From PC World: Hewlett-Packard took back its server crown from IBM last quarter as the overall market contracted and Taiwanese vendors made big gains selling directly to Internet giants like Google and Facebook, IDC reported Wednesday.

HP expanded its share of the market only modestly from a year...

From DailyTech: After being hammered by investors following a bleak quarter in which it posted its first loss, the Taiwanese Android phonemaker received some bad news from a UK Judge. The Hon. Mr. Justice Richard David Arnold, of the Chancery division of the UK High Court [of Justice] in London...

From X-bit Labs: Dell, a leading PC maker, has introduced the industry’s most complete portfolio of Ultra HD monitors designed to meet a wide range of professional and consumer demands. Dell UltraSharp Ultra HD monitors deliver 4K (3840*2160) resolution and are available at a wide range of prices...

From CRN: Google is taking steps to bolster the security of its highly targeted Android platform, which security experts warn is significantly outpacing other mobile platforms in introducing risk to corporate networks.

Android is now part of Google's patch reward program, which gives cash to...

From PC World: Yahoo has acquired Ptch, the startup behind a mobile app that allowed users to combine photos and video on their phones into movies, and the service will shut down by January.

Incubated by DreamWorks Animation, Ptch was positioned as a social media application that enabled users to...

From DailyTech: Canon has announced its latest digital camera in Japan: the mirrorless EOS M2. The new camera promises fast autofocus thanks to the Hybrid CMOS II sensor that is also used in the EOS 100D and SL1 digital cameras.

The M2 gets a slightly revised body design that is smaller (8 percent...

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that cumulative sell through for the PlayStation 4 video game console worldwide has surpassed 2.1 million units as of December 1, 2013. The number includes the 700,000 units sold through in Europe and Australasia launching on November 29...

From EETimes: This year's unit shipments for processors will grow 24% over 2012 to as high as 1.5 billion, according to IHS Inc.

The fast rise is being bolstered by strong smartphone and tablet sales, which are more than compensating for a 13% slump in desktop sales and a 2% drop in notebook sales...

From InfoWorld: BlackBerry has upgraded its management platform Enterprise Server 10 (BES10) with more features for managing Android and iOS smartphones and has also improved scalability to lower overall costs.

BlackBerry's problems are well documented, but the company is soldiering on. On Monday...

From DailyTech: Dell has tipped some of the details on a new 24” UHD computer monitor called the UP2414Q.

Dell says that the UP2414Q features the highest pixel density of any of its available displays at 185 ppi. The native resolution of the IPS display is 3840 x 2160 and it offers viewing angles...