From InfoWorld: VMware is for the first time inviting anyone to beta test the next version of vSphere, the company's virtualization platform.

The company is hoping to learn more about how organizations use vSphere under real-world conditions and test cases, it said. As VMware has expanded beyond...

From PC World: Sony sold off its Vaio PC unit in February due to sluggish sales, but don't think that means Sony Vaio laptops aren't smoking hot. For the second time in 2014, a Sony PC model is at risk of overheating, smoking, catching on fire, and even melting.

This time around, the smoldering...

From CNET: Amazon is suing a former Amazon Web Services manager who left the cloud computing unit to work for Google's competing service.

The e-commerce giant alleged that Zoltan Szabadi, once a strategic partnerships manager for AWS, has violated a non-compete agreement he signed when he first...

From DailyTech: Atlanta, Georgia-based BitPay is already one of the biggest forces pushing legitimization of Bitcoin as a secure digital payment system. Nicknamed the "PayPal of Bitcoin" it provides easy to integrate APIs and apps to allow businesses to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment and for...

From PC World: Enthusiasts, start your drooling: On Tuesday, Samsung launched the first solid-state drive packing the company's cutting-edge 3D V-NAND flash memory. Early reviews suggest the technological tweaks in the Samsung 850 Pro SSD line indeed deliver face-melting levels of performance.

The...

From CNET: The first new Vaio laptops since the brand split off from Sony have been revealed in Japan. The Vaio Pro and Vaio Fit are the first products from the new company, but more than just the name will be familiar.

Sony sold its struggling laptop division to private equity firm Japan...

From DailyTech: The Galaxy S5 variants just continue to proliferate as we trudge further into 2014. First there was the original Galaxy S5 followed by the Galaxy S5 Active, Galaxy S5 Sport, and Galaxy F. Now, the Galaxy S5 mini has been officially unveiled.

Although the Galaxy S5 mini descends...

From InfoWorld: As Google last week introduced new features for its online and Android productivity apps, it also quietly announced that it has halted development on Quickoffice and would soon pull the free software from the Google Play and Apple App Store.

"With the integration of Quickoffice into...

From PC World: A new California law removes a ban on using currencies other than the U.S. dollar, which is intended to accommodate the growing use of alternative payment methods such as bitcoin.

The law, signed by state Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday, is likely to boost confidence around bitcoin...

From CNET: Sony's television division, which will be spun off Tuesday into a new subsidiary known as Sony Visual Products, will finally turn a profit this fiscal year, its chief executive believes.

Although he stopped short of saying just how much of a profit the Sony television business would...