From InfoWorld: If you’re a diehard Android fan, the leaks and rumors making the rounds about what’s in the next version of Android can be serious torture.

Fortunately for you, you won’t have to endure any of that much longer. Today, Google announced that it’s seeding the Android N developer...

From CNET: Facebook has hit a milestone in its quest to connect the developing world to the Internet.

Facebook Lite, an Android-exclusive version of the social media platform's app designed to minimise data expenditure, now has 100 million users, the company said on Wednesday. Available in 150...

From ComputerWorld: Microsoft is still struggling to figure out the best cadence for Windows 10 updates, a process that may result in fewer updates annually than once pledged, an analyst said today.

"We haven't heard anything official, but the plan and the execution do not seem to be quite matching...

From PC World: Facebook's open networking technology is making inroads into the data center establishment, with global giant Equinix adopting the company's Wedge switch design and an open-source architecture in some of its facilities.

The collaboration is the latest sign that network and server...

From ComputerWorld: Qualcomm's elusive server chips have been available only to top-tier cloud players, but now any developer will be able to work with them using a new cloud service.

Linaro, a consortium of companies developing hardware and software for ARM-based devices, has launched a cloud...

From InfoWorld: Hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD) makers are about to wow the storage market again.

This year, Intel and Micron will introduce 3D XPoint memory, also known as Optane, which will increase performance and durability 1,000-fold over today's NAND flash.

Don't count NAND...

From CNET: If your tech company doesn't have a virtual-reality team in 2016 it's seriously behind the times -- at least that's what the social networks and phone makers of the world have led us to believe.

Amazon is the latest company to jump on the virtual-reality bandwagon, a fact we know thanks...

From PC World: The latest big-budget gamestravaganza (Ubisoft’s The Division) released late last night, which normally means it’s time for everyone’s favorite PC gaming activity: Driver updates. But wait! Don’t touch GeForce Experience!

After the drivers went live, threads quickly started cropping...

From ComputerWorld: The U.S. Department of Justice has appealed an order by a court in New York that turned down its request that Apple should be compelled to extract data from the iPhone 5s of an alleged drug dealer.

The case in New York is seen as having a bearing on another high-profile case in...

From InfoWorld: Seagate today announced what it's calling the world's fastest enterprise-class, solid-state drive (SSD), one that can transfer data at rates up to 10 gigabytes per second (GBps), some 6GBps faster than its previously fastest SSD.

While there were no specifics with regard to the SSD...