From PC World: Amazon Web Services is offering its customers free use of over 85,000 satellite images, setting the stage for new types of geographically-oriented cloud applications.

The images, from the Landsat 8 observation satellite, are already available at no cost directly from the U.S...

From CNET: Microsoft has apparently clarified a recent comment about owners of unlicensed versions of Windows 7 and 8.1 being able to upgrade to Windows 10.

At the WinHec conference in China on Tuesday, Microsoft's operating system chief Terry Myerson told Reuters that "we are upgrading all...

From CNET: HTC is hoping a shake-up at the top will reinvigorate its fortunes.

The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer on Friday said that its co-founder and chairwoman, Cher Wang, would replace long-time leader Peter Chou as CEO, effective immediately. Chou will remain with the company in a new role...

From InfoWorld: Acer is pumping more horsepower into its Chromebook C910 with an optional Intel Core i5 processor based on the Broadwell architecture.

The laptop, which has a 15.6-inch screen, has been available with Core i3 or Celeron processors. The Core i5 processor will add more application and...

From InfoWorld: Samsung Electronics has developed flash memory storage that could help bring 128GB capacity to smartphones and tablets in the middle and low end of the price spectrum.

The new 3-bit NAND-based Embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) 5.0 storage is the industry's highest-density architecture...

From PC World: Norwegian browser developer Opera Software has bought virtual private network service SurfEasy to help its users protect their privacy when accessing the Web from smartphones, tablets and computers.

The acquisition of the Canadian company also appears to be the latest in the company...

From CNET: Yahoo is closing its office in China, the company confirmed Wednesday, a move that is expected to eliminate up to 300 jobs.

Yahoo employees based in the Beijing office were informed of the closure on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Yahoo offered no local products in China, and the office...

From DailyTech: For those waiting for the end of the Windows 8 era, the magic number could be 5. That's the number of months, give or take a few weeks, until the launch of the next version of the Windows operating system (OS), Windows 10.

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) EVP of operating systems (OS), Terry...

From InfoWorld: Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to a dangerous attack revealed two weeks ago that can compromise encrypted data, a security vendor said Tuesday.

The apps have not yet been patched against the FREAK attack, short for Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys, which...

From PC World: Twitter has a new partner to try and popularize the concept of sharing and listening to music on the social network.

Music streaming service Rhapsody recently announced during SXSW that its members could now share music on Twitter. The new feature takes advantage of Twitter's audio...