From ComputerWorld: Seagate today announced its first 8TB hard disk drive (HDD) customized for recording video -- lots and lots of video.

The new 3.5-in. 8TB Surveillance HDD, which will retail for around $385 online, is designed to store more than 800 hours of high-definition (HD) content captured...

From InfoWorld: Cisco this week announced its third acquisition in as many days with the intent to buy 1 Mainstream, a privately held provider of cloud-based video.

Cisco other two acquisitions this week focused on analytics. Cisco announced intentions to acquire Lancope for $452.5 million, for its...

From PC World: Nintendo will roll out its first smartphone game in March rather than this year as originally planned, delaying the company’s plans to cash in on the growing market for games on smartphones.

The company’s president Tatsumi Kimishima said during an investor presentation that the first...

From CNET: Xiaomi phones continue to be a hit in China, but fierce competition in the country threatens to eat away at the company's market share.

The growing Chinese electronics brand was neck and neck with Huawei in 2015's third quarter, with conflicting reports on which company was China's top...

From InfoWorld: Apple logged another healthy rise in sales and profits for its most recent quarter on the strength of record iPhone sales and strong results for Macs.

The company's revenue rose 22 percent from a year earlier to $51.5 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 26. Sales of...

From ComputerWorld: Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison has put better security at the heart of his pitch for the company's new products, though it could be a tough sell for a man who's long claimed his products are "unbreakable."

"We need much better security," Ellison said Tuesday in a speech at...

From PC World: Amazon.com has been sued by delivery drivers in a proposed class-action suit that alleges that the company misclassifies its workers as contractors rather than as employees with full benefits.

The lawsuit filed by four drivers in the Superior Court for the State of California, County...

From CNET: Soon after Matthew Mengerink became YouTube's engineering chief a few weeks ago, he got a taste of some of the virtual reality footage Google has been working on but hasn't yet released to the public.

"I saw stuff that just melted my brain," Mengerink said Tuesday in his first interview...

From PC World: During the Halo 5: Guardians launch on Monday night, Microsoft announced the Windows 10-powered new Xbox One Experience (NXOE) rolls out Thursday, November 12. The new update will bring a Windows 10-flavored look and underpinnings to the Xbox One, as well as backwards compatibility...

From CNET: For months, the Bellevue, Washington, company has been gaining more mobile phone customers than its rivals. It has struck a chord with consumers through pocketbook-friendly features under the "Uncarrier" banner, including monthly rollovers of unused data and free data roaming in Canada...