From X-bit Labs: Qualcomm, the world's No.1 supplier of application processors for ultra-mobile devices, this week introduced its first Snapdragon S4 Play mobile processors - the MSM8225Q and MSM8625Q - that feature four ARM Cortex A5 cores. The new application processors are aimed...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has unveiled specifications of Atom Z2460 "Clover Trail" platform and disclosed the first details about tablets and convertibles based on the new chips and Microsoft Windows 8. In addition, Intel said that select tablets aimed at business users will...

From CNET News.com: For all the talk of revolution at Research In Motion's developer conference this week, something about BlackBerry Jam Americas felt rather familiar.

Think of it this way: a once-mighty tech company, elbowed out of the smartphone revolution by Apple and Android...

From DailyTech: LG Display, Samsung Display, and Samsung Electronics are in the middle of another patent battle in South Korean courts. LG has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics alleging that Samsung is infringing on multiple LG OLED patents.

LG...

From DailyTech:
For the iOS 6 users that hate Apple's new home-grown mapping feature, don't fret -- Google is on the way with a Google Maps iPhone/iPad app. However, we won't see it for a couple of months.

It has been confirmed by anonymous sources close to Google that the tech...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. late on Wednesday issued a statement in response to news reports about comments made by Intel chief executive officer Paul Otellini in a meeting with employees. Intel denies that its head criticized Windows 8 operating system and called it half-baked. The...

From X-bit Labs: Nintendo on Wednesday unveiled the lineup of video games that will become available along with the Wii U console. The new game system will be supported by the largest launch-day video game lineup in the history of Nintendo. Among the 23 titles set to become available...

From CNET News.com: A month from now, on October 25, Microsoft will launch Windows 8 in New York City.

So with time getting short before Windows 8 and Windows RT become generally available, how are things looking from an app perspective?

As of Monday, September 24, there were 2,188...

From DailyTech: Yesterday, word surfaced that a "feature" meant to make it easier for techs to remotely service Samsung smartphones was actually a massive security flaw. The vulnerability had to do with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface and would allow malicious persons to completely...

From DailyTech: Amazon made quite a splash when it introduced new Kindle Fire HD models earlier this month. The online retail giant announced a 7" Kindle Fire HD (1280x800) for $199 and an 8.9" Kindle Fire HD (1920x1080) for $299.

Barnes and Noble may seem like an also-ran in the...