From PC World: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is investing US$200 million in photo-messaging app Snapchat, following a string of prior investments in U.S. tech companies.

The companies did not publicly comment on the deal. But a person familiar with the matter confirmed the investment on...

From CNET: Intel slashed its first-quarter revenue outlook by nearly $1 billion, due to weaker-than-expected business-desktop computer demand.

The company said Thursday it now expects to post $12.8 billion in sales, down from its prior view of $13.7 billion, which was already slightly below Wall...

From DailyTech: The gold tone has barely dried on the revived and reimagined Apple, Inc. (AAPL) MacBook, but up the coast a storm is reportedly brewing. According to sources Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is prepping brand new fourth generation Surface Pro models to challenge the shockingly slim ultrathin...

From InfoWorld: Reports of problems logging into a variety of Apple services, including the iOS and Mac app stores, iTunes, iCloud, and even the company's support scheduler, washed across the Internet early Wednesday.

"I am trying to update one of my apps but when I get asked to sign into the Mac...

From PC World: Motorola Mobility will start shipping the second generation Moto G with LTE in Europe later this month, while smartphone buyers in the U.S. will have to wait.

The price will be €199 (US$210) in countries such as Germany and France and £159.00 in the U.K. with tax. It will start...

From CNET: Microsoft released a Windows update Tuesday to address the "FREAK" security vulnerability, a decade-old encryption flaw that leaves device users vulnerable to having their electronic communications intercepted.

The update -- among 14 bulletins issued as part of Microsoft's regularly...

From DailyTech: One of the footnotes on yesterday's "Spring Forward" event hosted by Apple, Inc. (AAPL) was the announcement of upgrades to the MacBook Air and Pro lines.

The MacBook Air gets:

- 14 nm Intel Corp. (INTC) Core i5-5250U SoC
- 2x Broadwell CPU cores @ 1.6 GHz (turbo at 2.7 GHz)
-...

From InfoWorld: Hewlett-Packard is following in the footsteps of Facebook and Microsoft in embracing open hardware designs with its new low-cost Cloudline servers.

Cloudline servers are no-frills cloud servers that break away from proprietary technology HP uses in its popular Proliant servers. The...

From PC World: Hewlett-Packard is bringing significant advances to its laser printers so more prints and savings can be squeezed out of a single cartridge.

The company has developed an all-new cartridge based on a refined chemical formula that will make frequent replacing of cartridges less of a...

From CNET: If you want to sport the high end versions of the Apple Watch, it will cost you.

The 18-karat gold version of the watch starts at $10,000. The most expensive version of the watch on Apple's website is $17,000.

The midtier version, made of stainless steel, will be $549 to $1,049 for the...