From InfoWorld: Mozilla plans to more strictly enforce industry best practices for SSL certificates in future versions of Firefox with a new certificate verification system.

The new system will be implemented as a library called "mozilla::pkix" and will start being used by Firefox 31, which is...

From PC World: Microsoft reported first-quarter calendar earnings that beat estimates, although profits and revenue both declined. The company said that its customers have begun embracing its cloud offerings, especially Office 365.

Microsoft reported net income of $5.66 billion for the March...

From CNET: Foxconn, the massive electronics manufacturer that has made a name for itself building products for prominent tech companies including Apple and Microsoft, has sold some patents to Google.

The manufacturer, which is based in Taiwan but operates primarily in China, announced the deal...

From EETimes: IBM, originally one of the most proprietary of companies, is taking a page from the Open Compute Project's book and making its latest Power8 chip designs, and the specs for the new Power8 server motherboard, available to both collaborators and competitors.

Under this OpenPower...

From PC World: Mark Pincus, who founded Zynga in 2007 and gave up his CEO title less than a year ago, is now giving up all his operational duties at the company.

Pincus will give up his title as chief product officer—a role he stepped into just last July as the game company took a renewed focus on...

From CNET: Verizon's first quarter as sole owner of Verizon Wireless was a mixed one.

Verizon posted a first-quarter profit of $3.95 billion, or $1.15 a share. In the year-earlier period, it reported a profit of $2 billion, or 68 cents a share. Excluding one-time items such as an after-tax gain...

From DailyTech: Apple’s earnings have been announced for fiscal Q2 2014, and everything appears to be “business as usual” for the Cupertino, California-based company. The company pulled in revenue of $45.6 billion for the quarter, $10.2 billion in profit, and earnings per share of $11.62. Gross...

From InfoWorld: Apple today followed Microsoft in opening up pre-release, or beta, versions of its personal computer operating system to all comers.

With little fanfare on Tuesday, Apple allowed anyone, not just registered developers, to download and install a beta version of OS X 10.9.3, an...

From PC World: The next time you open a podcasting app on your Android phone you're not just catching up on your favorite radio shows: You're also sending Google valuable data the company can turn into advertising dollars.

Google recently announced some new updates to its AdWords advertising...

From CNET: ARM Holdings, the company that's designed the vast majority of chips found in today's mobile devices, experienced slumping financial performance at the end of 2013, prompting some to wonder if the high-end smartphone market was softening. But now, it appears everything is just fine...