From InfoWorld: Microsoft will double the per-PC price of support for enterprises still stuck with Windows XP systems when the anniversary of the aged OS's retirement rolls around in April, a licensing expert said Wednesday.

The per-PC price for what Microsoft calls "custom support agreements"...

From PC World: Some Windows laptops made by Lenovo come pre-loaded with an adware program that exposes users to security risks.

The software, Superfish Visual Discovery, is designed to insert product ads into search results on other websites, including Google.

However, since Google and some other...

From CNET: Another major management change is coming to Firefox as Johnathan Nightingale, the vice president who oversees the open-source Web browser project, will leave Mozilla on March 31.

In a blog post Tuesday, Nightingale said Mozilla made it through a rough patch last year and that he's...

From DailyTech: Were you an early adopter of a first-generation Surface RT/Pro model or second-generation Surface 2/Pro 2 model and feel like you're missing out on the latest and greates Surface Pro 3? Well, for fans of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) hybrid line, the good news is that a limited promotion...

From InfoWorld: Using your own phone inside of your work environment can be terrifying because of two words: remote wipe. Fortunately, the more granular admin controls inside the new versions of Outlook's Android and iOS apps should help soothe your fears.

The new preview of Outlook for Android and...

From PC World: Qualcomm is planting the seeds for 4K video and faster LTE speeds in more affordable smartphones with its new Snapdragon 620 and 618 processors, which will reach devices in the second half of this year.

The new chips could be in smartphones priced at $300 and above, and some...

From CNET: When discussing new smartphones, people may highlight the speed of the processor or the sharpness of the display. But the modem chip -- the thing that actually lets a smartphone make phone calls -- many times gets ignored.

Qualcomm, the world's largest smartphone-chip maker, is hoping it...

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) 12-inch Surface Pro 3 hybrid laptop-cum-tablet is getting cheaper -- $100 cheaper, to be precise.

The third-gen Surface Pro comes in five SKUs, which had previously ranged in price from from $799 USD to $1,949. These tablets come with various flavors of...

From InfoWorld: For most of us, Flash is still a big part of our online lives, even though most smartphones and tablets don't support it and a lot of online video has moved away from it. It's still common enough that if you don't have it installed on your computer, you'll encounter at least a few...

From PC World: Microsoft has adopted a new standard for cloud privacy that commits the company to protect the privacy of customers’ data, not to use it for advertisement purposes, and to inform the customer of legal requests for personal data.

The company said Monday it was adopting the ISO/IEC...