From InfoWorld: Windows XP users continued to put their old hoss OS out to pasture in April, statistics showed, but the now-unsupported operating system still powered more than one in every four personal computers on the planet.

According to Web analytics company Net Applications, Windows XP...

From PC World: Microsoft's Surface tablets continue to lose money, according to Microsoft filings, a trend that doesn't show any signs of changing.

In its latest filing, Microsoft disclosed that for the March quarter, Microsoft's Surface tablets and accessories pulled in $494 million. But the...

From CNET: Twitter might soon allow users to stealthily unfollow those they don't want to listen to any longer, according to a new report.

Some Twitter users on mobile devices have reported seeing a "mute" feature that allows them to nix all tweets or retweets from a certain person from their...

From DailyTech: Apple’s iOS 7 mobile operating system, which is said to have received design direction from Jony Ive, has been met with a lot of criticism since sits release nearly a year ago. IOS 7 marked the biggest overhaul of iOS since its introduction in 2007 and did away with a lot of the...

From InfoWorld: Facebook has set its sights on the mobile space and is looking to software developers to help expand its growing presence on devices.

Pledging platform stability and increased user control over data, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook officials detailed a series of improvements...

From PC World: Watch out, WhatsApp (and Facebook): Photo messaging app Snapchat is now offering video calls and instant messaging.

The new features, collectively called Chat, let users swipe the name of one of their friends in their Snapchat contact list to start a text conversation. Instant...

From CNET: Google Chrome widened its lead over Firefox last month, according to new desktop browser stats.

For April, Chrome accounted for 17.9 percent of all desktop browser Web traffic recorded by Net Applications. That number was up from 17.5 percent in March, the first month that Chrome...

From DailyTech: Bloomberg is reporting that Softbank Corp. (TYO:9984) has secured enough financing to cover a bid for T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (TMUS) in June or July in a move that could shake up the U.S. wireless network race.

The roots of the deal lie in T-Mobile U.S.'s current majority owner's desire...

From InfoWorld: Hewlett-Packard is partnering with Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturing giant best known for producing Apple's iPhone, to tackle the growing market for low-cost servers in cloud data centers.

The companies hope to combine Foxconn's large-scale manufacturing operations with HP's...

From PC World: Plaintiffs in two class-action suits charging the embattled Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox with fraud have agreed to a settlement, and new plans to revive the exchange have been drafted.

Earlier this year a class-action suit in Illinois was filed against Mt. Gox, following reports...