From PC World: Intel is closing down its AppUp online application store as it sees a shift in the market and consumer needs.

Designed originally for netbook computers, the Intel AppUp center was first unveiled in a beta program in 2010, with plans to expand its scope to smartphones, TVs and other...

From DailyTech: Lenovo unveiled four new ThinkServer products today alongside a new laptop series made specifically for the classroom.

Lenovo announced the ThinkServer RD340, ThinkServer RD440, ThinkServer TD340 and the ThinkServer SA120. It also introduced the ThinkPad 11e series of laptops....

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. has announced that life-to-date sales of Microsoft Xbox One video game console had reached 3.9 million units. While the shipments of the system are still behind Sony PlayStation 4, it is evident that they are growing even in in January.

Very early this month...

From EETimes: Servergy Inc. and Rex Computing debuted low power server architectures using Power and Adapteva processors, respectively, at the Facebook-led Open Compute Summit here. The two startups are the latest vendors leveraging the push for low power in big datacenters to disrupt Intel's...

From PC World: Yahoo reported a 6 percent drop in revenue for the fourth quarter, as sales of its display and search ads dropped compared to last year.

Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2013, was $1.266 billion, down 6 percent compared to the same period the previous year, Yahoo said Tuesday...

From DailyTech: Lenovo is making some big changes where its executives are concerned as it reorganizes into four business groups.

According to Lenovo, the four business groups are the PC Business Group, the Mobile Business Group, Enterprise, and Ecosystem and Cloud Services. This is a big change...

From DailyTech: Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KRX:005935) (KRX:005930) seemingly laid to rest the possibility of launching a Tizen device, saying it had "no current plans" to market such a device. Hopes for a Tizen offering seemingly further weakened when Samsung signed a ten-year licensing...

From EETimes: Samsung Electronics pulled off two big patent-licensing agreements over the last 48 hours: one with Google on a broad agreement to cross-license each other's patents; another with Ericsson, putting an end to the ongoing battle with the Swedish telecom giant. Samsung, which had been...

From PC World: Apple set two records for itself in the first quarter of its 2014 fiscal year, selling 51 million iPhones and reporting revenue of US$57.6 billion, with a net profit of $13.1 billion.

Apple said it also sold 26 million iPads during the quarter, topping its previous record of 22.9...

From DailyTech: We have been hearing rumors for a while that Nokia was working on an Android powered smartphone. Not too long ago, screenshots of what was supposed to be the interface for the Android-powered Nokia device leaked.

Today another leak claims to show the specifications of the rumored...