BlackBerry, which has persisted in selling smartphones with hardware keyboards, has filed a patent infringement …

Acer has taken the wraps off a new Android PC, part of a lineup that also sees a new Android smart phone and an 8-inch Windows 8 tablet heading for the UK. The Acer DA223 HQL is an all-in-one desktop PC powered by Android, announced ahead of next week’s CES, the international technology trade show where the year’s new gadgets …

The classic home theater setup — with front left, center, and right, surround speakers, and a subwoofer — was the de facto sound standard. High-end home theater buyers still use multichannel systems, but the multichannel home theater-in-a-box system is almost dead. Up until recently, I reviewed 12 or more home theater-in-a-box systems every year for CNET, but now sound bars …