From InfoWorld: In years past, Intel would have used its Intel Developer Forum to unveil its processor roadmap, run some benchmarks, and call it a day. But at IDF 2015, the company's just-launched "Skylake" processor got as much stage time as the so-called vending machine of the future.

Instead...

From PC World: Vaio, Sony's former laptop brand, is returning to overseas markets this fall, with sales of Windows 10 devices in the U.S. and Brazil.

The high-end Vaio Z Canvas will be sold through Microsoft stores in the U.S. from October, Vaio, the company that now makes the PCs, said Wednesday...

From CNET: Samsung's new Galaxy Note 5 has the best performing screen in town, according to a new report from DisplayMate.

In a new round of lab tests analyzing the screens of both the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+, DisplayMate President Raymond Soneira gave both phones high marks for their...

From InfoWorld: Samsung has developed a 15.36TB solid-state drive (SSD) based on a 2.5-inch form factor, the same size drives used in today's laptops.

The new 15.36TB (model PM1633a) SSD was among a group of new SSDs Samsung unveiled at the Flash Memory Summit this week. While the other drives were...

From PC World: Samsung-owned SmartThings’ new home automation hub is on the home stretch after problems with stability and performance caused a delay earlier this year.

SmartThings, which was acquired by Samsung in August last year, said in March it needed more time and had to push the launch of...

From CNET: If you're eager to build your own smartphone, you'll have to wait awhile longer.

Google on Monday announced Project Ara, its effort to develop "modular" phones that you can put together piece by piece, would be postposed until some time in 2016. The reason: The company said the device...

From DailyTech: Back in May a teaser leaked for the upcoming successor to Android Lollipop (Android 5.0-5.1), dubbed Android "M". At the time I dug into all the possible dessert themes and boldly concluded that Marshmallow was the second most likely title (ahead of "milkshake" but behind "meringue"...

From PC World: How well is Windows 10 doing? Microsoft hasn’t said anything yet about how many people are running the new OS, but if figures reported by WinBeta are correct, it’s off to a strong start. According to WinBeta’s sources, Windows 10 is now running on at least 50 million devices (PCs and...

From PC Mag: If you want some privacy when it comes to Web browsing, most browsers offer private modes that don't track the sites you visit. It's not foolproof, though, so Mozilla is working on a version that gives the user more control.

Mozilla's updated Private Browsing "actively blocks website...

From PC World: We had a pretty good idea already that Google was teaming up with LG for another Nexus phone, and now we have one piece of visual evidence.

An image posted to a Nexus enthusiast community on Google+ reveals a device that looks like it could be a new Nexus 5. It has a fingerprint...