From ComputerWorld: Malwarebytes said it could take three or four weeks to fix flaws in its consumer product that were found by a Google security researcher.

The company has fixed several server-side vulnerabilities but is still testing a new version of its Anti-Malware product to fix client-side...

From InfoWorld: Yahoo will cut 15 percent of its workforce and close some online services in a major turnaround plan announced Tuesday.

The company plans to double down on search, Mail, and Tumblr in hopes of attracting new users, and at the same time close some digital magazines as well as...

From PC World: Microsoft will pay around $250 million to acquire SwiftKey, the company behind a popular keyboard for iOS and Android, according to a report in the Financial Times Tuesday.

The acquisition would be an interesting buy for Microsoft, which has been on a buying spree lately. SwiftKey...

From CNET: The Apple Watch may be just what the smartwatch market needed.

Smartwatch unit sales will jump from 30 million last year to 50 million this year and 66.7 million in 2017, Gartner said in a research note released on Tuesday. The industry can thank Apple for the anticipated surge...

From ComputerWorld: FireEye said Monday it has acquired Invotas, whose platform helps administrators respond faster to security incidents.

The deal closed on Monday, but terms were not disclosed.

FireEye, which started out with an endpoint protection product, has been seeking to expand the...

From InfoWorld: Nokia is taking the principle of "united we stand" to the Internet of things with a platform that can harness systems from multiple vendors for network-wide security.

The company's NetGuard Security Management Center is designed to monitor and control all the security components on...

From PC World: Many users of Windows 7 and 8.1 will start seeing a more aggressive push to upgrade to Windows 10 in the coming days, as Microsoft starts to roll the new operating system out as a recommended update which will automatically download.

Microsoft said the rollout of Windows 10 as a...

From CNET: More than 100 drivers for the rail-hailing company held a strike and protest outside Uber's Queens, New York, offices on Monday, offering a vocal response against Uber's latest rate cuts. The company on Friday slashed its New York City prices by 15 percent in hopes of goosing rides during...

From InfoWorld: Companies are finding some of the oddest locations for data centers these days.

Facebook, for example, built a data center in Lulea in Sweden because the icy cold temperatures there would help cut the energy required for cooling. A proposed Facebook data center in Clonee, Ireland...

From PC World: If you follow Google relatively closely, you probably know about Project Loon, an effort to provide Internet access to those in rural areas or affected by natural disasters using LTE-equipped balloons.

According to a new report from The Guardian, Project Loon has some company. As...