From ComputerWorld: Microsoft, Intel and the world's three largest computer makers -- Dell, HP and Lenovo -- have banded together for the first time in a joint marketing campaign to convince consumers they should replace their aged personal computers with new systems.

The campaign relies on the...

From PC World: School kids and hardware enthusiasts who want to start tinkering with Intel’s tiny Curie chip will be able to get their hands on it early next year in the form of an Arduino development board.

Curie is a new chip module that Intel showed at the International CES in January. About a...

From DailyTech: In perhaps its most self-beneficial and humorous "gitch" since it "accidentally" stopped offering European users their choice of browser with Windows 7 sales in Europe, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has announced that another programming "mistake" resulted in some unwitting Windows 7 and 8...

From CNET: LG will be the first mobile vendor in the world outside of Google to start updating its phones with the new Android Marshmallow operating system. Its flagship G4 is first in line.

On Thursday, the Korean mobile-phone maker said LG G4 owners in Poland will be the first to receive Android...

From InfoWorld: Adobe has rolled out a mammoth security update for Flash, Reader, and Acrobat, but be prepared for another emergency update next week to fix the new zero-day vulnerability.

Adobe released 69 security patches as part of its regularly scheduled update cycle on Tuesday fixing multiple...

From PC World: Nvidia’s pushing out a new beta version of its slick GeForce Experience software Thursday, building atop the awesome update from last month that lets you play local co-op games with your faraway friends—even if they don’t have gaming machines.

The update adds the ability to broadcast...

From CNET: You can once again preorder a Surface Book through Microsoft but don't expect it to land on your doorstep anytime soon.

The Windows 10 laptop that turns into a tablet via a detachable keyboard is set for release on October 26 and has been available for preorder since October 7. On...

From ComputerWorld: In response to growing government demands for data, tech companies have been detailing those requests in transparency reports that elaborate on what gets done when government agencies come calling for users' data.

Microsoft just released the latest incarnation of its data on...

From ComputerWorld: Oracle has been awarded $50 million in damages in a lawsuit against Rimini Street, which provides software maintenance for Oracle customers.

The award was less than the $245.9 million Oracle had been seeking, but more than the $10 million maximum that Rimini had said it should...

From PC World: Samsung won't give up on its Tizen operating system for smartphones: it's launched a new handset running the OS, aimed at price-sensitive users in India.

The South Korean company uses Google's Android operating system for most of its smartphones, but sees a potential for Tizen in low...