VMware CEO Paul Maritz urged customers to think beyond the desktop computer. It is a dead metaphor, he insisted, one ill-suited for today's workforce.

The start of the trial in Oracle's lawsuit against Google over alleged Java copyright and patent violations in the Android mobile OS could be delayed, according to a judge's ruling issued Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

At next week's Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) in Berlin, smartphone makers are expected to push the boundaries of the device's screen sizes, while also launching tablets and trying to accelerate the momentum for 3D-capable products.

Apple for years rallied around its charismatic co-founder, Steve Jobs, so it's only natural now to question whether the company can retain its market dominance and magic with a new leader.

Newly minted Advanced Micro Devices CEO Rory Read faces a challenge in turning around the company's mobile strategy to wage a competitive battle against rivals Intel and ARM.

A hot-button question lately in the rapidly-growing smartphone market: Can a company succeed at selling smartphones and tablets without owning the software and the hardware?

The upcoming changes are long overdue, they say.

Jobs will continue with the company as chairman of the board.

The earthquake was the biggest to hit Virginia in more than a century, according to the US Geological Survey.

The new image service, set to go live on Monday, could drastically change the way the microblogging platform is used.

A group of developers plans to port Android to the HP TouchPad, which is being discontinued by HP.

The schedule for Apple's A6 processor points to a June launch for the next iPad, a noted industry analyst said.

For now, the feature is intended to help users recognize the official accounts of public figures.

At one point a majority of the country's international routes were also down, reported Renesys.

Windows 8 will bring with it the most significant revamp of the Windows interface since Windows 95.

HP also confirmed it is in acquisition talks with software maker Autonomy.

Lenovo became the third largest PC maker in the quarter ended June 30.

IBM makes chips based on the structure and operation of the human brain.

Analysts noticed that Google paid, to the penny, the same amount per patent for Motorola as Microsoft paid for Novell patents.

New Samsung PM830 solid state drives should cut laptop boot times to 10 seconds.