From DailyTech: We knew that Hewlett-Packard was taking budget tablet offerings seriously when it launched the $170 HP 8 1401 — an 8” Android tablet — back in early March. However, the company is going even further by making available an even cheaper tablet for U.S. customers.

The HP 7 Plus, as...

From InfoWorld: Google plans to spend $20 billion to $30 billion of its of its accumulated international profits to fund potential acquisitions of non-U.S. companies and technology rights.

The company disclosed its plans to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last year, in a document...

From PC World: It turns out that support page name-checking the Surface Pro 3 wasn't a typo after all. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced the all-new Surface Pro 3, but this version is more than a mere spec boost over the Surface Pro 2: It's a whole new entry in the Surface lineup, and one designed "to...

From CNET: Lenovo continues to buck the trend of higher PC sales in a slumping market as it also grows stronger in the smartphone arena.

For the fourth quarter ended in March, the world's No. 1 PC maker reported a 16 percent jump in laptop sales to $4.8 billion. That number accounted for 51 percent...

From DailyTech: It seems as though no company is immune to cyberattackers, with eBay becoming the latest company to crack under pressure. The company reports that a “small number” of employee log-in credentials were compromised, allowing attackers to access a database comprised of encrypted...

From InfoWorld: Google could gain a stronger position in businesses by acquiring Divide, an enterprise software company focused on the bring-your-own-device to work model.

Divide said Monday that it was being acquired by Google, and that its members would be joining Google's Android team.

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From PC World: China is banning Windows 8 devices from at least some government IT purchases, in a mysterious move that took Microsoft off guard.

The ban came from China’s Central Government Procurement Center, which posted a brief notice last Friday on new requirements for government tenders...

From CNET: Samsung's Galaxy S5 Prime, the long-rumored, as-yet announced update to the company's Galaxy S5, could deliver some seriously fast download speeds, according to a new report.

The Galaxy S5 Prime, which has been rumored for weeks but has yet to be announced, will feature download speeds...

From DailyTech: Before 2013, Intel had seen several years of aggressive updates to the Core i-Series. Each spring would bring fresh announcements of "ticks" (die shrinks) or "tocks" (architecture refreshes), which would alternate on a yearly basis. By the summer months, these chips would have...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla is preparing nearly-silent upgrades to get customers stuck on older versions of Firefox onto the newest edition, according to notes on the company's website and its bug-tracking database.

The plan is to start upgrading older Windows editions beginning with the next stable...