From EETimes: Intel has demonstrated a general-purpose, 14 nm SerDes chip designed to reduce the size of its successful 22 nm SerDes offering by 40%, and also to cut power consumption by 20% compared to the 22 nm SerDes product.

The March 20 announcement of the 1 Gbit/s to 16 Gbit/s SerDes appeared...

From PC World: HTC is hoping to expand its presence in China by partnering with one of the nation’s largest retailers to sell its phones, and even help with product development, the Taiwanese handset maker said on Wednesday.

A day after unveiling its new One M8 flagship smartphone, HTC announced...

From DailyTech: Facebook is stepping into the virtual gaming world through a recently announced purchase of Oculus VR.

According to Business Insider, Facebook is buying Oculus VR for $2 billion USD in cash and stock. A breakdown looks more like $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of...

From EETimes: LG today announced the Smart Lamp, an LED light bulb that can be controlled by Android and iOS smartphones. The bulb offers a number of different functions and promises to change how we think about lighting.

The LG Smart Lamp uses Bluetooth or WiFi to connect to devices running either...

From PC World: Businesses that permit Bitcoin transactions may soon have a way to protect themselves from drops in the digital currency’s value.

Tera Group, a financial derivatives marketplace, announced Monday what it calls the first standardized agreement for Bitcoin swaps, designed to let...

From PC World:

Cisco Systems plans to invest over US$1 billion to expand its cloud business over the next two years, including building an OpenStack-based “network of clouds” with partners.

The whole IT industry is moving to a world where more applications are running in hosted environments, and...

From DailyTech: Microsoft has stepped up its efforts in recent months to kill off Windows XP for good, and those efforts are now extending to Office 2003. Office 2003 has been around for over a decade and Microsoft wants users to switch to Office 365.

Microsoft wrote in a blog post, "Office 2003...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla is on track to debut the new "Australis" user interface (UI) for Firefox next month after promoting the UI to its beta build last week.

Australis, the first visual overhaul of Firefox since March 2011, was added to the "Beta" channel of Firefox 29 on March 20. Mozilla uses a...

From PC World: A small bitcoin exchange in Beijing is in trouble again after trying to earn back funds lost in two hacking incidents last year.

The exchange, called Vircurex, said in a statement it would freeze on Monday cryptocurrency accounts held by its customers after large withdrawals...

From PC World: A former Mozilla engineer who worked on the “Metro” version of Firefox argued yesterday that poor adoption of Windows 8’s radical user interface (UI) was not the real cause of the decision to shelve the browser.

“Is Windows 8.1 ‘Modern’ UI in trouble? No,” said Brian Bondy, who led...