From CNET: People use Google's Gmail to firm up brunch plans with a friend, exchange notes with colleagues and say hi to their mom. Now, Google wants to add another use to that list: Paying bills.

The search giant is building a service reportedly called "Pony Express" that will allow users to pay...

From DailyTech: As a tester of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows 10, I feel to some degree a civic duty to stick it out through the rough edges. And thankfully, for the most part, critical bugs have been few and far between.

Few and far between, that is, except when it comes to NVIDIA Corp.'s (NVDA...

From InfoWorld: Google said Monday an Egyptian company issued digital certificates that could have been used to intercept data traffic to its services, which did not appear to have been abused.

The incident is the latest example of longstanding problems around the issuance of digital certificates...

From PC World: With a new integrated set of Azure-based services, Microsoft wants to help ease the process of developing applications that run in the cloud.

“We’re hearing that developers want more simplicity. They’re challenged with having to build apps that target a variety of platforms and...

From CNET: Twitch, which enables gamers to live-stream their game play, has likely been hacked.

Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, said in a blog post Monday that it discovered possible "unauthorized access to some Twitch user account information." The company provided few details but did say that...

From DailyTech: If you buy a mobile device powered by Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android operating system, chances will soon be good that a bit of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) software inside. That's because Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) -- the world's largest Android OEM -- has...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft said it will offer businesses a slower update tempo for Office 2016, just as it has already promised for Windows 10.

Companies that subscribe to Office 365 ProPlus, Enterprise E3 or Enterprise E4 -- the three top-tier rent-not-own plans for large customers -- will be able...

From PC World: PC vendors may not have to include a Secure Boot toggle with Windows 10, making it harder for users to install alternative operating systems.

In Windows 8, Microsoft embraced a protocol known as Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (or UEFI) Secure Boot. UEFI is a more modern...

From CNET: Buy a Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, and you apparently won't be stuck with the all apps that come with it.

Screenshots of the upcoming Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone posted late last week on the XDA Developers forum show that you can uninstall or disable preinstalled apps that in the past...

From DailyTech: Taiwanese OEM Acer, Inc. (TPE:2353) was a star of the personal computer market last decade given it role as a leader in the netbook craze. But as netbook sales died down and tablet sales ignited, Acer has fallen on harder times. But the company continues to steadfastly stand behind...