From DailyTech: Taiwanese phonemaker HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) fumbled through Q2, returning to profitability, but falling short of analysts' recovery hopes. The report led to numerous branch office closings, including regional offices in Brazil and South Korea, along with a research...

From DailyTech: The gaming industry is facing an increasingly difficult road to making money. Game sales continue to decline as more and more gamers migrate to mobile gaming and online social games. EA COO Peter Moore recently stated that within a few years the company expects...

From X-bit Labs: The demand for Kepler-family of graphics processing units has been growing in the recent months thanks to successful product launches and will likely get even higher as the company rolls-out mainstream parts as well as high-end professional solutions. Unfortunately...

From X-bit Labs: GlobalFoundries and ARM Holdings on Monday signed a multi-year agreement to jointly deliver optimized system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for ARM processor designs on GlobalFoundries’ 20nm and future 14nm process technology that will use FinFET transistors. The new...

From PC World: Barnes & Noble is cutting the prices of its 7-inch Nook Color and Nook Tablet devices, trying to keep its slate brand competitive with direct rivals such as the Amazon Kindle Fire and Google’s Nexus 7. You can now pick up a Nook Color for $150, an 8GB Nook Tablet for...

From CNET News.com: Research In Motion is trying to find suitors for a cloud-services provider it bought back in October, according to a report.

According to Reuters, citing sources, RIM is trying to find buyers that would take NewBay off of its hands. NewBay, which RIM acquired...

From DailyTech: How much do 500 patents covering complex third and fourth generation wireless algorithms and hardware go for these days? The answer, for cash-strapped Finnish phonemaker Nokia Oyj. (HEX:NOK1V) is apparently $22M USD.

Nokia sold the patents to Vringo. Vringo was...

From DailyTech: Nikon announced its new interchangeable lens Nikon 1 J2, and it has several improvements compared to the older J1 version. Nikon says that the new camera offers superior basic performance along with new imaging expression opportunities.

The new camera also adds two...

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group said this week that Arthur F. Knapp, 63, chief financial officer, announced his intent to retire from the company. Mr. Knapp will remain as CFO until his successor is in place and then provide ongoing support to help ensure a seamless transition...