From InfoWorld: Looking to speed up JavaScript applications, Intel is leading efforts to enable SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) capabilities in the official specification underlying JavaScript, although it could be a while before their inclusion.

Intel's efforts to increase performance of...

From PC World: Level 3 Communication is buying TW Telecom for approximately US$5.7 billion [b] in an effort to boost its metropolitan footprint of fixed networks.

The two operators are highly complementary, according to Level 3. The combination of the two companies creates a stronger, more nimble...

From CNET: SanDisk has signed a deal to acquire fellow flash memory maker Fusion-io, the companies said Monday.

The all-cash deal values Fusion-io at $11.25 a share, or $1.1 billion, which represents a 21 percent premium over Fusion-io's Friday closing price. Fusion-io shares are up nearly 25...

From DailyTech: From privacy concerns to shortages to decreased graphical performance to its role in raising the cost of the Xbox One, the Kinect 2 has been well known to create headaches for its owners. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) had big plans for the "always on" sensor for voice commands and gesture...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla has pulled a "Chrome" by adding a search box to the new tab page in Firefox 31, which reached beta status yesterday and is slated to ship in final form on July 22.

Along with the nine thumbnails representing the user's most-frequently-visited websites, the new tab page in...

From GreenBot: Google is expected to follow Apple and Samsung into the growing trend of aggregating health and fitness data via mobile devices. During the company's Google I/O conference at the end of June, Google will announce a new service called Google Fit, according to Forbes.

Like Apple's...

From CNET: Just in time for the global and multilingual World Cup, Twitter has broadened its use of Microsoft's Bing translation services to iPhones and iPads.

The company's app for Apple's mobile devices has now begun showing an option to show a translated version of tweets below the native...

From DailyTech: Samsung is bolstering its efforts in the tablet market with two new offerings which JK Shin, CEO of Samsung Electronics’ Mobile Division, says are “setting the industry bar higher for the entire mobile industry.”

Like the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina Display, the 8.4” and 10...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Wednesday released a preview version of Outlook Web App (OWA) for Google's Android, fulfilling a promise made in March.

OWA for Android is a "native" app that reprises the in-browser OWA that corporate workers have long used on devices that don't support the full...

From PC World: Google has started an open-source project for a PDF software library, which developers will be able to incorporate into applications designed for a variety of platforms.

The project, called PDFium, will also be wrapped into Google’s Chrome browser, replacing closed-source code...