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• BYOD is driving IT 'crazy': Gartner

  IT managers grappling with bring-your-own-device policies can expect to see an explosion in the number of smartphones and tablets used by employees in the next few years.

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  Google to sell Nexus smartphones, tablets direct, report says

  Google is reportedly moving to more direct sales of its Android smartphones and tablets in an apparent move to wrest control away from wireless carriers that install their own services on Android gear or block Google apps like Google Wallet.

• Microsoft anti-bloatware service to apply to Windows 8 PCs, too

  A Microsoft in-store program that scrubs "bloatware" from Windows PCs will also be offered when Windows 8 machines reach the market later this year, a company representative said Wednesday.

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  Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on sale Sunday for $400

  Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is set to go on sale at retailers nationwide Sunday for $399.99, furthering the variety of tablet sizes from the vendor.

• Interop panelists debate future of physical WAN optimizers

  The need for a dedicated physical appliance to handle WAN optimization tasks, in many cases, is a thing of the past, according to experts who participated in a panel discussion Tuesday at Interop in Las Vegas.

• HTC Evo 4G LTE goes on sale May 18 for $200

  Sprint announced Wednesday that the HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone will go on sale May 18 for $199.99 with a two-year contract.

• Google gets first license for self-driving cars

  The people of Nevada may be in for a surprise when they drive to the market or down the highway -- driverless cars.

• AT&T launches Samsung Focus 2 for $50

  AT&T on Monday announced another low-priced Windows Phone, the $49.99 Samsung Focus 2, which will run on 4G LTE and will go on sale May 20.

• Tablets Will Be Preferred Devices by 2016

  Tablets will become most users' main computing devices within the next four years, Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett has predicted.

• In brief: ABS to create server panel

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is to establish a panel of suppliers for the supply and delivery of blade and rack mount x86 servers.

• Target to stop selling Amazon Kindles in its stores

  Target plans to stop selling Kindle e-readers in its brock-and-mortar stores after seeing buyers test the devices in its showrooms only to later buy them online from Amazon.

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  Nook deal lets Microsoft integrate e-bookstore with its software, services

  Barnes & Noble will distribute its free Nook Metro app through Microsoft's Windows Store, putting to rest talk of Microsoft embedding the program in Windows 8.

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  Physicist says Moore's Law is 'collapsing'

  A well-known theoretical physicist has taken direct aim at a key theory in the computer industry, saying Moore's Law is collapsing.

• Opinion: I have seen the future (And it's made of glass)

  It's hard to think of glass as an area of rapid technology evolution. But it's one of the central technologies that will bring us incredible innovations over the next couple of years.

• Carriers desperately seeking Windows Phone

  AT&T and Verizon Wireless want Windows Phone smartphones to succeed in the U.S., partly to provide leverage against Apple's demands for subsidies and other concessions required for selling the popular iPhone.