From PC World: HTC posted a year-over-year gain in net profit for the second quarter, following the release of the company’s latest flagship phone, and new low-end handsets coming to China.

During the period, HTC’s net profit reached NT$2.26 billion (US$75.6 million), up 80.8 percent from a year...

From CNET: Mobile ad spending will grow faster than any other ad channel in the US this year -- up as much as 83 percent to reach $17.7 billion -- as more people spend more time on smartphones and tablets, according to eMarketer.

While advertising on mobile devices remains a small piece of total ad...

From DailyTech: The Galaxy S5 Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) flagship device enjoyed a nice spec bump recently, with the launch of the Galaxy S5 LTE-A. Sporting a Snapdragon 805 processor (with 3GB RAM) from Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM), 3 GB of DRAM, and a fancy new 2560x1440...

From InfoWorld: VMware is for the first time inviting anyone to beta test the next version of vSphere, the company's virtualization platform.

The company is hoping to learn more about how organizations use vSphere under real-world conditions and test cases, it said. As VMware has expanded beyond...

From PC World: Sony sold off its Vaio PC unit in February due to sluggish sales, but don't think that means Sony Vaio laptops aren't smoking hot. For the second time in 2014, a Sony PC model is at risk of overheating, smoking, catching on fire, and even melting.

This time around, the smoldering...

From CNET: Amazon is suing a former Amazon Web Services manager who left the cloud computing unit to work for Google's competing service.

The e-commerce giant alleged that Zoltan Szabadi, once a strategic partnerships manager for AWS, has violated a non-compete agreement he signed when he first...

From DailyTech: Atlanta, Georgia-based BitPay is already one of the biggest forces pushing legitimization of Bitcoin as a secure digital payment system. Nicknamed the "PayPal of Bitcoin" it provides easy to integrate APIs and apps to allow businesses to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment and for...

From PC World: Enthusiasts, start your drooling: On Tuesday, Samsung launched the first solid-state drive packing the company's cutting-edge 3D V-NAND flash memory. Early reviews suggest the technological tweaks in the Samsung 850 Pro SSD line indeed deliver face-melting levels of performance.

The...

From CNET: The first new Vaio laptops since the brand split off from Sony have been revealed in Japan. The Vaio Pro and Vaio Fit are the first products from the new company, but more than just the name will be familiar.

Sony sold its struggling laptop division to private equity firm Japan...

From DailyTech: The Galaxy S5 variants just continue to proliferate as we trudge further into 2014. First there was the original Galaxy S5 followed by the Galaxy S5 Active, Galaxy S5 Sport, and Galaxy F. Now, the Galaxy S5 mini has been officially unveiled.

Although the Galaxy S5 mini descends...