The first Android tablet powered by Intel’s Atom chip should find its way to market by the first quarter of 2012, it has been revealed.

Qualcomm announced a double whammy of Windows 8 wins on Tuesday with news that the chip maker is working with Microsoft not just on the first Snapdragon powered Windows 8-based PCs, but also the 3G/4G Gobi connectivity chips to go with them.

Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini blamed erstwhile partner Nokia for its current delay in bringing Intel powered smart phones to the world’s markets.

Not too long ago we heard some evidence that eReaders – specifically Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color – were being snapped up by the world’s womenfolk. Now according to some official numbers from Nielsen, women are buying almost two thirds (61%) of all eReaders sold.

When I think of Steve Jobs, feelings of wonder and absolute awe rush over me. Jobs is without a doubt, the most iconoclastic creative mind of the modern age. If that makes me a fanboy, so be it. If liking Apple Inc. products makes me a fanboy, I’m fine with that too. Jobs is in [...]

I have a confession to make, I’m a history buff. I’m a sucker for historical novels, love a good period drama and, probably most importantly, I read history when I was at university. So it’s really no surprise that as soon as the HP TouchPad made the transition from current product to relic of the digital past, I absolutely had to run out and buy one. Oh, yeah, that and the $100 price tag, which you’d have to be a dodo to ignore.

Hewlett-Packard Co.’s (HPQ) decision to stop making hardware for its webOS platform on the heels of Google Inc.’s (GOOG) proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) gives Google yet another advantage in the operating system wars. While HTC Corp. (HTCXF) and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (SSNLF) might have wanted to adopt another OS to [...]

Bing, Microsoft’s play in the search market, has been with us for just over two years now. Although the division continues to lose money, Microsoft’s seemingly infinite marketing budget has seen their service steadily encroaching on arch-rival Google’s territory.

There was another twist in the iPad vs Android punch and counter-punch today as a consumer survey indicated that 94.5% of respondents were interested in purchasing Apple’s ubiquitous iPad over an alternate tablet device.

The other day, RCR sent Samsung a not asking for a statement on a story completely unrelated to the Google/Motorola merger.