From PC World: Amazon.com has acquired game studio Double Helix Games as part of its strategy to strengthen its games offering to customers.

The company said in a statement Wednesday that it has acquired Double Helix “as part of our ongoing commitment to build innovative games for customers.”

The...

From DailyTech: HTC’s next generation flagship smartphone, currently called the M8, has reportedly leaked ahead of schedule. The design of the phone looks very similar to the current HTC One with a few notable exceptions: the M8 appears to have two cameras on the back along with dual LED flash....

From X-bit Labs: Asustek Computer, one of the leading makers of computers and PC components, demonstrated its first code-named Waveface smartwatch at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014. Looks like this year the gadget will finally become a reality.

Wearable computing devices are believed to be the...

From EETimes: Bitcoin will spawn an emerging market for specialized parallel processors, according to a veteran high-tech investor, but one young startup engineer is skeptical.

"There's a big opportunity in silicon with a new wave of chip design ideas, which is not something we would have...

From TechHive: Razer announced Tuesday that more than 10,000 developers signed up to create apps for the Nabu wrist-worn activity tracker, which the company announced at CES last month. And those 10,000-plus Johnny-come-earlies were just the sign-ups that Razer garnered during the first 24 hours of...

From DailyTech: Sales of traditional PCs are definitely slowing, and there are a number of reasons cited for the downturn. Some place the blame on Microsoft for its poorly received Windows 8.x operating system. Others, however, point to the rise of tablets and our reliance of smartphones for the...

From X-bit Labs: Sales of Nintendo’s latest video game consoles have been pretty slow amid growing competition from mobile gaming platforms as well as the firm’s inability to popularize Wii U. In a bid to revitalize sales of its games in the long-term, Nintendo is now considering to develop special...

From InfoWorld: Dell Monday confirmed it has cut its global workforce by what it called a "small percentage," which could mean a reduction of thousands of employees. Dell won't say exactly how many jobs have been cut.

Dell employed 113,000 workers worldwide at the end of its 2013 fiscal year, which...

From EETimes: Dell named a veteran IBM storage and systems technologist to head a research division dedicated to security, data analytics, mobility, and infrastructure. The company did not disclose the budget or headcount for what amounts to the first independent group dedicated to research at the...

From PC World: The cloud, it would seem, is passé. All the cool kids are now backing up their devices to—and streaming media from—personal storage devices that are connected to the cloud, but physically located securely at home. Toshiba joined that crowd today, announcing its new Canvio Home Backup...