From InfoWorld: There's a new security patch for Windows that's undocumented but appears to fix a known problem with one of last week's Black Tuesday patches. It isn't clear at this point if the re-issued KB 3013455 solves the problem all by itself, or if it has to be augmented by the undocumented...

From PC World: Apple is in talks with iPhone screen maker Japan Display that could result in the construction of a new screen factory in Japan, Japanese media reported Friday.

Apple would take on most of the ¥200 billion (US$1.6 billion) investment for the factory in Ishikawa Prefecture in central...

From CNET: Google is expanding the reach of its latest email application onto more platforms.

In a blog post Thursday, Google said that its Inbox email app is now available on the iPad and Android tablets. Previously, the app was restricted to the iPhone and Android smartphones, though it was also...

From DailyTech: Apple, Inc. (AAPL) appears to believe that it can sell roughly thirty times as many smartwatches per month as all its rival OEMs on Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android Wear platform did combined in 2014 monthly averages.

That bold goal comes in spite of a reportedly dwindling featureset, a...

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...