The new View-Master enables viewers to explore detailed images of the moon, Alcatraz, or even a land of dinosaurs. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET NEW YORK CITY — It’s been decades since Mattel’s View-Master was a must-have item for every kids’ toy box. But Mattel is hoping to reintroduce the toy stereoscope — first unveiled 75 years …

Microsoft’s Surface tablets come with N-trig styluses. CNET Microsoft may be looking to make the stylus a bigger part of its business. The tech giant is reportedly spending at least $200 million to buy Israel-based digital pen provider N-trig, according to Israeli financial websites Calcalist and Globes. Microsoft already uses N-trig’s digital pens for its Surface tablets and is a …

Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf, whose company has been working through a handful of regulatory investigations. CNET Just as it settled a major investigation in China, Qualcomm may be facing even more regulatory problems. South Korean competition regulators are starting to investigate Qualcomm’s business practices there, several news sources reported, citing unnamed sources. This information comes just days after the chipmaker …

Expedia has kept up its buying streak, following its recent purchase of Travelocity. Mike Coppola/Getty Images Expedia has agreed to buy Orbitz for $1.3 billion, bringing together two pioneers of online travel. The deal, announced Thursday, adds to Expedia’s long list of travel sites, including Hotels.com, Hotwire and Trivago. The company also last month just finished its acquisition of Sabre’s …

Rhapsody continues to gain, but it’s in a crowded streaming field. James Martin/CNET Rhapsody is on a roll. The company, which helped pioneer the model for subscription streaming music, said Wednesday it reached more than 2.5 million paid subscribers worldwide, with user rolls growing by about 60 percent from a year ago. This comes after Rhapsody said in July it …

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang holds out the Tegra X1, which he claims is the world’s first mobile “superchip.” James Martin/CNET Nvidia posted another quarter of better-than-expected results on Wednesday, as gamers hungry for sharper visuals drove up demand for its computer graphics chips. However, the company’s Tegra mobile-chip business reported a drop in revenue, due in part to the chip …

The VR for G3 comes free as part of a new promotion from LG. LG LG is teaming up with Google to try bringing virtual reality to the masses. The South Korean electronics company said Monday that it’ll soon kick off a new promotion that offers a virtual-reality headset — the VR for G3 — for free for new buyers …

Qualcomm President Derek Aberle has served as a point person in the China investigation. David Becker/Getty Images Qualcomm agreed Monday to pay $975 million to resolve a long-standing antimonopoly investigation in China, opting to settle the matter and move on rather than fight the enormous penalty. The country’s National Development and Reform Commission found that Qualcomm, the world’s biggest smartphone …

Qualcomm president Derek Aberle, who’s served as a point person on the Chinese investigation. Josh Miller/CNET Chinese regulators may fine Qualcomm, the world’s biggest mobile-chips maker, roughly $1 billion as part of a long-running antimonopoly investigation into the company. The punishment is expected to become public in the next few days, state-run Securities Times reported Monday. Xu Kunlin, head of …

Things could get tougher for the gorillas of Gorilla Glass. Corning Corning, whose Gorilla Glass display covers front Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones, is developing a new material that combines the toughness of Gorilla with a scratch-resistance that comes close to sapphire. The developmental Gorilla Glass-like composite, currently dubbed Project Phire, was announced Friday at a New York investor …