The Supreme Court said the legal standard used to convict Anthony D. Elonis was too low. Joan E. Solsman/CNET The Supreme Court has thrown out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man for making violent posts on Facebook in a case that tests the boundaries of free speech on the Internet. The conviction of Anthony D. …

SanDisk’s tiny new 128GB flash drive is around the size of a dime. SanDisk You can now add 128 gigabytes of storage to your PC or another device via a flash drive that you never have to remove. Launched on Monday by storage vendor SanDisk, the 128GB SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 flash drive is the world’s smallest USB 3.0 …

SoftBank is slowly but surely swallowing up more of Supercell. Supercell SoftBank, a Japanese telecom company, is expanding its ownership in Supercell, which makes one of the world’s most popular mobile video games. SoftBank has increased its ownership share in Clash of Clans maker Supercell to 73.2 percent, SoftBank announced Monday. Full terms of the deal were not disclosed, but …

Together Windows 8 and 8.1 are now found on more PCs than Windows XP. Net Applications Windows 8 and 8.1 have teamed up to finally overtake Windows XP among desktop operating systems. Surveying Web traffic among desktop operating systems for the month of May, Web tracker Net Applications gave Windows 8.1 a 12.8 percent share, higher than the 11.1 percent …

Now playing: Watch this: Asus adds a variety of new designs with the ZenWatch… 1:26 Asus chairman Jonney Shih speaking at his company’s pre-Computex keynote in Taiwan. Seamus Byrne/CNET TAIPEI — Asus chairman Jonney Shih — an engaging speaker here ahead of the Computex trade show — has ambitious plans in the smartphone business, despite being “a little bit late” …

You can now reserve your free copy of Windows 10, if you meet the necessary requirements. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has a grand plan to get its next operating system, Windows 10, running on 1 billion devices in three years — by giving it away for free. Well, sort of. The software, which Microsoft announced Monday will begin rolling …

Asia’s biggest trade show is back this week, and with it comes a raft of new hardware to explore. The Taiwanese event is one of the key dates in the calendar for major announcements on the latest chip technology for PCs and mobile platforms, pointing to what we can expect in the year ahead for desktops, laptops hybrids, tablets, mobiles …

The Internet is now bigger than it was in “The Net.” Columbia Pictures Here’s a lesson in how to be a professional celebrity gossip in the Digital Age, or if you happen to be a celebrity, how not to entice them. For starters, if you’re Sandra Bullock, maybe don’t ask your lawyer to register domains starting with “sandrabullocksextape” for you, …

The Newegg.com listing for Microsoft’s Windows 10. Steven Musil/CNET An online retailer may have accidentally solved the mystery of when Windows 10 will be released. The new version of Microsoft’s widely used operating system will be delivered to original equipment manufacturers on August 31, according to listings at Newegg.com, which is also taking pre-orders for the software. The Home edition …

Sarah Tew/CNET Android M, the next version of Google’s operating system for smartphones and tablets, was just unveiled at the company’s annual I/O developer conference. And I couldn’t care less. As a longtime Android fan I should have been excited for this moment. After all, I’ve been addicted to the platform since I purchased the Droid Eris back in 2009 …