Outage hits Apple services, including iCloud and App Store

From InfoWorld: Reports of problems logging into a variety of Apple services, including the iOS and Mac app stores, iTunes, iCloud, and even the company's support scheduler, washed across the Internet early Wednesday.

"I am trying to update one of my apps but when I get asked to sign into the Mac...

Second generation Moto G with LTE goes on sale in Europe

From PC World: Motorola Mobility will start shipping the second generation Moto G with LTE in Europe later this month, while smartphone buyers in the U.S. will have to wait.

The price will be €199 (US$210) in countries such as Germany and France and £159.00 in the U.K. with tax. It will start...

Microsoft Windows update addresses FREAK flaw, Stuxnet worm

From CNET: Microsoft released a Windows update Tuesday to address the "FREAK" security vulnerability, a decade-old encryption flaw that leaves device users vulnerable to having their electronic communications intercepted.

The update -- among 14 bulletins issued as part of Microsoft's regularly...

HP embraces open hardware designs with Cloudline servers

From InfoWorld: Hewlett-Packard is following in the footsteps of Facebook and Microsoft in embracing open hardware designs with its new low-cost Cloudline servers.

Cloudline servers are no-frills cloud servers that break away from proprietary technology HP uses in its popular Proliant servers. The...

HP aims for more prints from laser printers with new cartridge

From PC World: Hewlett-Packard is bringing significant advances to its laser printers so more prints and savings can be squeezed out of a single cartridge.

The company has developed an all-new cartridge based on a refined chemical formula that will make frequent replacing of cartridges less of a...

Apple Watch coming April 24, priced from $349 to beyond $10,000

From CNET: If you want to sport the high end versions of the Apple Watch, it will cost you.

The 18-karat gold version of the watch starts at $10,000. The most expensive version of the watch on Apple's website is $17,000.

The midtier version, made of stainless steel, will be $549 to $1,049 for the...

Microsoft asks U.S. court to ban Kyocera's Android phones

From PC World: Microsoft has asked a court in Seattle to ban Kyocera’s DuraForce, Hydro and Brigadier lines of cellular phones in the U.S., alleging that they infringed seven Microsoft patents.

The software giant has in its complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington...

Apple Store goes down before Apple Watch event

From CNET: The Apple Store is officially down, which can mean only one thing: the Apple Watch event is just hours away.

Apple took down its digital storefront on Monday in preparation for its press event at 10 a.m. PT. The event is expected to be headlined by Apple's upcoming smartwatch, the Apple...

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