From X-bit Labs: Intel Labs, a research arm of Intel Corp., and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan decided to establish the Intel and ITRI Research Collaboration (IIRC). The organization will explore many areas, including future energy-efficient memory...

From InfoWorld: At the Windows Store presentation yesterday, Windows Web Services VP Antoine Leblond mentioned that the much-anticipated Windows 8 beta would arrive in "late February" -- but there's more to the story.

Part of the presentation included a call for developers to submit...

From PC World: Microsoft will open its new Windows Store to customers in late February together with the beta of Windows 8, an executive of the company said Tuesday.

The Windows Store is an important part of the Windows 8 experience, said Antoine Leblond, vice president of Windows...

From CNET News.com: AT&T is looking at some happy holidays thanks to a new record expected for smartphone sales.

The carrier anticipates breaking its previous quarterly record by ringing in sales of more than 6.1 million for the final quarter of 2011.

Speaking at the UBS 39th...

From DailyTech:
When an Apple, Inc. (AAPL) iPhone gets hacked, it's no big surprise. When a Google Inc. (GOOG) Android smartphone gets turned into a slave in a massive botnet, it's an average day on the market. But when Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM)...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. reaffirmed in the interview that it remains to be committed to its well-known Tick-Tock strategy and is on-track to introduce 14nm fabrication process sometimes in 2014. Moreover, the world's largest chipmaker already has test chips produced using 14nm...

From X-bit Labs: Scientists from IBM on Monday unveiled several exploratory research breakthroughs that could lead to major advancements in delivering dramatically smaller, faster and more powerful computer chips. The researchers demonstrated a graphene-based chip, the first...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. and Micron Technology on Tuesday announced the world's first 20nm, 128Gb, multilevel-cell (MLC) device. The companies also announced mass production of their 64Gb 20nm NAND. For the first time ever, the new MLC NAND flash is made using high-K metal gate...

From PC World: Sprint will be unveiling its 4G LTE lineup of devices even later than the company initially hoped.

Sprint’s chief financial officer, Joe Euteneuer, said on a webcast that the wireless carrier will introduce its first devices on the high-speed network in the latter...

From CNET News.com: The wait for Microsoft's TV-centric Xbox update, due today, just got a little bit longer.

A tweet this morning from Larry Hyrb, of Microsoft's Xbox marketing team, warned of a delay: "The timing for Xbox 360 dashboard update has been slightly delayed. I'll have a...