From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has reportedly taken a bold step in building its in-house Surface hardware team, buying the Surface 3 Pro's stylus maker, N-Trig, for approximately $200M USD.

The input startup was founded in 1999 and is based in Kfar Saba, Israel. To date the company had...

From InfoWorld: Facebook has built a platform where organizations can share information about the security threats they face in order to better fend off cyber attacks.

The need for increased sharing of threat data between companies or between the private sector and government has been a hot topic...

From PC World: Amazon Web Services’ management tool, Config, provides troubleshooting and security analysis features designed to give IT staff more control over cloud resources.

The commercial launch of Config is part of a bigger push by Amazon to make it easier to manage its services. As...

From CNET: Samsung is planning to invest $3.6 billion in the manufacturing of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels.

The South Korean electronics giant will make mainly medium and small OLED displays, a Samsung spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.

The $3.6 billion investment in the new product...

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is rolling out its latest Windows smartphone devices, the Lumia 435 and Lumia 532. The new models are expected to fill in the low-end as ostensibly the cheapest Windows-powered smartphones (barring special deals). Both are powered by the same low-end chip...

From InfoWorld: China has fined Qualcomm about US$975 million for engaging in monopolistic business practices, and the chipmaker has agreed to modify some of its business practices in the country as part of the settlement.

Qualcomm said it is disappointed by the results of the investigation, but...

From PC World: The upgraded $99 Motorola Moto E will get LTE and twice the onboard storage as the previous version, but users will also have to make do with a low-resolution screen and front camera, at least if Best Buy is to be believed.

The retailer has posted a product page for the smartphone...

From CNET: As Bitcoin experiences global growth and more widespread adoption in peer-to-peer payment circles, one Asian Bitcoin trading company has swiftly closed its doors, leaving investors facing massive losses.

South China Morning Post reported the closure of Hong Kong-based MyCoin, which is...

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on Jan. 29 submitted a pretty intriguing trademark finding to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In the filing it applies for a trademark on the term "Windows 365." The filing was first spotted by a reader of Neowin.

What at first looks like a ho...

From InfoWorld: Governments are becoming hungrier for Twitter data, increasing the number of requests for user information by 40 percent between the first half and the second half of 2014.

"Providing this level of transparency is not without its complications and sometimes means we get tough...