Michelle Maisto

Samsung has introduced a Galaxy S III Mini, a “compact” version of its Galaxy S III smartphone, the company announced Oct. 11—exactly the day tipsters pointed to, after Samsung showed off the device abroad. Samsung has put the original S III’s “revolutionary design, intuitive usability and intelligence” into “a more compact form,” JK Shin, president […]

A Microsoft data center in a former bean field in Washington made headlines in September, after The New York Times sent reporters to take a look at one of Microsoft’s “clouds” and found conditions far from sunny. While few would dispute that there’s an incongruence between the marketing speak of saving data to a fluffy […]

Sprint is in “advanced talks” with Softbank, Japan’s third-largest wireless carrier, which is interested in buying the United States’ No. 3 carrier, according to a number of reports citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The deal is likely to exceed $13 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, which added that it was unsure […]

PC giant Hewlett-Packard responded to Gartner’s Oct. 11 report on this year’s third-quarter PC shipments by pointing interested parties to instead a report from research firm IDC. While Gartner’s data found HP to have relinquished the No. 1 spot—which it has held since the third quarter of 2006—to Lenovo, IDC’s data had HP still in […]

IDC expected worldwide PC shipments to contract during the third quarter of 2012, but tallying the results Oct. 10, the research firm found the figures to be worse than feared. Instead of its forecast 3.8 percent year-on-year contraction, it found the PC market to have fallen by 8.6 percent. Additionally, during a quarter in which […]

The European Commission was considering launching a case against China-based telecom suppliers ZTE and Huawei. But in light of an Oct. 8 report released by the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, advising U.S. companies involved in sensitive government systems not to do business with the pair, as they potentially represent a security threat, the EU has […]

IdeaPad Yoga 13 Coming With Windows 8 The Yoga 13 has a 13.3-inch display with 10-point multi-touch. It runs up to Windows 8 Pro and an Intel Core i7 processor, weighs 3.4 pounds and, at 0.67 inches, is thinner than the Apple MacBook Air. IdeaPad Yoga 13 Coming Oct.26 A special hinge enables the Yoga […]

Lenovo, not Hewlett-Packard, is expected to be at the top of the pile, once third-quarter global PC shipments are tallied. And, still, a considerable portion of consumers in the United States—where Lenovo ranked fourth during the second quarter and was the only top-four PC maker to post year-on-year growth—are unfamiliar with the brand. It’s a […]

Sprint’s growing 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network will soon play host to four new devices: the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, the LG Optimus G, the LG Mach and the Sprint Plug-in-Connect Tri-Mode USB. To take care of a bit of housekeeping, neither prices nor launch dates have been shared for these devices, but […]

Lenovo, now just a few sales away from overtaking Hewlett-Packard as the global PC leader, has introduced four new convertible devices with touch-screens, designed to take advantage of the upcoming Microsoft Windows 8 and RT operating systems. Like Windows 8, two of the new Lenovos, the the IdeaPad Yoga 13 and the ThinkPad Twist, will […]

Research In Motion disappointed investors in June, when it announced a second delay to its this-will-change-everything BlackBerry 10 platform, pushing the launch until “early 2013.” In August, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins got more specific during an interview with The Telegraph, reportedly promising smartphones in January. However, analysts now say that a March launch is more […]

Sprint is offering a way for that person you met in a bar—or at a conference—to easily remember your number. Called StarStar Me, it’s a $2 a month service that offers users vanity numbers for their cell phones. For example, **MICHELLE could be dialed in place of my actual mobile number. Except, not really—that StarStar […]