HTC revenues continue to fall

HTC has released its Q1 earnings and they are as bleak as ever. Revenues were down 37 percent to $1.45 billion, while profits dropped to just $2.8 million.

Google finds itself under further government pressure

British Parliament appears to be a little concerned that the search engine Google might not have been telling the whole truth the last time it showed up.
Intel's HQ in Santa Clara

Intel Iris GPUs look like they're fast

Intel is starting to talk up its next generation GPUs, dubbed Iris. The new GPU is set to debut in Haswell later this year and it seems to be quite a performer. 

Is World War Z in worse trouble than we thought?

There has been troubled buzz on World War Z for quite some time now, and it’s left us scratching our collective heads wondering what went wrong.

EuropaCity is a (fantasy) underground green town

In an ambitious project that looks like a cross between a green Millennium Falcon  and a villain’s lair from a James Bond movie, France’s EuropaCity is nothing less than a self-contained underground city, only part of it sticks up from the surrounding landscape.

John Williams may pen the next Star Wars score

As much as we’d love to know everything there is to know about the new Star Wars movie, there may not be all that much official information right now.

Manipulating quantum bits with laser lights

By using light, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have managed to manipulate the quantum state of a single atomic-sized defect in diamond – the nitrogen-vacancy center – a method that allows for more unified control than conventional processes.

TPmini is an Android Jelly Bean TV box with a camera

The TPmini can best be described as Android-powered (4.1, Jelly Bean) set-top box designed to rest on top of a flat TV screen with a camera pointed in the user's direction.

Video - Activision teases Call of Duty: Ghosts

Activision and Infinity Ward have introduced Call of Duty: Ghosts. The game will feature an entirely new storyline, setting and cast of characters - all powered by a next-gen CoD engine.

Acer and Asus have big plans for Google's Chromebook

Acer and Asus are apparently quite optimistic about the long-term prospects of Google's web-centric Chrome OS and accompanying hardware.

Pentagon wants to evolve mobile ad hoc networks (MANETS)

Troops operating in forward locations without telecommunication infrastructure often rely on a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) to communicate and share data.

NASA's Osiris sets sail to comet Bennu in 2016

NASA's Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will visit the asteroid now called Bennu, named after an important ancient Egyptian avian deity.

Nintendo eyes F2P, mulls subscription options

Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata says the Japanese-based gaming company is open to considering alternative business models in the future, including free-to-play (F2P) as well as subscription based platforms.

Samsung chooses Marvell SoC for Galaxy Tab 3

Samsung has reportedly chosen Marvell's SoC to power its upcoming Galaxy Tab 3, rather than an indigenously designed Exynos processor.

How to transform any window into a power outlet

Solar chargers, a revolutionary idea just a few short years ago, are popping up everywhere.

Chandra explores a giant gas cloud in system NGC 6240

Astronomers at NASA have used the Chandra X-Ray Observatory to conduct a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas enveloping two large, colliding galaxies.

Windows 8 stays in the doldrums

It is no secret that Windows 8 is off to a slow start and the latest market share data from Net Applications should raise a few eyebrows in Redmond.

HP tablet is a top performer

Hewlett Packard originally approached the tablet market with caution, but not enough caution it seems, as its first tablet was a complete flop. The WebOS based HP TouchPad launched in 2011 and it was discontinued just 49 days after it was launched. It was such a flop that it makes the Surface RT look good.

Bag designer decides to experiment with Atom

Fashion bag designer Intel has detailed plans to give its Atom chip a make over.
The late Steve Jobs and the current Bill Gates

Apple raises iPhone from the dead

In a fit of marketing spin which should be seen as an insult to the intelligence of the American nation, Apple is peddling a phone it has dubbed "obsolete" in the rest of the world as "vintage" in the land of the free.