Intel’s Thunderbolt 2.0 interface will be twice as fast as today’s (and maybe you’ll actually use it)

Intel's ultrafast Thunderbolt interface is going to get a lot faster in its next iteration.

8 major disappointments from Apple’s iPhone 5 Announcement

Happy about the new iPhone 5? You should be ... or maybe you shouldn't, because the announcements made today weren't everything that we'd hoped for. In fact, some are startlingly painful. Here are eight that almost make today feel like a bad day

iPhone 5 will include tiny Lightning connector

Apple has introduced a new connector for the iPhone 5 called Lightning, a much smaller device that will complement the Thunderbolt port on Macs in name and speed.

Lightning includes an all-digital 8-signal design, adaptive interface, more durability, and is …

HTC reveals 16 smartphones getting Android Ice Cream Sandwich update

Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC has confirmed that 16 of its smartphones will receive the update to Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, the company said in a blog post today.

Ice Cream Sandwich includes a much more beautiful design and …

USB 3.0 to reach mobile this year; promises faster data transfers and charging

The high-speed USB 3.0 standard will finally make its way to smartphones and tablets by the end of 2012, the organization behind USB standard said at the Consumer Electronics Show on Sunday.

In addition to the inevitable faster data transfer …

Super-fast Thunderbolt ports likely headed to iPad and iPhone

Apple could soon be adding speedy Thunderbolt ports to its iOS devices, including iPads, iPhones and iPod touches, new patent applications suggest.

Thunderbolt I/O ports, which Apple has already installed in its newest MacBooks and iMacs, are up to 12 …

The most interesting phones of 2011: what mattered most in a year of smartphone overload

It seems like every week a must-have smartphone is either announced or released. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to track which phones are actually worth paying attention to and which will be swiftly thrown into the scrap heap of devices nobody …

Apple updates MacBook Pro line, new processing and graphics guts

Apple‘s MacBook Pro laptop line received a small upgrade today in speed and storage, although it hasn’t gotten much attention given all the iPhone 4S release excitement.

Apple has continued to keep its laptops in fighting form with updates to …

HTC Android phones may have “massive security vulnerability”

If you’ve got one of HTC’s popular Android phones, such as the Evo 4G, Evo 3D or Thunderbolt, your phone may be giving apps you’ve installed a huge amount of personal data — information that you didn’t authorize those apps …