From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. has announced the latest version of its DirectX application programing interface. Just like its predecessors over the last twenty years, the DirectX 12 will bring new capabilities as well as improve performance. But perhaps, more importantly, it will address all...

From InfoWorld: Nvidia on Tuesday announced a new mobile and graphics processor road map, ripping up chip plans it announced one year ago.

Nvidia added a new graphics processor called Pascal, which is a "processor that's essentially a supercomputer," said Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia, during a...

From EETimes: Intel has demonstrated a general-purpose, 14 nm SerDes chip designed to reduce the size of its successful 22 nm SerDes offering by 40%, and also to cut power consumption by 20% compared to the 22 nm SerDes product.

The March 20 announcement of the 1 Gbit/s to 16 Gbit/s SerDes appeared...

From PC World: HTC is hoping to expand its presence in China by partnering with one of the nation’s largest retailers to sell its phones, and even help with product development, the Taiwanese handset maker said on Wednesday.

A day after unveiling its new One M8 flagship smartphone, HTC announced...

From DailyTech: Facebook is stepping into the virtual gaming world through a recently announced purchase of Oculus VR.

According to Business Insider, Facebook is buying Oculus VR for $2 billion USD in cash and stock. A breakdown looks more like $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of...

From EETimes: LG today announced the Smart Lamp, an LED light bulb that can be controlled by Android and iOS smartphones. The bulb offers a number of different functions and promises to change how we think about lighting.

The LG Smart Lamp uses Bluetooth or WiFi to connect to devices running either...

From PC World: Businesses that permit Bitcoin transactions may soon have a way to protect themselves from drops in the digital currency’s value.

Tera Group, a financial derivatives marketplace, announced Monday what it calls the first standardized agreement for Bitcoin swaps, designed to let...

From PC World:

Cisco Systems plans to invest over US$1 billion to expand its cloud business over the next two years, including building an OpenStack-based “network of clouds” with partners.

The whole IT industry is moving to a world where more applications are running in hosted environments, and...

From DailyTech: Microsoft has stepped up its efforts in recent months to kill off Windows XP for good, and those efforts are now extending to Office 2003. Office 2003 has been around for over a decade and Microsoft wants users to switch to Office 365.

Microsoft wrote in a blog post, "Office 2003...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla is on track to debut the new "Australis" user interface (UI) for Firefox next month after promoting the UI to its beta build last week.

Australis, the first visual overhaul of Firefox since March 2011, was added to the "Beta" channel of Firefox 29 on March 20. Mozilla uses a...