From PC World: Yahoo has acquired Ptch, the startup behind a mobile app that allowed users to combine photos and video on their phones into movies, and the service will shut down by January.

Incubated by DreamWorks Animation, Ptch was positioned as a social media application that enabled users to...

From DailyTech: Canon has announced its latest digital camera in Japan: the mirrorless EOS M2. The new camera promises fast autofocus thanks to the Hybrid CMOS II sensor that is also used in the EOS 100D and SL1 digital cameras.

The M2 gets a slightly revised body design that is smaller (8 percent...

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that cumulative sell through for the PlayStation 4 video game console worldwide has surpassed 2.1 million units as of December 1, 2013. The number includes the 700,000 units sold through in Europe and Australasia launching on November 29...

From EETimes: This year's unit shipments for processors will grow 24% over 2012 to as high as 1.5 billion, according to IHS Inc.

The fast rise is being bolstered by strong smartphone and tablet sales, which are more than compensating for a 13% slump in desktop sales and a 2% drop in notebook sales...

From InfoWorld: BlackBerry has upgraded its management platform Enterprise Server 10 (BES10) with more features for managing Android and iOS smartphones and has also improved scalability to lower overall costs.

BlackBerry's problems are well documented, but the company is soldiering on. On Monday...

From DailyTech: Dell has tipped some of the details on a new 24” UHD computer monitor called the UP2414Q.

Dell says that the UP2414Q features the highest pixel density of any of its available displays at 185 ppi. The native resolution of the IPS display is 3840 x 2160 and it offers viewing angles...

From X-bit Labs: TDK Corp. has announced that its Thailand-based HDD suspension assemblies subsidiary Magnecomp Precision Technology public xompany limited ("MPT") concluded an agreement in October to acquire two HDD-related companies (EntroComponent Solutions and EntroComponent Solutions Singapore)...

From PC World: Acer will have to choose new leaders with expertise in tablets and brand-building to shed its reputation as a low-end seller of notebooks, analysts said.

Last month, the company abruptly canceled plans to name Jim Wong as its new CEO, and instead did away with the position. Company...

From InfoWorld: A new zero day flaw in Windows XP and Server 2003 is being exploited in the wild to bypass the sandbox on unpatched versions of Adobe Reader, security firm FireEye has reported.

According to the firm's analysis, the vulnerability allows for a standard user running XP SP3 to elevate...

From DailyTech: According to a story published by The Nihon Keizai Shimbun's (Nikkei) "Asian Review" section, more than twenty major American and Japanese semiconductor firms have formed a new collaborative alliance, which will work together to develop next generation memory technologies. The group...