AMD Athlon X4 760K with Richland Core Available for Sale

From X-bit Labs: Although Advanced Micro Devices these days is shifting focus from pure central processing units (CPUs) to accelerated processing units (APUs) with integrated graphics cores that can speed up select applications, the company continues to sell CPUs not only to...

Bing's US search market share continues to climb

From CNET News.com: Microsoft's Bing carved out a 17.4 percent slice of the U.S. search engine market in May, according to the latest ComScore data provided by investment firm Macquarie Capital.

An investors note released today by Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter revealed that Bing's...

EA Says Online Pass Used Game DRM Was a Mistake, Mum on Xbox One

From DailyTech: In an interview with Polygon, Electronic Arts, Inc.'s (EA) chief operating officer Peter Moore the executive opened up somewhat about his company's controversial DRM efforts, while dodging other questions on the issue.

From 2010 to 2013 EA had embraced a...

AMD Releases World's First 5.0 GHz FX Processor

From DailyTech: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is dropping the Gigahertz hammer on rival Intel Corp. (INTC) announcing a new Vishera (the Piledriver-core based line of "FX"-branded processors) octa-core chip that has a turbo clock of 5.0 GHz.

While some may consider the fact...

Amazon: Demand for Microsoft Xbox One Is Unprecedented

From X-bit Labs: Despite of heavy competition from mobile platforms, relatively high price and numerous restrictions when it comes to used games, Microsoft Xbox One is facing tremendous demand from the end-users in the U.S., according to Amazon. It is most likely that the consoles...

Intel Aims New Solid-State Drives at Cloud Computing Datacenters

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Tuesday announced its new solid-state drive DC S3500 series, the latest solid-state drive (SSD) for data centers and cloud computing. The new SSDs are designed for read-intensive applications such as web hosting, cloud computing and data center...

Softbank ups Sprint offer to $21.6B

From CNET News.com: As the battle between SoftBank and Dish in the takeover of Sprint increasingly heats up, SoftBank has announced that it will raise its offer to from $20.1 billion to $21.6 billion.

SoftBank said Monday that the amended merger agreement will give shareholders a...

Acer Plans to Sell a Windows Phone 8.1 Device in 2014

From DailyTech: It's already been learned that Lenovo Group, Ltd. (HKG:0992) eyes a major smartphone push into the U.S. in 2014. Now we're learning via interviews, leaks, and rumors that two other top Asian personal computer OEMs -- ASUSTek Computer, Inc. (TPE:2357) and Acer Inc....

Apple Launches New MacBook Air; Announces OS X 10.9 Mavericks

From DailyTech: Apple is definitely getting “Back to the Mac” with the announcement that it has achieved million Mountain Lion installs since launch; Tim Cook even bragged that Mountain Lion is approaching 40 percent penetration on Macs while Microsoft is struggling to meet 5 percent...

Sony Reveals Design, Price and Launch Timeframe for PlayStation 4

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment on Monday announced that the PlayStation 4 (CUH-1000A series) computer entertainment system will come in “Jet Black” color and will be available this holiday season in North America and Europe. The design of the PlayStation 4 is a vast...

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