From PC World: Samsung has allegedly been disabling Windows Update on some computers, so as not to interfere with its own update tool.

The bad behavior was discovered by Patrick Barker, a Microsoft MVP who was researching the issue for another user. While analyzing the user’s system registry...

From CNET: After a significant number of complaints regarding performance issues, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has made the decision to voluntarily remove the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight from the Steam digital distribution network.

The fourth title in the popular Arkham series of...

From CNET: T-Mobile is going old school with the latest in its "Uncarrier" campaign.

The upstart wireless carrier on Thursday said it was adding a new component to its Jump smartphone upgrade plan, giving you the option of removing the $10 monthly fee and allowing customers to upgrade whenever they...

From DailyTech: With Windows 10's release looming ahead on July 29, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has answered most questions about the highly anticipated (mostly) free operating system upgrade. But one unanswered question has been what fate will await those with Windows XP and Vista.

The official party...

From InfoWorld: Apple on Tuesday released the second developer preview of OS X 10.11, aka El Capitan, matching the cadence of last year's Yosemite to the day.

Previews of the Mac's next operating system are currently restricted to registered developers, although Apple has pledged to offer a beta to...

From PC World: IBM and online storage firm Box have formed a wide-ranging cloud technologies partnership that will allow Box users to apply Watson Analytics know-how to their content while IBM customers can use Box’s content collaboration platform.

The international alliance is designed to make...

From CNET: If you fancy trying out the latest Ubuntu phone, you'll have to wait until your number comes up. In a rather novel sales tactic, the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition will be available tomorrow in an unusual origami-based lottery.

On sale this Thursday 25 June for €299 (this converts to about...

From DailyTech: Thus far 2015 has brought a series of key moral victories for the market's top streaming video service, Netflix Inc. (NFLX). CEO Reed Hastings' persistent promotion of net neutrality helped to rally the political momentum necessary for February's ratification of new open internet...

From ComputerWorld: A revised patch has been released for a flaw in the distribution platform for Ruby applications, RubyGems, which could be used to deliver malware to someone trying to download a program.

RubyGems lets people search for a "gem," which is a packaging format for Ruby applications...

From PC World: Oracle has launched a number of new cloud services that the company claims will provide enterprises with all the tools they need to run their operations in the cloud.

“We’re now able to call our cloud services complete, with today’s announcement. You can now move all your...