From ComputerWorld: Virtual reality is poised to change PC configurations, and Dell is packing serious horsepower into its new Precision desktops as a way for users to view and create VR content.

The desktops will be equipped with high-end graphics cards and Intel's new Xeon E5-2600 v4 chips...

From PC World: Well, now we know why Microsoft’s Windows Phone didn’t appear at Microsoft’s Build keynote on Wednesday: it simply isn’t on Microsoft’s radar screen at the moment. The question, of course, is whether it will ever be again.

“We’re going to do some cool things with phones, but this...

From CNET: At its Build conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Microsoft outlined the ways in which it would speed up the development of the Web browser introduced with Windows 10 last year. High on the list is the introduction of a built-in ad blocker.

In a chart laying out future features for...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft's Linux love affair continued at the company's annual Build keynote on Monday, with the revelation that popular Linux command-line tool Bash is coming to Windows 10. Whoa.

And no, it's not running in a virtual machine or emulator. Microsoft partnered with Canonical, the...

From ComputerWorld: When Microsoft kicks off its annual developers conference Wednesday, it must show it has made progress on 2015's promises, analysts said today.

"They have to demonstrate that they're building momentum from both user and developer perspectives," said Jan Dawson, chief analyst at...

From PC World: Foxconn, the faceless contractor that assembles many Apple products, is moving up the manufacturing stack with an acquisition that will give it a global consumer brand.

After years of negotiation, it has finally sealed its on-again, off-again deal to buy troubled Japanese components...

From CNET: Google is adding home phone service to a bundle of services that also includes ultra fast broadband.

On Tuesday, the company announced Fiber Phone, a service that will be sold alongside its 1Gbps broadband service and its video offering in cities where Google has deployed its all-fiber...

From InfoWorld: Version 2.8 of Git, the popular and powerful open source version control system used to power the GitHub and GitLab services, was released late yesterday.

According to an announcement on GitHub's blog, version 2.8 includes small but useful improvements to features, as well as a...

From InfoWorld: The U.S. government has managed to access the iPhone used by San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook, bypassing a passcode that had the FBI stymied for several weeks.

"The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook’s iPhone and therefore no longer requires...

From CNET: Samsung Pay has officially launched in the world's biggest smartphone market.

Samsung said Monday that its mobile-payments service is now available in China under a partnership with China UnionPay, the bank dominates the interbank payment business in China. The deal, announced in...