Nvidia prices Shield handheld gaming device at $349

Tegra 4-based mobile game system features 5-inch display and debut in June; you may preorder it beginning May 20.

Nvidia announces Tegra 4i with integrated LTE, enabling awesome smartphones

The Tegra 4i has 60 graphics cores, five processor cores, and an integrated LTE modem for high-performance smartphones.

YACIR (yet another cheap iPhone rumor)

Paradoxically, the new, cheaper iPhones are supposed to come with a bigger 5" screen and a brand-new form factor. And, a new CPU: Qualcomm's Snapdragon.

If Apple really wants to win, something crazy needs to happen in 2013

Steve Jobs was never afraid of changing his mind. If Apple wants to continue to be the market leader in smartphones and tablets in 2013 and beyond, a massive, earth-shaking, almost unthinkable change is needed.

Leaked iPad Mini pricing: high vs Android (but low vs Windows Surface tablets)

Is Apple being aggressive enough on iPad Mini pricing? Well ... maybe.

Intel unveils x86-based tablet computers that run full PC apps

Intel shows off the latest tablets with Intel microprocessors in them in advance of the Windows 8 launch

Intel fails to deliver a knockout blow for the PC on the eve of Apple’s announcement

Intel brings a Coke vending machine to its battle with Apple. Is it enough?

Intel’s weak earnings forecast: An earthquake for the PC industry

Intel shaved more than a billion dollars off its expected revenue in the third quarter, sending shockwaves through the PC industry. The shortfall may be based on simple buying logic. Consumers may be waiting for Microsoft to launch its touchscreen-friendly …

It’s Sergey’s world and we’re all just living in it

Larry Page has lost his voice — literally, and perhaps figuratively too. At Google’s I/O conference, the company’s yearly event for major product reveals, it was the Sergey Brin show.

Brin, the Google co-founder who no longer runs the company …

Can Facebook stay cool now that it’s an enormous public corporation?

“A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars,” Sean Parker says in the famous line from “The Social Network.”

Trite though the line may be, Facebook, valued at $104 billion, is in the process of minting …

Facebook’s opening price values Instagram at $1.27B and Kevin Systrom at $506M

Facebook is looking mighty fine today — especially if you’re Instagram, the photo-sharing company that sold its hit mobile application to the social network one month ago for a cool $1 billion in cash and stock.

But wait. Did we …

Yahoo points finger at Facebook, claims new patents are “tainted”

Today, social networking giant Facebook found itself once again on the defensive. Litigious cross-town rival Yahoo has filed new claims against the soon-to-IPO company, asserting that Facebook’s patents are “tainted.”

“Today Yahoo! filed additional claims against Facebook in U.S. District …

With Ivy Bridge, Intel poses a new threat to Nvidia and other graphics chip makers

Intel’s just-unveiled Ivy Bridge processor family promises faster processing power and better graphics, thanks to a massively-enhanced integrated graphics system. The news has prompted some analysts to say that Ivy Bridge could mean doom for manufacturers of dedicated graphics cards, …

Intel announces Centerton micro server platform for energy-efficient data centers

Intel announced today that it will create a low-cost, low-power “micro-server” platform dubbed Centerton, aimed to deliver energy-efficient computing.

The move is a reaction to Advanced Micro Device’s acquisition of micro-server startup Sea Micro for $334 million in February.

Sea …

Answers to why Facebook is buying Instagram are hidden in plain sight

The world’s largest social network has snatched up the Internet’s most buzzed about mobile app for photo-sharing at a cost of $1 billion, and the question on everyone’s mind is: Why?

The answer is obvious — it’s all about the …