From CNET News.com: Windows 8.1 will make its official debut on October 18, Microsoft revealed on Wednesday.

The latest flavor of Windows will kick off at 12 am on October 18 in New Zealand to begin its worldwide rollout. Windows 8 users will be able to download and install 8.1 as a...

From CNET News.com: Microsoft is closing in on its publicly stated target of the end of August for releasing to manufacturing Windows 8.1.

But many of those waiting for the new release are less interested in the RTM date than the date when they'll be able to grab the final bits. And...

From DailyTech: Newegg is opening up its first pop-up store in California this week in an effort to showroom a range of tech products.

Newegg announced that it will launch a three-day pop-up store in Thousand Oaks, California starting this Friday. It will allow customers to test...

From DailyTech: LG attempted to muster up some enthusiasm for its new G2 smartphone with an event in Seoul, but after it ended poorly, the hardware maker decided to cancel all ensuing G2 PR occasions.

LG held an event for the G2 in Seoul last Friday, where balloons were released...

From X-bit Labs: Cheil Industries, a leading electronic materials company in the display industry, and Novaled AG, a world class provider in OLED technologies and materials, announced today that Cheil Industries acquires a majority stake in Novaled in a transaction valuing Novaled at...

From X-bit Labs: Unisys Corp. has announced that it is partnering with Intel Corp. to bring to market a breakthrough secure computing platform designed to handle the most demanding requirements of mission-critical cloud and big data workloads, while offering Unix clients a cost...

From CNET News.com: BlackBerry is paving the way for a major change -- perhaps even routing itself toward a sale of the company.

The beleaguered smartphone maker said Monday that it has formed a special committee to explore "strategic alternatives" for its itself. The company...

From DailyTech: The newest member of the iPhone family finally has an official debut date, and the budget iPhone may make an appearance that day as well.

Apple has announced a special event on September 10, which is expected to be the unveiling of the next-generation iPhone. Some of...

From DailyTech: NVIDIA recently announced that it is expecting a significant drop in its Tegra chip revenue this year. NVIDIA is predicting that revenue may drop as much as 40% and is laying the blame for that significant drop at Microsoft's feet citing poor Windows RT adoption as...

From X-bit Labs: After a steep – 33% – decline in unit shipments in the second calendar quarter of the year, Acer Group now wants to shrink its Microsoft Windows-based offerings and expand product lines that utilize operating systems from Google, such as Android or Chrome. The...