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...

From X-bit Labs: Seagate Technology has confirmed that shipments for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012 (ended June 29, 2012) were record 66 million (42% of the market), which is slightly lower than the company had expected previously. Thanks to increased shipments amid high...

From CNET News.com: After more than a month's wait, Apple has released the Thuderbolt-based FireWire adapters that it announced at WWDC 2012 along with its latest portable systems.

In Apple's latest MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina Display, the company is saving space in its...

From InfoWorld: Lenovo and EMC will team up to develop and sell server and storage technology, with an eye to the Chinese market, the companies said on Wednesday.

The partnership will improve Lenovo's standing in the server and storage space, while giving EMC greater access to China...

From PC World: Microsoft on Tuesday began publicly previewing a new webmail service for consumers called Outlook.com that will eventually replace Hotmail.

Microsoft also expects that Outlook.com will draw people away from competing consumer webmail services like Google's Gmail and...