Source confirms Intel’s big score: Samsung tablet using an Atom chip

Source confirms that Intel has scored a big win for its mobile processor business.

Microsoft uses Siri to slam Apple in new Windows 8 ad (video)

We all know Microsoft likes to challenge its competitors head on, especially Google. Now Microsoft is taking a swing at Apple in a new 30-second ad that uses Siri's voice to make fun of the iPad.

HP unveils an army of PCs featuring Intel’s new low-power processors

New devices include a 20-inch all-in-one computer that you can use as a giant tabletop tablet.

Meg Whitman says ‘You can feel the turnaround taking place at HP’ (but not at Dell)

Whitman takes a swing at Dell for "completely cratering" its earnings.

HP misses revenue targets, hits earnings goal as it adapts to weak PC sales

HP hasn't been participating in the explosive growth of mobile devices.

Google’s new Android head finally breaks his silence

Just a few days before Google's I/O developer conference kicks off, Wired's Steven Levy has finally gotten Pichai to chat about Android's future.

Smartphones up 37%, tablets up 106%, and Samsung growing smartphone shipments 10x faster than Apple

Let me say that again: Apple is at single digit growth in a market growing at almost 40 percent.

Tablets will outsell laptops 6 to 1 by 2017 as mobile PC market hits 579.4 million

This year, we'll buy more tablets than notebooks for the first time ever. But by 2017, we'll buy six times more tablets than laptops.

Acer’s bizarre new Aspire R7 PC looks a whole lot like the Starship Enterprise

Acer is going off the rails and into the world of Star Trek with its Aspire R7 all-in-one computer.

Microsoft Surface shipments reached 900k in Q1, says IDC

Microsoft still isn't divulging official Surface numbers, but it looks like it's at least making a dent in the tablet market.

Why developers choose the Amazon app store: fewer apps, ease of porting, and pending global expansion

While the iOS app store has well over 800,000 active apps and Google Play sports more than 600,000, the Amazon app store has only about 75,000.

That's a very good thing -- if you're an app developer.

Watch out, Apple: 3M Windows tablets shipped in Q1, Android tablets catching up to iPad

If you needed further evidence that tablets are more than a mere computing fad, just look at the latest numbers from Strategy Analytics.

Microsoft confirms smaller Windows 8 touch devices are on the way

Confirming earlier rumors, departing Microsoft CFO Peter Klein said today on an earnings call that Microsoft is working with manufacturing partners on smaller versions of Windows 8 devices, which likely means 7- or 8-inch Windows 8 tablets.

Intel addressing broader markets, but smartphone chips still not moving the needle

Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said in a conference call that the outlook for the second half is good, but he's muted on cellphone chips.

Microsoft planning 7-inch Surface tablet, still testing Surface Phone, says WSJ

Microsoft's next round of Surface slates may include a competitor to the iPad Mini and Kindle Fire.

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.