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Intel is said to join hands with Taiwan-based notebook makers to push in to Android tablet PC market, a move after Microsoft said its Windows operating system will add support for ARM-based platforms.

Prices for memory chips are rising as the earthquake in Japan has raised supply chain concerns.

Oppenheimer lowered its profit forecast on phone giant Nokia as the company is seeing greater than market seasonal weakness in demand in the first quarter of 2011.

Sprint announced its Kyocera Echo phone will officially launch on April 17.

Since, Japan is one of the world's largest economies, it is said that business activities of some of the U.S. communication technology (CommTech) companies could be disrupted in near term.

Analysts say Apple's tablet dominance will remain strong in 2011.

Highly rated smartphones iPhone 4 and BlackBerry Torch 9800 bit dust at the Pwn2Own hacking competition while Samsung Nexus S, which runs on Android, and the Dell Venue, which runs on Windows Phone 7, came away unscathed.

The launch of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad 2 is pointing to an increasing risk of bubble burst in the tablet market in the second half of 2011, according to an analyst from JPMorgan.

RBC Capital Markets expects tablet market to reach 185 million units in calendar 2014, up 83 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 17 million in calendar 2010. RBC Capital forecasts global tablet revenue to increase from $11 billion in calendar 2010 to nearly $70 billion in calendar 2014.

Google's Android operating system captured the top spot among smartphone platforms for the first time in January, followed by RIM and Apple, says a report from comScore.

Shortly after an executive's comments decrying the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung is denying that it is altering the tablet's design.

Adobe takes its publishing software into the age of the tablet with its upcoming enterprise publishing suite release.

Western Digital said it agreed to buy Hitachi, Ltd.'s (NYSE:HIT) Global Storage Technologies unit for $4.3 billion in a cash and stock deal.

Apple iPad 2 launch caught its rival's off-guard, as it upped the ante with a slimmer, faster and lighter rendition while retaining the virtues of the older iPad.

Adobe has released the Enterprise Edition of its Digital Publishing Suite, a set of hosted software services and viewer technology to create, distribute, monetize and analyze digital magazines, newspapers and publications.

Asian stock markets declined first time in three days on Monday as sentiment was dampened by higher oil prices amid continuing political unrest in the Middle East.

Just as other tablets began entering the market, Apple earlier this week unveiled the latest iteration of its iconic iPad, dealing what some experts see a death blow to the prospects of rivals.

As Android popularity grows, here is a look at five possible reasons why Android powered devices are faring better than others.

The iPad's price and dimensions pose particular concerns for Samsung, according to a company vice president.

Apple iPad 2 will not face competition from Microsoft as the Windows OS maker will not release its tablet specific OS until 2012.

Apple unveiled its lighter, thinner and faster rendition of iPad, the iPad 2 with upgrades sufficient enough to give a tough fight to the current breed of Android, webOS and QNX-based tablets.