From InfoWorld: We've seen the same problem reported over and over for Windows XP users trying to update their computers: Windows Update redlines (more accurately, the XP Windows Update agent WUAUCLT.EXE running in a SVCHOST wrapper redlines), taking 100 percent of the CPU for five, 10, 15 minutes -...

From PC World: Next year will see demonstrable evidence of the Internet of Things, real-time communications on the Web, and software-defined networking platforms with killer applications for them.

So says Cisco, which recently offered its own predictions on technology trends for 2014. They...

From DailyTech: Thanks to the removal of a certain feature, Android users may have to consider which is more important to them: privacy or security.

According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Google removed the App Ops feature from Android 4.4.2, the latest version of the mobile...

From X-bit Labs: While the next-generation high-end desktop (HEDT) family of chips is several quarters away, the first pictures of the Intel Core i7 Extreme “Haswell-E” central processing unit has already been published. This confirms that the new products have already reached Intel’s partners who...

From EETimes: Kudos to Qualcomm for rallying into an open-source alliance of 23 backers for its Alljoyn software under the new name of AllSeen. But there's still a lot unseen and yet to be seen about this move.

Billed as unifying glue for Internet of Things products, AllSeen is one of the umpteen...

From PC World: Dropbox is getting help from Dell to convince enterprises to pick its hosted storage and file-sharing platform, and also to make it more secure.

Take advantage of enterprises’ growing interest in and acceptance for personal cloud-based storage services, vendors like Dropbox have been...

From DailyTech: The Verge is citing "sources familiar with Microsoft's plan" as saying that Windows Executive Vice President (EVP) Terry Myerson is considering offering Windows RT and Windows Phone for free. The move could be a game changer for Microsoft, which is struggling in key mobile markets...

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group, a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), on Thursday introduced its next-generation Intrepid 3000 series of enterprise-class SSDs delivering the industry’s best sustained performance and consistent I/O responses. The new SSD family is...

From EETimes: Concerned about the sluggish pace of revenue growth, industry leaders see less momentum for a sustained semiconductor recovery in 2014 than they did a year ago, according to this year’s Global Semiconductor Industry Survey from KPMG, a financial services and consulting firm.

"There...

From PC World: Small is in, bulky is out, and Steam Machines are all the rage in the PC gaming ecosystem. Digital Storm teases us Wednesday with its Valve approved high-end PC which will be unveiled at CES 2014 next month.

The few details we do have include options for liquid cooling, an Nvidia...