From InfoWorld: Windows Phone 8.1, expected to launch in the spring, will be backwards compatible to Windows Phone 8.0, contrary to some earlier reports from industry sources, a Microsoft official told Computerworld today.

That means that smartphones running Windows Phone 8.0 will be able to run...

From TechHive: Not to be outdone by Apple’s use of fingerprint scanning technology in the iPhone 5S, Samsung is mulling the possibility of including iris recognition technology in the next Galaxy S smartphone. That’s one of the hints Samsung Exec Lee Young Hee dropped on Bloomberg in a recent...

From DailyTech: What does Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone 5S A7 SoC and Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (KRX:005930) Galaxy S4 Exynos have in common? Well, for starters they both have chips made in Samsung fabs. But another commonality (well, in the case of the International edition of the GS4) is...

From X-bit Labs: Plextor, a leading supplier of solid-state drives (SSDs), introduced its new M6-series family of SSDs at the Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday. The family will initially consist of drives in four form-factors targeting different classes of personal computers. The drives will...

From EETimes: Samsung Electronics and Rambus announced Monday that they have signed a comprehensive 10-year license agreement extending their relationship and providing Samsung with access to Rambus technology to place within its ICs.

Samsung must pay Rambus $15 million of royalties per quarter for...

From PC World: Advanced Micro Devices is looking to move away from providing CPU-only chips for gaming machines, instead switching over to accelerated processing units (APUs) that integrate CPUs with graphics cores.

AMD for many years has sold FX chips, which are the company’s fastest chips and...

From DailyTech: Sony's acquisition of Gaikai led many to believe that the company would use that technology to bring older PlayStation titles to its latest console via the cloud, and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year has confirmed just that (and more).

According to The Los Angeles...

From X-bit Labs: Although the personal computer has traditionally been one of the most open platforms in all of technology, due to technical complexities of PC hardware only experienced enthusiasts have been able to take advantage of this openness to build, customize and continuously upgrade their...

From EETimes: Qualcomm announced its latest processor at 2014 International CES -- the Snapdragon 802, a fully integrated SoC designed for next-generation smart TVs, set-top boxes, and digital media adapters. Qualcomm claims Snapdragon will provide for ultra HD content, rich user interfaces...

From PC World: It first appeared in September during Intel’s Developer Forum , but at CES 2014 Gigabyte officially took the wraps off the Brix Pro DIY PC kit, a pint-sized media powerhouse loaded with Intel’s powerful new Iris Pro 5200 integrated graphics.

The Brix Pro's should shine as a beefy...