From DailyTech: For those waiting for the end of the Windows 8 era, the magic number could be 5. That's the number of months, give or take a few weeks, until the launch of the next version of the Windows operating system (OS), Windows 10.

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) EVP of operating systems (OS), Terry...

From InfoWorld: Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to a dangerous attack revealed two weeks ago that can compromise encrypted data, a security vendor said Tuesday.

The apps have not yet been patched against the FREAK attack, short for Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys, which...

From PC World: Twitter has a new partner to try and popularize the concept of sharing and listening to music on the social network.

Music streaming service Rhapsody recently announced during SXSW that its members could now share music on Twitter. The new feature takes advantage of Twitter's audio...

From CNET: Want an easy way to send money to your friends? Facebook hopes you'll turn to its newly beefed-up Messenger app for that, instead of relying on a growing list of competitors trying to siphon off its users.

The social-networking service on Tuesday said Facebook friends can now send cash...

From DailyTech: Market research indicates that fitness bands narrowly outsold smartwatches last year, thanks in part to lower price points and more appeal to athletes. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) in October 2014 put Fitbit and other market leaders in the band wearables space on notice when it launched...

From InfoWorld: New versions of OpenSSL will be released on Thursday to patch several security vulnerabilities, one of which is considered highly serious, according to the OpenSSL Project Team

An advisory published on Monday did not give further details of the vulnerabilities, presumably so as to...

From PC World: Microsoft hasn't quite made it official, but a Microsoft executive recently came the closest yet to confirming that Project Spartan—the primary browser in Windows 10—will not be named Internet Explorer.

During Microsoft’s Convergence conference in Atlanta on Monday, Microsoft’s...

From CNET: T-Mobile prepaid customers with a Simple Choice plan will soon be able to carry over their unused data.

Data Stash lets you roll over any unused data from month to month, in effect giving users a bonus after a month of light usage. Launched in January, the program was previously...

From DailyTech: Apple, Inc. (AAPL) has Siri, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has Cortana, and Google Inc. (GOOG) has Google Now. The latter voice assistant debuted on the world's most used smartphone platform in mid-2012 with the launch of Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean".

A hot question for all three of the world...

From InfoWorld: IBM is entering the tablet market -- sort of. The company plans to sell a modified Samsung Android tablet this summer with extra security capabilities, aimed at government users.

The SecuTablet was developed by IBM and Secusmart, which BlackBerry acquired last year, for a German...