Industry

Acer looks to cloud to revive business

Acer is focusing more on software and services with 'Build Your Own Cloud' products to revive its struggling PC business

OBAMA panel yanks NSA leash — Your MacBook’s CAMERA says ‘Hi’ — TARGET skunked by huge skim scam — LYFT growing faster than Uber

Microsoft warns customers to update to Windows 8.1 final or face ruin

June's Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows RT 8.1 Preview will die on Jan. 15, 2014

Frustrated users complain about SkyDrive problems after Windows 8.1 update

There are more than 120 active discussion threads on Microsoft's SkyDrive forum from users affected by problems with the cloud storage service

Oracle’s Q2 profits down 1 percent, revenue up 2 percent to $9.3 billion

Annual maintenance revenue rises 6 percent to $4.5 billion

Microsoft yanks second botched Surface update in as many months

Microsoft pulls the bad December firmware update for the Surface Pro 2 -- with no hint as to when a fix is coming or what afflicted customers should do

The brewing iPhone war: It’s Apple vs. the carriers

Ma Bell and the Cupertino Colossus are prepping for a bloody fight over iPhone prices and subsidies -- it won't be pretty

Cisco teams with VMware, Citrix to counter Amazon’s new cloud-based desktop

Expect a whole wave of new cloud-based desktop offerings on the market next year

Go Google Go! A language on full throttle

Java frameworks still rule the roost, but Go and Facebook's new HHVM PHP environment are gaining fast

Dark tower Mac Pro goes on sale Thursday

Radically redesigned workstation debuts tomorrow at prices starting at $2,999