From PC World: Mozilla CEO Chris Beard has blasted Microsoft in a pair of posts to the organization’s blog, arguing that Windows 10’s default browser settings are a “dramatic step backwards” for respecting user choice.

When people update their devices to Microsoft’s new operating system, their...

From CNET: Chinese TV manufacturer Hisense has today announced it will acquire Sharp America in a deal worth $23.7 million that will see it take over the Japanese company's TV business in North and South America.

Hisense Group today released a statement confirming it would purchase "all equity and...

From DailyTech: With Windows 10's release Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is clearly shaking up its traditional business and software models, delivering an OS for free to consumers (mostly) and continuing its shift to an all-internet distribution model. It's also disabled the user ability to indefinitely...

From InfoWorld: John Curran, CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), told attendees at the Campus Technology conference in Boston on Wednesday that the IP address authority's pool of IPv4 addresses has dwindled to 90,000 and will be exhausted in about two weeks.

"This is a pretty...

From ComputerWorld: Lackluster demand for its flagship Galaxy S6 smartphone and higher marketing costs led Samsung Electronics to another quarter of falling sales and profits in the April to June period.

Net profit at the company was 5.75 trillion won (US$49 billion), down 8 percent on the same...

From InfoWorld: Beta testers: to the App Store! Apple released an update to the El Capitan public beta on Wednesday, the third version. If three is your lucky number, we've got instructions on how to sign up for the beta program, and a how-to on filing feedback when you encounter bugs. Once you're...

From PC World: Oracle is looking to expand the market for its Sparc-based servers with a new, low-cost processor dubbed Sonoma that its engineers will discuss publically for the first time later this month.

The company isn’t saying yet when the chip will be available, but if it delivers as...

From CNET: T-Mobile has shown it can win over customers at an impressive rate. Now it needs to prove it can consistently make money doing so.

If the second quarter's results are any indication, T-Mobile is off to a good start. The nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier posted a profit of $361...

From ComputerWorld: Twitter reported a higher than expected increase in revenue on Tuesday, suggesting progress in the company's efforts to grow its ad sales.

Total revenue for the second quarter ending June 30 was US$502 million, Twitter reported, up 61 percent from the same period last year, and...