Apple gained market share in the summer but slipped in the face of tougher competition, according to new IDC data. The iPhone's share of smartphones grew from 16.6 percent to 17.1 percent during the quarter but was overtaken by Research in Motion's record BlackBerry sales, which pushed it above Apple from 14.6 percent to 19 percent. The reversal is credited to the BlackBerry's wider distribution and the launch of a pair of key phones, the Tour and the Curve 8520.... Full story...
Because of a delay of more than a month, those who ordered the JooJoo tablet and made a payment using PayPal are asking for refunds.
Acer may soon bring out an expected version of its 11.6-inch Timeline notebook with Intel's Core i5 CPU.
(Update: statement received) News Corp. is frantically trying to sell MySpace, a short but potentially major rumor maintained this afternoon.
Microsoft's second day of MIX10 has seen the launch of the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview, its first readily available version of the next-generation browser.
Intel's recently unveiled six-core Core i7-980X CPU has found its way into a number of high-end desktop PCs from four manufacturers this week, including CyberPower, HP, Maingear and Velocity.
Sony took advantage of the post-GDC wake today to launch a new special edition of the original PSP. The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker version logically comes with a copy of the hide-and-seek shooter but also comes in "spirited green" and bundles extra content.
Google today officially updated the Nexus One to support the 850MHz 3G band. The new version puts the range-topping Android device on AT&T's 3G for the first time and also supports use on Bell, Rogers and Telus in Canada.
Microsoft at mid-day launched a trio of webcams that all bring the company into the HD era. The HD-5000 and HD-5001 for desktops, as well as the HD-6000 for notebooks, all capture a real 720p widescreen (1280x720) image and tout a new color correction engine dubbed TrueColor.
NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce GTX 480 graphics hardware will not be as costly as initially expected, according to a Monday Fudzilla rumor.
Pogoplug today launched a pair of upgrades for its eponymous network drive sharing device. The adapter can now stream movies, music and photos over the network, initially to a PS3 or Xbox 360.