From CRN: Microsoft Thursday announced a shakeup in its channel organization, replacing Worldwide Channel Chief Jon Roskill with 17-year Microsoft veteran Phil Sorgen, who had been overseeing the software giant's U.S. Small and Midmarket Solutions and Partners Group.

Sorgen will...

From CNET News.com: AT&T is pushing more aggressively into the no-contract market, announcing Thursday that it's taking its prepaid network, Aio Wireless, nationwide in mid-September. The wireless service was first launched in May to customers in Florida, Texas, and Atlanta.

Aio...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has, apparently, once again revised its plans when it comes to desktop microprocessors. Instead of leaping directly to Skylake microprocessors from chips currently known as Haswell Refresh (due in 2014), Intel decided to introduce code-named Broadwell...

From InfoWorld: It might be time to add Android's Hugo Barra to the growing list of departures from Google. Yesterday, AllThingsD reported that Barra, who currently serves at the vice president of product management for Android, is leaving to take on a new role at one of China's high...

From CNET News.com: BlackBerry's Q10 smartphone was supposed to bring the old days of BlackBerry's physical keyboard into today's touch-screen-obsessed world. But according to a new report, few people actually cared.

The BlackBerry Q10 has experienced abysmal sales since its time on...

From Tom's Hardware: In addition to launching its new G602 gaming mouse with a 250 hour battery life, Logitech also introduced a cool ultra-thin, ultra-portable touch-based mouse that can fit into the pocket of your skinny jeans without drawing unnecessary attention. The peripheral...

From InfoWorld: Its taken five years but changes to patent legislation have finally passed into law.

The Patents Bill passed its third reading yesterday, 117 to four, with only the Maori Party and Mana dissenting. The Bill had been introduced by Labour in 2008.

There was wide...

From CNET News.com: Samsung could give in to cries for metal housing in its next-generation Galaxy S5.

With the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 ready to make its formal debut at IFA next week, the rumor mill is already moving onto that other big thing, the Galaxy S line. According to a recent...

From CNET News.com: Twitter assured users that a reported hack Tuesday did not breach user data.

After the Syrian Electronic Army hacker group boasted that it took control of Twitter's domain, Twitter noted in a status update that the only thing affected during the incident was...

From DailyTech: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that even as struggling Canadian phonemaker BlackBerry Ltd. (TSE:BB) creeps ever closer to death, the company is reportedly looking to strengthen and spin off one of its few products that remains popular.

With BlackBerry sales...