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...

From CNET: Verizon and Sprint agreed to pay a combined $158 million -- including $120 million in refunds to consumers -- to settle charges they allowed their customers to be illegally billed by third parties, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Tuesday.

The wireless providers agreed to...

From DailyTech: After a watershed year in 2014, eight year old startup Fitbit filed papers with U.S. regulators Friday indicating that it will launch an IPO. The company did not announce a share quantity or target price for the stock offering, but analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S...

From InfoWorld: Verizon Communications has agreed to buy AOL for about $4.4 billion, as it looks to build more extensive digital and video platforms to drive future growth.

Network operators have to find new ways to make money as their traditional revenue streams are under pressure from a new...

From PC World: IBM is ready to light up data transfers over long distances between computers with a new chip that could ultimately spell the end for slower electrical wiring.

After a decade of research, IBM has developed a new silicon photonics chip that can transfer data at aggregate speeds of...

From CNET: Twitter spent $86.6 million earlier this year to acquire live-streaming app Periscope and social media startup Niche, according to a regulatory filing Monday.

The micro-blogging company's filing with the US Securities and Exchange commission did not itemize the selling price of each...

From DailyTech: SuperNexus lead developer and former SamMobile editor Faryaab Sheikh (‏@Faryaab) shared an interesting find to his Twitter Inc. (TWTR) account. The leak comes courtesy of an official source -- Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) productivity software provider...