From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) next generation operating system, Windows 8 has some big shoes to fill, as the successor to the fastest-selling operating system in Microsoft's history. It is currently in Developer Preview (publicly available) and is set to launch late next...

From DailyTech: With all the talk about notebooks, smartphones, and tablets these days, it's easy to forget that there is still a market for desktop computers these days. While notebooks have been crowding out desktops for a couple of years now in consumer market share, Lenovo is...

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday confirmed plans to release a special version of Kinect motion sensor, which is currently available for Xbox 360 game console, for personal computers. Microsoft will also work with software developers to design software for Kinect on PCs...

From X-bit Labs: Due to slower economic environment as well as due to slowing sales of mission-critical systems powered by Intel Itanium microprocessors, sales of Hewlett-Packards ESSN [enterprise, servers, storage and networking] division dropped 4% year-over-year. HP claims to...

From InfoWorld: The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that Apple did not infringe technology patents owned by S3 Graphics and ended its investigation of the matter, the ITC announced Monday.

The decision is a setback for handset maker HTC, which recently acquired S3...

From PC World: Razer plans to release smaller gaming systems after the launch of its newest product, a 17.3-inch (43.9 centimeters) gaming laptop, which will start shipping next month in North American markets, the company's CEO said.

"More products will follow including small form...

From CNET News.com: It's time for Photoshop customers to think carefully about how to pay for the software, because Adobe Systems is curtailing upgrade deals to steer people toward a new $600-per-year subscription for a wide range of its products.

Subscription pricing, in which a...

From DailyTech: McAfee has issued a new report that looks at mobile malware threats for Q3 2011. According go the security firm, nearly all new mobile malware for the quarter was targeted at Android.

That is no surprise considering that Android allows for third-party app stores and...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has decided to delay or even cancel its code-named Deccan ultra low-voltage (ULV) platform for netbooks, notebooks and nettops and introduce much less advanced Brazos 2.0 platform for inexpensive PCs in 2012. Although the new platform will...

From X-bit Labs: Western Digital Corp. has said that on November 18, 2011, an arbitration award of $525 million was rendered against the company by a sole arbitrator in a pending confidential arbitration action in Minnesota. The award involves claims brought by Seagate Technology...