From DailyTech: The Verge is citing "sources familiar with Microsoft's plan" as saying that Windows Executive Vice President (EVP) Terry Myerson is considering offering Windows RT and Windows Phone for free. The move could be a game changer for Microsoft, which is struggling in key mobile markets...

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group, a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), on Thursday introduced its next-generation Intrepid 3000 series of enterprise-class SSDs delivering the industry’s best sustained performance and consistent I/O responses. The new SSD family is...

From EETimes: Concerned about the sluggish pace of revenue growth, industry leaders see less momentum for a sustained semiconductor recovery in 2014 than they did a year ago, according to this year’s Global Semiconductor Industry Survey from KPMG, a financial services and consulting firm.

"There...

From PC World: Small is in, bulky is out, and Steam Machines are all the rage in the PC gaming ecosystem. Digital Storm teases us Wednesday with its Valve approved high-end PC which will be unveiled at CES 2014 next month.

The few details we do have include options for liquid cooling, an Nvidia...

From DailyTech: If you are a user of Facebook, you have probably posted links to video on sites like Instagram or at least have seen them on your newsfeed. To get those videos to play, you currently have to click on the play buttons.

However, Facebook has announced that it will be rolling out a...

From X-bit Labs: Plextor, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media and storage devices, will introduce its new portfolio of consumer, enterprise and industrial storage solutions at a private press conference in Las Vegas during the International Consumer Electronics...

From eWeek: Mozilla is out today with its latest milestone Firefox release, this time providing security fixes as well as new functionality in the open-source Web browser.

The Firefox 26 release first entered beta in early November. From a security feature perspective, the big change that Firefox...

From PC World: Dell said it would join a growing market of thin-and-light Chrome OS laptops with the new Chromebook 11, but the system will initially be available only to educational institutions.

The company did not provide specifications for the laptop, but in an email said more Chromebooks will...

From DailyTech: Just months after an exec called Apple's 64-bit processor for the iPhone a "marketing gimmick," Qualcomm has decided to join the 64-bit club with a new mobile processor.

According to All Things D, Qualcomm has introduced the new Snapdragon 410 mobile processor. It's entry-level...

From X-bit Labs: The first details regarding Microsoft Corp.’s next major refresh of its operating systems have begun to emerge. The new Windows OSes code-named “Threshold” are supposed to bring different systems closer together from a user experience perspective, but at the same time re-introduce...