Tablet computer sales will overtake notebooks by 2016

Sleek, fast and slim notebook computers are coming as early as this fall. But that might be the last hurrah of the laptop.

Can I get a witness? Nope. Intel says Samsung witness can’t answer questions

Intel showed up at the Apple versus Samsung trial to quash a Samsung witness' testimony today. The chip manufacturing giant said witness Tim Williams was under a non-disclosure agreement and could not discuss certain topics to be brought up in the trial.

The Internet 2002-2012: What a difference a decade makes

A decade -- 10 years. Doesn't sound like much, right?

But a decade ago, the big social networking story was Friendster with a whopping 3 million users. Microsoft's Internet Explorer had 95 percent market share. And less than 600 million people were online globally ... fewer than Facebook users alone in 2012.

Worldwide cellphone sales fell 2.9% as users wait for iPhone 5, says Gartner

Consumer anticipation for the iPhone 5 is so high that it helped to slow global sales of mobile phones in the second quarter, according to the latest research from Gartner.

iPhone 5 pre-orders reportedly set for September 12, AT&T preps for launch

The latest iPhone 5 rumors point to Apple announcing the phone on September 12. Now it looks like we may be able to pre-order it on the same day.

Microsoft and Apple: mobile partners as Apple licenses patents to Redmond

Apple and Microsoft are better buddies that we've previously supposed ... and they are cooperating more tightly on mobile device operating systems than has previously been revealed.

This diagram makes sense of all the leaked iPhone 5 parts

We've seen a lot of leaked iPhone 5 parts, including a new battery and longer cases, but so far we've had to imagine how they would all fit together. Thankfully, a new diagram from the folks at iFixYouri makes sense of the madness.

Chinese teenager: Mom, I sold my kidney for an iPhone, iPad

If there could be a worse part to this tragic story, it's that the teenager received only about 10 percent of the total amount realized from the sale of his kidney. He used his share of the proceeds, about $3,500 U.S., to buy an iPad and an iPhone.

You’ll never guess Samsung’s most popular phone in the U.S.

What's Samsung's best-selling phone in the US? Hint: It's not one of the company's flagship Galaxy S smartphones.

Apple now price-cutting iPhone 4S (if you ask)

Can you hear the iPhone 5's footsteps? Anyone buying an iPhone 4S today can.

80 ways Samsung tried to copy Apple (according to Samsung) [updated]

Apple should get down on its knees and thank God for whatever corporate traitor gave it Samsung's internal iPhone vs Galaxy S1 comparison document.

The iPad has a higher market share in China than the rest of the world

Selling more than seven out of ten in a market where the the cheapest retina iPad costs easily 10 percent of an average worker's annual salary is unbelievable.

Apple won’t change passwords over the phone after hacking incident

If you forget your Apple iCloud password, don't expect to hop on the phone to change it. Apple announced today that for the time being, it will no longer change passwords over the phone.

Amazon “patches” security flaw that led to hack on Wired reporter

Amazon no longer allows you to change account information over the phone, after Wired reporter Mat Honan shared his story of how weak security in Apple and Amazon led to a major hack on his digital life this week.

IPhone vs. Galaxy: Original Apple icon designer Susan Kare confused them

Samsung's Galaxy is bigger, lighter, and constructed with a plastic back. Apple's iPhone 4s is smaller, heavier, and glassy/metallic. But that didn't stop Susan Kare, the designer of the original Mac icon set, from confusing the two.

Apple ahead on points: scoring the Apple-Samsung trial so far

Apple and Samsung are locked into a courtroom battle over patents, look and feel, and massive corporate egos. But it's hard for a legal newbies to know who's winning. So I asked Kevin Taylor, a partner at Schnader Harrison to give us the play-by-play.

IPhone 5 going all supermodel: tall and skinny?

Apple already has stunning industrial design, now the fruitarian Cupertino company is going all super-model on us?

Apple yanks those unfunny, cringeworthy Genius Bar commercials

Apple has decided to stop running its latest batch of mildly humorous television commercials today, barely a week after their initial debut. And apparently, this was all part of the plan.

Hack reveals Apple, Amazon’s gaping security flaws

A horrifying hack of one journalist's data was only possible thanks to an appalling lack of security in iCloud -- and a correspondingly bad security process at Amazon.com.