From InfoWorld: Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday security bulletin summary shows 12 security bulletins today, eight of which are rated Critical. SANS Institute draws out MS15-127/KB 3100465 (a DNS hole on Windows Server) as particularly noteworthy, but lists only one known exploit for all of the...

From PC World: Mozilla has ended its ambitious entry into the smartphone race, saying Tuesday it will stop offering Firefox OS phones through operators.

The withdrawal is unsurprising, even though Mozilla heralded the OS as one of its major projects in its recent annual report.

Some operators...

From CNET: If you had an HTC Vive on your Christmas list, it looks like even Santa won't be able to get it to you in time.

Phone maker HTC said Tuesday it is delaying its virtual reality goggles until April 2016, more than four months later than the original plan to offer the device for sale in...

From InfoWorld: Sure, it's just an iPhone battery case, but what marks this one out from the many others is the manufacturer: Apple.

The $99 iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case is the first sign that Apple is ready to acknowledge that its phones are too thin to contain adequate batteries. The case adds 80...

From PC World: Standards wars are like the game Monopoly: The one with the most property usually ends up winning.

Well, AMD just snapped up the railroads and utilities. On Tuesday, the company's new Radeon Technologies Group announced it’ll have its variable refresh rate technology, dubbed...

From CNET: HTC has been having a particularly rough year, but showed some signs of life in November.

Thanks to the iPhone-esque One A9, which was released in late October, the Taiwanese company enjoyed a 6-month revenue peak during November, bringing in NT$10.29 billion ($314 million, AU$435...

From ComputerWorld: Semiconductor maker Micron Technology is closing a manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico and moving the work to China.

Around 185 jobs are affected by the closure, which is due to be completed by the end of this month, according to a U.S. government filing.

This is not good...

From ComputerWorld: Microsoft has been preparing Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs for a more aggressive Windows 10 upgrade strategy that the company will kick off shortly, according to the developer of a tool that blocks such upgrades.

"Over Thanksgiving weekend I started getting reports that the...

From InfoWorld: Amazon has launched an AWS Directory Service for Active Directory, a fully-managed implementation of Microsoft's authentication and user management service.

Using Active Directory in Amazon's cloud will enable companies to bring applications including SQL Server, SharePoint, and...

From PC World: Here's some good news for folks whose wanderings frequently lead them astray from strong cellular signals: Wi-Fi calling is finally coming to the Verizon network this week, albeit slowly.

Starting December 8, Verizon customers will be eligible for Wi-Fi calls if they have a Samsung...