Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — A looming clash between Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. will take center stage at the Consumer Electronics Show next week in Las Vegas, with both chipmakers seeking to control the future of mobile devices. Qualcomm Chief Executive Officer Paul Jacobs will demonstrate notebook computers based on his company’s chips on Jan. ...Read More

McAfee the security company, which has published its 2012 threat forecasts, states that the security mechanisms incorporated into Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system will help in preventing assaults against the OS, as a result, hackers will be forced to develop malicious software that will straight aim at the hardware. Essentially, the development of the bootloader ...Read More

Below are the three companies in the Computer Hardware industry with the highest gross margins. Gross margin represents the amount of revenue retained after deducting direct costs associated with producing the goods or services which led to that revenue. The higher the gross margin as a percentage of revenue, the better. Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) is highest ...Read More

Robert J. Pera lives lean. The Apple engineer turned entrepreneur never checks a bag at the airport, leases a BMW and keeps a sparsely furnished one-bedroom apartment in San Jose, Calif. Pera takes a similar stripped-down approach toward running Ubiquiti Networks, the maker of wireless-networking gear he founded in 2005 and that went public in ...Read More

Inside Apple’s New Grand Central Super Store (click image for larger view and for slideshow) The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show returns to Las Vegas, Nev., on Tuesday, January 10, and the tech trade show is bringing with it expectations of ultrabooks. Just as 2011 was dubbed “the year of the tablet” by the wishful ...Read More