From Tom's Hardware: On Wednesday, Google said that its Google Wallet payment service now supports all credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Naturally there's a catch: Google Wallet is currently available only on selected phones from Sprint and...

From DailyTech: As we have seen with Samsung and Apple, patent lawsuits are becoming a common occurrence in the tech world. One such patent suit has been ongoing between Apple and Kodak. Kodak filed bankruptcy in January 2012 and is seeking to sell off two different patent...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. will release its next-generation high-end desktop (HEDT) processor code-named Ivy Bridge-E in the third quarter of 2013, according to a slide that resembles those from Intel's roadmaps. The new chip will retain LGA2011 packaging and will be compatible...

From CNET News.com: Sharp is producing the screen for Apple's next iPhone and will have it ready to ship this month, the Japanese company said in a press briefing in Tokyo today.

According to Reuters, which was in attendance at the event, Sharp president Takashi Okuda told reporters...

From InfoWorld: Apple sold more PCs worldwide last quarter -- 21 million -- than any rival, retaking the lead it lost the quarter before, U.K.-based Canalys said yesterday. And because Microsoft lacks a tablet operating system, sales of Windows-powered PCs fell to an all-time low as...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics has announced that it had begun volume production of an ultra-fast embedded memory for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB densities.

The new Samsung eMMC (embedded multimedia card) Pro Class 1500 delivers the...

From PC World: AT&T plans to acquire NextWave Wireless, a holder of spectrum that could be used for mobile data services, for about US$650 million.

NextWave has licenses for spectrum in both the WCS (Wireless Communications Services) and the AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) band. AT...

From InfoWorld: Intel has started shipping four new Celeron chips intended for low-priced laptops as it gears up for the back-to-school shopping season.

The new dual-core Celeron 877 and 847 chips, based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, are part of the same family of...

From PC World: Microsoft's Steve Sinofsky announced on the Building Windows 8 blog Wednesday that development on Windows 8 is now complete. The final bits are being shipped to hardware OEMs, which can now do the heavy lifting of integrating the shiny new OS into new PC systems, which...

From CRN: More than 1 million people signed up for Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT)'s Outlook.com in the first six hours the company's new online email service was available.

Microsoft is hoping that Outlook.com, the eventual replacement for its Hotmail personal email service, will help it...