From CNET: The Chinese company, known for its low-cost smartphones, will make a phone running on Microsoft's Windows 10 software, which launched just over a month ago on a number of PCs and tablets. It plans to unveil a Windows 10 smartphone before the end of the year, Steve Cistulli, Alcatel...

From InfoWorld: In a surprise move, Microsoft sent a pair of representatives to Apple's big press event in San Francisco Wednesday morning to demonstrate new features in Office for iOS that are tailored for the new iPad Pro.

Kirk Koenigsbauer, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Office 365...

From PC World: Dell plans to invest US$125 billion over the next five years in China, the company's second largest market outside the U.S.

The computers and IT services company is also collaborating with the state-controlled Chinese Academy of Sciences to set up an “Artificial Intelligence and...

From CNET: At its event in San Francisco today, Apple said it will release iOS 9 next Wednesday Sept. 16, nine days before the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus go on sale.

The release of the newest version of Apple's mobile software, which the company first announced three months ago at its Worldwide...

From ComputerWorld: CEO Tim Cook and other top Apple executives today unveiled a larger tablet dubbed the iPad Pro, a revamped Apple TV and near the tail of a two-hour-long event, new iPhones.

At a much bigger venue than in the past -- San Francisco's 100-year-old Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, a...

From ComputerWorld: Amazon appears to be putting its Fire phone to bed for good. The product page for the smartphone on Amazon's website shows both the 32GB and 64GB models out of stock, with no estimate about when they'll be available again.

According to Amazon spokeswoman Michelle Taylerson, the...

From InfoWorld: Verizon will soon begin lab tests of elements that might go into 5G, the next generation of cellular technology, and plans to start field trials next year.

A 5G standard is not expected until 2020, but mobile operators in some countries, including Japan and South Korea, have...

From PC World: WhatsApp, the widely used messaging program, has fixed a dangerous flaw in its Web app that could be used to trick people into installing malware, according to Check Point.

The flaw could affect as many as 200 million people who use WhatsApp's web interface, wrote Oded Vanunu, Check...

From CNET: Apple's online store is closed for business right now. But don't worry, it's not a glitch. That's Apple's standard process as it gets ready to unveil new products.

Apple shut down its online store early Wednesday morning in advance of its latest press event scheduled for 10 a.m. PT...

From ComputerWorld: Fujitsu is developing technology that doubles the capacity of individual cells in cellular networks through task-sharing and efficient scheduling.

The approach effectively allows for transmission and reception of radio signals on the same frequency. The company sees it as a...