Apple may launch updated MacBook Airs as soon as next week

Apple may launch updated MacBook Airs as soon as next week:

If you're interested in buying the most up-to-date MacBook Air, you should probably wait for a week. MacRumors points out that French website MacGeneration is citing "reliable sources" to claim that Apple is going to launch an update line of 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Airs next week. As for what this update will mean, MacRumors says "it is likely that a new MacBook Air at this point in time would feature a small speed bump among few other changes." 

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IPHONE 6 LEAK: New report reveals huge iPhone 6 design changes

IPHONE 6 LEAK: New report reveals huge iPhone 6 design changes:

A new report from Macotakara, a source with a good track record reporting on unreleased Apple products, reveals that the iPhone 6 will be curvier than its predecessors when it comes to the phone's housing and display.

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Galaxy S5 launch sales reportedly better than iPhone 5s launch

Galaxy S5 launch sales reportedly better than iPhone 5s launch:

After multiple reports revealed that the Galaxy S5 is apparently selling better than its predecessor, a new infographic says that the Galaxy S5 has enjoyed better launch sales than the iPhone 5s did a few months ago during its own launch. iQmetrix measured Galaxy S5 sales during its launch weekend, from April 11th to April 13th, sampling over 15,000 stores across North America, and compared them with iPhone 5s sales from September 20th to September 23rd. The company has gathered its data from its RQ Retail Management system that’s used by wireless retailers in North America to process some 14.5 million handset transactions each year.

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Notebook sales still appear doomed, but some companies thrive

Notebook sales still appear doomed, but some companies thrive:

Notebook sales were still on the decline in the first quarter of the year, Digitimes Research says, although the “on-year declines were the slowest compared to those in the past five quarters,” and some laptop makers have enjoyed renewed success in the business during the period. Even so, it's not clear yet whether the notebook market has started to recover, the publication noted.

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Japan Display promises 4K tablet screens that won't kill your battery

Japan Display promises 4K tablet screens that won't kill your battery: If we draw an almost totally arbitrary line in the sand and call it "500 pixels per inch," then smartphones now stand proudly on one side of it, while tablets still languish on the other. Japan Display is gently nudging the market forward, however,...

Hacker attacks on websites shot up 75 percent last quarter

Hacker attacks on websites shot up 75 percent last quarter: Akami Technologies' State of the Internet report for Q4 2013 has just arrived, and one stat stood out like a bad rash: DDoS (denial of service) attacks were up 75 percent over last quarter, and 23 percent from the year before. Most of the targets of...

Apple's iPhone sales soar while the iPad slumps slightly

Apple's iPhone sales soar while the iPad slumps slightly: It's that time again: Apple has just posted its Q2 2014 financials, and there are some interesting device sales numbers to peep at. Apple saw a big year-over-year jump in the number of iPhones sold (43.7 million this time vs. 37.4 million last year),...