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Intel reveals a pair of Android-based tablet proposals-- 7- and 10-inch Atom-powered devices designed specifically for the education segment.

The two tablets join other Intel educational devices, but do not make part of the Classmate notebook and hybrid device family due to being reference designs, not actual products.

"Intel remains committed to helping teachers and students achieve better results through the development of complete solutions that span the hardware, software and digital content required for a 21st century learning experience," the company says. "The tablet we are introducing is one additional step in a 10 year journey."

Both devices share 2MP rear- and 0.3MP front-facing cameras, 802.11n wifi, USB ports and software such as Kno textbooks, the Intel Education Resources  suite, image and video organisation and editing tools and McAfee  Mobile Security, as well as shock-absorber equipped displays.

Systemax Q2 2013 results remains in the red despite turnaround efforts-- company revenues fall by -5.1% Y-o-Y to $805.8 million and operating losses reach $6.1m, up from $2.3m in Q2 2012.

Back in November 2012 the Misco owner announced an exit from the PC making business, moved its pan-European operations to "a shared services centre in E. Europe" and dropped the CompUSA and Circuit City brands.

Systemax sees 1.3% Y-o-Y growth in sales to business customers reaching $527.6m, but consumer unit turnover drops by -15% Y-o-Y to $278.2m. Inter-company corporate trade reaches $1.4m, while technology kit sales drop by -8% Y-o-Y to $685.5m.

The only growth segment for the company is Industrial Products, with sales reaching $118.6m with 15.3% Y-o-Y growth.

Bring out your calendars and mark the date-- if AllThingsD has it right the next iPhone launch will take place at a 10 September 2013 Apple event.

While not officially confirmed, the September date makes sense. After all, Apple tends to announce new software on the June Worldwide Developers Conference (iOS 7 in the case of WWDC 2013) before launching devices running said software on the following September.

However don't expect anything too revolutionary-- according to the rumour mill the next iPhone might even be called the iPhone 5S, meaning it will be mostly identical to the iPhone 5 but with a few spec upgrades.

Other sources suggest the new iPhone will carry at least one interesting feature. According to 9to5Mac a folder called "BiometricKitUI" lies in the iOS 7 version 4 beta, with references to users swiping a sensor on the home button. Maybe the next iPhone will carry a fingerprint sensor of some kind?

Game Informer and TechCrunch report yet another company plans to join an already crowded Android-powered games console market-- both say Amazon will launch such a device "by the end of this year."

Apparently the machine features a dedicated controller and provides access to games via Amazon.com app store. The TechCrunch "reliable source" goes further and says the hardware features a Qualcomm MPQ processor, of the kind found in smart TVs and STBs.

Does this mean the the device is actually the STB in development at the Amazon Lab126 hardware division Bloomberg reported on back in April 2013? TechCrunch says no ("those plans are still on track") but it would make sense for the company to combine media and games in a single machine, seeing how the major games consoles alreadly tout entertainment capabilities.