Haswell is here: we detail Intel's first 4th-generation Core CPUs  —  Quad-core chips for laptops and desktops are first, with dual-cores to follow.  —  Intel has been releasing information about Haswell, its next-generation CPU architecture, for months now.

U.S. and China Will Hold Talks About Hacking  —  WASHINGTON — The United States and China have agreed to hold regular, high-level talks on how to set standards of behavior for cybersecurity and commercial espionage, the first diplomatic effort to defuse the tensions over what the United States …

Mark Shuttleworth gives up dream of Ubuntu toppling Windows  —  When Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth began shipping Ubuntu nine years ago, he created “Bug #1.”  Its title was “Microsoft has a majority market share,” and Shuttleworth said “[t]his is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant to fix.”

Mac Pro Retail Supplies Drying Up Ahead of WWDC  —  Apple's WWDC conference is almost upon us, and with the expectation that the company will unveil new Macs at the event, I decided to do a bit of checking around on retail stock levels.  What I found, somewhat to my surprise, was a remarkable shortage of Apple's entry-level Mac Pro.

Oculus VR co-founder, 33, killed by speeding car  —  Tragedy hits the company that made the Oculus Rift head-mounted virtual-reality display as co-founder Andrew Reisse finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time during a police chase.  —  Andrew Scott Reisse, co-founder of the company …

Software Freedom Law Center effectively blesses Microsoft's Android and Linux patent license deals  —  After many years of fundamentalist opposition to patent licensing it appears that Free Software advocates have become more pragmatic and now, at long last, tend to appreciate the benefits …

Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active Revealed for AT&T  —  It's no secret that Samsung's got a full complement of Galaxy S 4-derived handsets trickling out over the next few months; the company just revealed the S 4 Mini, and next up we're expecting a more rugged, full-sized device known as the Galaxy S 4 Active (codename: J Active).

Google says it won't approve any Glass apps with facial recognition until it has protections in place  —  Today, Google posted a notice to its Google Glass channel on G+ that lays out its plan to prevent abuse of facial recognition on the head-mounted computer.  It's solution?

‘Virtual’ Currencies Draw State Scrutiny  —  State banking regulators are scrutinizing companies that let people buy and sell virtual currencies such as bitcoin, and some are looking at requiring costly licenses, according to people familiar with the efforts.

Dutch Supreme Court: Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 does not infringe on iPad design  —  Apple's design right is valid, but the protection it offers is very limited due to earlier similar designs, the court said.  —  Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 does not infringe on Apple's iPad design right …

Tumblr's Creative Director Quits  —  Jacob Bijani joined Tumblr as one of its original, most formative employees (and its first designer/product engineer) back in 2008—when a $1.1 billion Yahoo buyout was unfathomable.  Now he's leaving.  —  According to a farewell post on Bijani's site …