From EETimes: Intel, Mellanox, and Vello Systems are among the latest companies announcing new standards efforts for optical networking at the OFC Conference this week. They aim to smooth the flow of a rising tide of data at various points through Internet datacenters and carrier networks.

Intel...

From PC World: Adobe released updates for Flash Player that fix two vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to bypass security controls in the software.

One of the vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2014-0504, can be exploited to read the contents of a computer’s clipboard, the short-term data...

From DailyTech: Reports of the demise of HTC Corp.'s (TPE:2498) high-end offerings appear to have been inaccurate. While the company has publicly stated it is focusing to a greater extent on budget and midrange offerings, its release of a second generation HTC One is showing that the Taiwanese...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has announced the introduction of its AM1 platform featuring the AMD quad-core and dual-core “Kabini” APU into the component channel for system builders. The low-cost/low-power chips in pin-grid array (PGA) packaging will offer additional flexibility to system...

From EETimes: Semiconductor supplier Marvell in Santa Clara, Calif., rolled out Monday, March 10 its Kinoma Create JavaScript-powered Internet of Things construction kit. Marvell said that the software/hardware combined tool kit is designed for "software developers, makers, and designers" to easily...

From PC World: Samsung Electronics does not expect delays in the production of its upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone, after a fire broke out at a supplier’s factory in South Korea on Sunday.

The electronics giant said Tuesday it is working to stabilize operations at the supplier DAP Corporation. “In...

From DailyTech: HTC is just weeks away from officially unveiling its next generation “One” smartphone, but that isn’t stopping a wealth of information on the device from making its way to the internet.

The last leak about the new HTC One came this week when some images of the device turned up on...

From DailyTech: Although Apple has released quite a few security/maintenance updates for iOS 7 since the operating system was launched in September 2013, today marks the first major update released to the public. Apple is now making available iOS 7.1, which addresses a number of bugs in the...

From EETimes: TSMC’s 16nm FinFet technology is making its way out in to the world to offer even more transistors to use. The ramifications for FinFet, as well as several other issues related to chip design, are just of the subjects that are expected to be discussed and debated at the CDNLive...

From PC World: Hackers attacked the personal blog of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles on Sunday and posted what they claim is a ledger showing a balance of some 950,000 bitcoins based on records they obtained from the defunct exchange for the virtual currency.

They said the sum contradicts Mt. Gox’s claim...