From PC World: Struggling display manufacturer Sharp, reeling from fierce competition in smartphones, will push automakers to incorporate vehicle dashboards that have gestural commands, thin bezels and other next-generation features.

It’s hoping cars will be controlled, in part, through high...

From CNET: Microsoft on Thursday is making available another Windows 10 Mobile preview build for phones to Windows Insider testers.

The new build, 10080, works on more Windows Phones -- including Lumia Icon, Lumia 930 and Lumia 640/640XL devices -- as well as the first non-Lumia phone supported by...

From DailyTech: The use of remote "remote delete" or "remote lockout" tools to combat theft and piracy is a hot topic of debate across a number of device form factors, including in the console space. For all the concerns over privacy and the deep ties to the cloud in its Xbox One, Microsoft Corp....

From InfoWorld: Corporate VP of Windows and search marketing Tony Prophet has just announced what flavors of Windows 10 we should expect to see "this summer." (And, yes, it's still billed as "this summer.") For those of you who have been following along, here are the high points:

Windows 10 Home...

From PC World: Google will require extensions for its Chrome browser to be installed from its Web Store, a move intended to stop users from inadvertently installing malicious ones.

Google has gradually been changing its policy around extensions to prevent abuse. Last year, it mandated that all...

From CNET: Walmart plans to test a new unlimited shipping service this summer for its online shoppers in a move that undercuts Amazon's $99 Prime service.

Walmart will deliver items purchased through its website within three days for an annual subscription fee of $50, the retail giant said...

From DailyTech: While it's most common in an enterprise context, it's not unheard of for consumers to store data in prolonged periods of time on a backup hard drive. A new research paper by Alvin Cox, a senior researcher at top hard drive manufacturer Seagate Technologies plc (STX), warns that...

From CRN: Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday said solution providers later this month will have the opportunity to start selling its innovative Sprout immersive 3-D computer.

Up until now, Sprout was available only from select retailers, including Best Buy and Microsoft retail stores and the Home Shopping...

From ComputerWorld: Mozilla yesterday updated Firefox to version 38, patching 15 security vulnerabilities and integrating an Adobe anti-piracy technology for playing protected media, like the movies and TV shows offered by Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.

Firefox 38's most notable enhancement -- and the...

From PC World: Fourteen critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer were among the targets of Microsoft’s monthly batch of security patches released Tuesday. In all, it fixed 46 vulnerabilities across products including Windows, Internet Explorer and Office.

The patches were organized in 13...