From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has revealed certain launch plans for its next-generation FX-series central processing units code-named Vishera based on Piledriver micro-architecture to its partners in the channel. As it appears, the company is preparing three new FX family...

From X-bit Labs: Although Intel Corp. needs new versions of Atom microprocessors on the market as soon as possible, it looks like the new low-power microprocessors made using 22nm process technology are over a year away. According to leaked documents, the first code-named ValleyView...

From CNET News.com: Nearly every detail for Motorola's next big Android handset has surfaced a week ahead of the company's official announcement. Engadget has obtained the specs and images for the Droid Razr (Maxx) successor, yanking the proverbial cat out of the bag.

If you were...

From DailyTech: LG Electronics, Inc. (KSC:066570) recently watched fellow South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KSC:005930) suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of Apple. But an opportunistic LG, whose smartphone division has been seriously improving of...

From DailyTech: Retail electronics giant Best Buy has been going through some rough times as the company faces increasing pressure from online and discount retailers such as Amazon and Walmart. Best Buy founder Richard Schulze announced about a month ago that he was considering an...

From X-bit Labs: Back in September, 2010, Nvidia Corp. unveiled its three-years roadmap that disclosed the company's plans to release Kepler family of graphics processing units in 2011 and Maxwell lineup of GPUs in 2013. A lot of happened since then and problems with fabrication...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has slashed prices on virtually all of its desktop microprocessors. The price-cuts vary from symbolical 1% to significant 23%. As a result of the price-reductions, AMD's most powerful central processing unit (CPU) for desktops now costs less...

From PC World: After Friday's sweeping victory by Apple in the months-long U.S. patent battle against Samsung, South Korea's largest electronics company said in a blog post Monday that its initial intent was to settle with the iPhone maker instead of going to court.

The Suwon-based...

From PC World: Security on the iPhone is heavily dependent on Apple's ability to vet all third-party apps before users download them. But a French hacker claims he has found a flaw in the smartphone's text messaging service that bypasses the safeguard.

The hacker, who calls himself...

From CNET News.com: A big screen may be awkward for a phone you hold up to your ear, but it's nice for movies and games -- which likely is why Samsung announced a bigger new 5.8-inch model of its Galaxy Player line.

The company offers smaller versions -- for example, its $200...