super expensive professional grade cameras to cheap point-and-shoot offerings selling for around $55. However, Nikon...

From X-bit Labs: Valve Software has developed several most beloved video games of all time as well as Steam game distribution service. More recently it turned out that the company is working on low-cost game consoles for the living rooms as well as other hardware. Unfortunately, not...

From X-bit Labs: The European Commission and Japan has announced six research projects aiming at redefining internet architectures to increase the efficiency of networks in carrying data. One project aims to build networks 5000 times faster than today’s average European broadband...

From CNET News.com: Alleged photos of the rumored BlackBerry 9720 phone have popped up online.

A slew of photos hosted by Thai BlackBerry Club reveal a traditional phone equipped with the standard QWERTY keyboard. Outfitted with BlackBerry OS 7.1, the 9720 is apparently destined for...

From DailyTech: Once the top smartphone seller in the U.S., Taiwan's HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) has today slipped to tenth place, according to Gartner, Inc. (IT). The company this week announced its earnings for June, revealing that it will miss analyst earning expectations despite modest...

From DailyTech: Apple and Google are off the hook when it comes to an investigation into how they use the Irish tax system.

Apple, Google and other multinational companies were originally called to talk about their tax setups in Ireland; as such arrangements had come under fire...