From InfoWorld: Apple on Tuesday released the second developer preview of OS X 10.11, aka El Capitan, matching the cadence of last year's Yosemite to the day.

Previews of the Mac's next operating system are currently restricted to registered developers, although Apple has pledged to offer a beta to...

From PC World: IBM and online storage firm Box have formed a wide-ranging cloud technologies partnership that will allow Box users to apply Watson Analytics know-how to their content while IBM customers can use Box’s content collaboration platform.

The international alliance is designed to make...

From CNET: If you fancy trying out the latest Ubuntu phone, you'll have to wait until your number comes up. In a rather novel sales tactic, the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition will be available tomorrow in an unusual origami-based lottery.

On sale this Thursday 25 June for €299 (this converts to about...

From DailyTech: Thus far 2015 has brought a series of key moral victories for the market's top streaming video service, Netflix Inc. (NFLX). CEO Reed Hastings' persistent promotion of net neutrality helped to rally the political momentum necessary for February's ratification of new open internet...

From ComputerWorld: A revised patch has been released for a flaw in the distribution platform for Ruby applications, RubyGems, which could be used to deliver malware to someone trying to download a program.

RubyGems lets people search for a "gem," which is a packaging format for Ruby applications...

From PC World: Oracle has launched a number of new cloud services that the company claims will provide enterprises with all the tools they need to run their operations in the cloud.

“We’re now able to call our cloud services complete, with today’s announcement. You can now move all your...

From CNET: Verizon and AOL are officially hitched, closing a $4.4 billion tie-up the companies unveiled last month.

AOL, which started as one of the most prominent pioneers of the early Internet, will now become a subsidiary of Verizon, the largest wireless carrier in the US. Despite that lesser...

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) can expect that Japan would be somewhat of a challenging market, given national pride in its domestic rivals of Microsoft -- PS4-maker Sony Corp. (TYO:6758) and Wii U/Nintendo 3DS-crafter Nintendo Comp., Ltd. (TYO:7974). Still, given a market of 120 million...

From ComputerWorld: Apple quietly stopped selling the original iPad Mini, the 7.9-in. tablet that debuted in 2012.

The smaller sibling to the 9.7-in. iPad no longer appears on Apple's online store, a fact first reported by 9to5Mac.com earlier Friday.

The iPad Mini had been superseded by a pair of...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Friday said it would soon tweak the Windows 10 preview program as its engineers push toward the July 29 launch of the final code to customers.

As of the next build to the Windows Insider program, Microsoft will require that participants associate their Microsoft Account...