Toshiba announced a reduction in its production of NAND flash memory, which go into smartphones, tablets and storage devices, by …
Qualcomm sees smartphones pushing demand toward year end
Qualcomm has lowered its forecast of global cellular device shipments for 2012 due to a gloomy economic outlook, though it …
PC makers rush to build Windows 8 tablets
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will be entirely released by the end of October, signalling when Windows 8 laptops, PCs and …
Tablets, smartphones dent PC shipments in second quarter
Tablets and smartphones continued to eat away at worldwide PC shipments, which remained flat during the second quarter, according to …
Amazon prepping a smartphone and four tablets
Amazon is keeping busy as the e-retailing company is reportedly prepping to release four new tablets and a smartphone. Amazon …
Tablets will outship notebooks by 2016: Research
Research firm NPD DisplaySearch expects tablet shipments to exceed laptop shipments by 2016, likely due to consumer desire for more portability. “Consumer …
Micron to buy struggling Elpida Memory for $2.5B
Micron Technology announced yesterday that it will acquire struggling Elpida Memory, the third largest producer of DRAM memory, for $750 million and …
Dell's strategy for Wyse unit: hire, not fire
Dell completed its acquisition of Wyse Technology just last month and is now hiring, and not cutting, employees. Over the …
Google Nexus devices fail to address Android's big failings: Ovum
Google recently released its own Android tablet, the seven-inch Nexus 7, its latest Jelly Bean operating system and a home …
Bill Gates dismisses tablets in education
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates thinks that tablets do not meet the needs of education. Instead, he suggests that a low …