Vendors and Providers

Smartphone shipments to hit 1B — up 40% — in 2013

Low-cost smartphones and sales into emerging countries drive a resurgence in overall mobile phone business

Court orders retrial in Google Maps-related murder case

Evidence planting alleged by ex-Cisco employee convicted of killing wife

Panasonic launches its first 4K TV, teases arrival of 20-inch 4K tablet

The WT600 can play back 4K video files via USB and SD cards

Hynix plant explosions leave memory shipments on hold

All Far East memory shipments likely halted, DRAM prices seen rising significantly

Will Stephen Elop, as Steve Jobs once did, return to Microsoft triumphant?

Not quite, but the parallels are there

APT malware NetTraveler learning new tricks

With Nokia, Microsoft has missing pieces to attack mobile enterprise

Amazon hiring ‘top secret’ IT staff as it fights for CIA work

Government private cloud bid represents new approach for Amazon -- one that has put it at odds with IBM

Microsoft Buys Nokia: Another Swing and a Miss

It is difficult to understand how Microsoft can continue to make one bad move after another, but the hits (make that misses) just keep on coming.

Apple to hold rare event in Beijing, suggesting imminent iPhone launch in China

Invites were sent to the Chinese media for an Apple event in Beijing on Sept. 11