From InfoWorld: A court-appointed special master has rejected class-action status in an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, determining that the plaintiffs failed to show that PC buyers were harmed by discounts Intel offered to manufacturers.

The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court...

From CNET News.com: Acknowledging Apple's early success with the iPad, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insisted Thursday that the software maker is hard at work on Windows-based tablets.

"They'll be shipping as soon as they are ready," Ballmer said, offering few details on the products...

From DailyTech: The major phone makers are gearing up to launch a wide range of new phones heading into the busy and lucrative holiday shopping season in Q4. The prediction from analysts is that sales volume for the major phone makers will grow, but the wide range of models and stiff...

From DailyTech: When it comes to Android-based smartphones, the HTC EVO 4G has pretty much been the cream of the crop (that is until the Motorola Droid X came on the scene to share the spotlight). The phone features a fast 1GHz processor, large 4.3” display, front- and rear-facing...

From X-bit Labs: ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, became the world's largest supplier of discrete graphics processors in the second quarter of 2010, according to numbers released by Mercury Research. The company still lags behind its rival Nvidia Corp. on the...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. reportedly plans to ship its next-generation Intel 6-series "Cougar Point" chipsets that support the company's next-generation Sandy Bridge microprocessors in mid-October, 2010. This leads to assumptions that the company will begin shipments of actual...

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From InfoWorld: Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported its best quarterly net profit and sales ever in the second quarter, and predicted the third quarter will be even better.

The company's strong performance highlights the speed at which the chip industry...

From PC World: LG Electronics plans to launch its first tablet device in the fourth quarter, running Google's Android mobile software, it said Thursday.

The company had already said it would debut the product this year, but had not said when. The fourth quarter doesn't narrow the...