Although Google pulled the plug on consumer sales of its pioneering Nexus One in May, a "substantial" quantity of the Android-based smartphones has been snapped up by registered application developers in the past two weeks. In fact, Google said Thursday that the mobile device is selling so well that the Nexus One is currently unavailable.

"We blew through the initial inventory in almost no time, and they're back-ordered from HTC," noted Android Developers blogger Tim Bray. "Everyone...

After months of dueling reports that Hewlett-Packard would release either a Windows 7-based tablet or one based on Palm's webOS platform, HP has now confirmed the reports. The decision: Both of them.

In a conference call with analysts on Thursday, Todd Bradley, executive vice president of the company's personal systems group, said a Microsoft-based tablet will be out "in the near future," and a webOS tablet will be launched early next year. He acknowledged what many industry observers have...

Still on top but losing market share to Google and Apple, Finland-based handset maker Nokia will acquire a U.S. mobile-analytics company to study how consumers use its phones. The data from privately held Motally, which has only eight employees, may help attract developers and publishers for Qt, Symbian, MeeGo and Java applications that can enhance Nokia phones and make them more competitive.

The San Francisco, Calif., company, founded in 2008, has patents pending on technology that...

Security analysts are still digesting the implications of Intel acquiring McAfee for $7.68 billion. The purchase plan comes four months after McAfee was forced to apologize for an antivirus update that shut down Windows XP computers around the world -- including PCs at Intel.

The acquisition comes on the heels of Symantec's PGP acquisition, IBM's BigFix acquisition, and Hewlett-Packard's Fortify acquisition earlier this week.

Intel said it's investing in McAfee, in part, to address...