PC shipments post biggest quarterly sales drop ever — the IDC blames Windows 8

PC shipments fell off the proverbial cliff in the first quarter of 2013, according to IDC, with their biggest drop ever in recorded history.

Samsung’s 85″ ultra high-def TV: $40,000, available for pre-order in about a week

If you've got $40K burning a hole in your pocket and a hankering for a truly massive TV equipped with so ultimate a high definition resolution that there's almost no content available to honestly satisfy all of those lovely 8,294,400 pixels, Samsung's got a TV for you.

Toshiba’s latest flagship TV is big, beautiful, and won’t fit in your living room

Toshiba has debuted a new, stunning 84-inch television that will challenge Sony and LG in the high-end 4K TV market.

Europe fines Philips, LG, and Samsung $1.9 billion in antitrust sting on … CRT TVs

And we thought it was just big U.S. window-manufacturing corporations that the European Union targeted in antitrust-like investigations.

Windows 8 tablets late? Blame Intel (updated)

Now is a horrible time for Intel to delay Windows 8 tablets with the latest processors -- but that's exactly what's happening, according to Bloomberg.

iPhone 5 will get thinner screen with in-cell tech, says WSJ

Seemingly confirming rumors from April, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the next iPhone will sport a thinner display using in-cell technology, which integrates touch sensors directly into the LCD.

Sharp, LG, and Japan Display (a joint company between …

iPhone 5 to be thinner with in-cell touch panels, say rumors

While we expect the iPhone 5 to be thinner than the iPhone 4S design, a rumor today points to one way Apple could make that possible.

Apple is apparently interested in adopting in-cell touch panels from Sharp and Toshiba, which …

Earliest back-to-school promo ever: Toshiba unveils flurry of tablets and laptops

Toshiba has a bevy of tablets and laptops ready to launch for the back-to-school season. It’s early to the game, for sure, as school isn’t even out of session yet for this year. But most of the products won’t ship …

Funding daily: eco-friendly plastic for electronics, mobile search, and flash memory

At VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding news every day. In order to bring you the most information possible, we’re rounding up the quick-and-dirty details about the funding deals of the day and serving them up here in …

Wireless memory card maker Eye-Fi raises $20M

Eye-Fi, a company that produces wireless-transmitting memory cards for cameras and tablets, announced today it has raised $20 million in its fourth round of funding.

The company makes SD memory cards that can transmit photos and other stored data wirelessly …

Intel marketing guy: Netbooks aren’t dead yet

Mark Miller has one of those hot and cold jobs. He is the director of marketing at Intel for netbooks and tablets. Tablets, of course, are hot. But netbooks are cold. Still, in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show …

Toshiba’s new tablet is no thicker than a ball-point pen, and it looks great (slideshow)

Toshiba amazed me with its Excite X10, a very slim Android tablet that the company claims is the thinnest and lightest tablet on the market.

I don’t know if that claim is true, but it felt amazingly light and trim …

Toshiba shows off its 10-inch Excite X10 Android tablet

A new generation of tablets will be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, including a 10-inch Android model from Toshiba.

The new Excite X10 tablet from Toshiba is one of the thinnest and lightest of the bunch, …

Apple may launch new Macbook Air models in Q1 2012

Apple will launch refreshed models of the popular MacBook Air laptop in the first quarter of 2012, including a new 15-inch model, according to a Digitimes report.

Hardware manufacturers are expected to debut between 30 and 50 new “ultrabook” laptop …

Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi combine small display forces to form Japan Display

If you need further evidence that Japan’s display business isn’t so hot today, just take a look at the newly formed Japan Display, a joint small and medium-sized display venture between Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi.

The companies are working together …