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Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion aiming at acquiring the hardware company’s trove of patents has put the later in an identity crisis.

HP has canceled its U.S. plans for the Pre 3 altogether.

The $99 HP TouchPad are selling out fast and Bryna Corcoran, the company's social media manager, tweeted on Monday that more of the cheap tablet is expected early his week. But if you can't get your hands on the TouchPad, try these suggested alternatives.

The smartphone competition is about to get a lot tougher with Samsung Celox locking horns with iPhone 5.

If you didn't get the HP TouchPad that's on sale for $99, hang in there. The company's social media manager Bryna Corcoran tweeted on Monday that the second leg of the sale is expected to continue this week.

New Rumors have cropped up which suggested that Apple is set to release a completely new device this year that may create another ‘category.’

iPad 3 could hit store shelves as soon as early 2012.

Don't feel bad if you've missed the first boat to acquire a $99 tablet computer, the HP TouchPad sale is expected to continue this week according to HP's social media manager who says a second wave of the firesale will begin early in the week.

HP rebounded a bit on Wall Street Monday as company executives including CEO Leo Apotheker went on a global mission to explain to major investors why the company is drastically changing its mission. Apotheker flew to London to begin selling his new vision of the company and other company leaders, including CFO Cathie Lesjak and Chairman Ray Lane made dozens of calls to answers questions about HP's new and controversial strategy.

Apple's iPhone and Google's Android operating system saw their market share continued to rise in the second quarter, according to research firm NPD.

Hactivist Anonymous plans the next protest at Civic Center Station downtown San Francisco from 5 p.m. Monday, which is the same place and station as the last demonstration.

After Hewlett-Packard pulled the plug on its tablet computer, major electronics retailers have been quickly selling out of the HP TouchPad at a discounted price of $99 for 16GB and $149 for 32GB at some stores.

An Italian website has put up a list of Samsung’s upcoming smartphones that was leaked to it.

Video calling firm Skype, which is being acquired by software giant Microsoft, has bought GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging services, for less than $100 million.

Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion is all about owning a slew of patents to defend itself against its rivals -- Microsoft and Apple -- in the legal arena where patent licensing fees can be negotiated through lawsuits and countersuits.

Apple's tight-lipped approach towards its iPhone 5 release has fueled rumors on its release date and specs that will define the next step in the iPhone's evolution.

Previous rumors suggested the Cupertino-based company may delay the launch even further up to October.

Internet voice and video calling giant Skype has agreed to acquire New York-based start-up GroupMe, a move that will let the company get into group messaging service.

A new study that says 13 percent of all mobile phone users fake talking or being busy on their phones to avoid having to interact with people around them isn't such big news. I assumed the number was much higher. But that's what the numbers show, anyway. A report published this week by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project found that 83 percent of American adults own some kind of cell or mobile phone and that more than one in ten fake using it so they don't hav...

Though Cisco's Cius tablet, created for the enterprise combining voice, video, collaboration and virtualization capabilities in a single portable device, may finally end up as a doctor's device than supporting any generic usage.