Friday, August 30, 2013

Will software-defined networking kill network engineers' beloved CLI?

Second-gen Nexus 7 still plagued by multitouch issues after software update

If issues persist, early adopters may have to live with faulty hardware.

Microsoft: Talks with US gov't on surveillance transparency break down

HTC tricks out some phones with Fetch and Mini+ accessories

The Fetch will help you find a phone you left behind; the Mini+ will let you talk with your phone without holding it to your ear. But the gadgets don't work with all HTC phones.

TV binge-watching at its best

Nothing better to do during the long holiday weekend? Try binge-watching some great streaming TV.

Salesforce.com's Benioff lays out future strategies

Report: The NSA pays millions for US telecom access

Leaked US spying budget reveals investments in 'groundbreaking' cryptanalysis

Microsoft's Surface slates get permanent price drops, cheaper Touch Covers

Flash Professional CC review: Solid improvements but no flashy new features

Review: Helium Music Manager 9 jazzes up music management

Salesforce.com mobile app developers gain security tools

Dorm room entertainment: Build a killer system with just two devices

5 budget all-in-one PCs for college students: We name the best values

Origin Genesis Z87 review: Boutique PC bliss in a (slightly) more affordable package

5 Android mail apps for the Gmail-weary

Maybe a new app will help you wrangle those massive piles of email.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active review: Rugged and ready for adventure

If Indiana Jones used a smartphone, this would probably be it.

10 awesome PC games that are completely free

Australian who boasted of hacking to plead not guilty to charges stemming from raid

Can China's Xiaomi make it globally?

Samsung starts mass production of DDR4 memories

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Australian Sex Party gets no love from Google's AdWords

US to release annual figures on spying orders and people affected

Review: Hate Plus tries to wrap up a story that already ended

Hate Plus, the add-on-cum-sequel to 2012’s Analogue: A Hate Story is wonderfully written, but doesn’t invite nearly the level of emotional investment as its predecessor.

Imagination to battle ARM with MIPS server chips

Verizon Wireless buyout drive is all about the dollar signs

vBulletin users warned of potential exploit

Diggers on the move: Indie darling Terraria goes mobile

The indie hit Terraria makes the move to mobile.

NIST subjects draft cybersecurity framework to more public scrutiny

Windows 8.1 won't rescue PC market this year, IDC says

Critic: NTIA's mobile privacy push has failed

Xiaomi the money! Who is this mobile company that's poaching Tech's top shelf talent?

Under legal pressure, Facebook clarifies how it uses your data

Facebook’s data policy changes put your face front and center

The social network clarifies its data use policies in the wake of a class-action lawsuit settlement.

Facebook’s data policy changes put your face front and center

Microsoft who? Sinofsky adds another scene to his second act, signs up with Box

Lenovo IdeaPad Z400 Touch review: A 15.6-inch budget laptop that's strong on performance and can survive some rugged handling

How to see what your Facebook profile looks like to others

Wondering if your private pictures and posts are public? It's easy to find out!

Dell Latitude 3330 review: A budget laptop with great battery life but lousy performance

Toshiba Satellite L55Dt-A5253 review: This 15.6-inch budget laptop does well on benchmarks but has some physical drawbacks

HP Pavilion TouchSmart 11z-e000 review: A budget 11.6-inch touchscreen laptop that runs at a snail's pace

Ballmer departure could disrupt Microsoft's fragile transition plans

GameStick Android game console set for September 30 retail launch

The $80 Android-based game console is on sale through several online retailers, including Amazon and GameStop.

Vodafone confirms talks on selling its Verizon Wireless stake

Vodafone confirmed the talks Thursday in response to media reports that the companies were discussing a possible deal worth more than $100 billion.

Confidential Data Is Leaving on Workers' Mobile Devices

Vodafone confirms talks on selling its Verizon Wireless stake

Lil Bub meets Grumpy Cat: The Internet can end now

There's just nothing left to say or do. It can all only be downhill from here.

FTC: Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network

Touchscreens won't kill the keyboard -- entirely, Microsoft researcher says

Acer Aspire E1-572-680 review: This budget 15.6-inch laptop is an outstanding value

IBM's Power8 opens up to component makers

Mobile phones, meet uncrackable quantum cryptography

Researchers claim to have developed a way to bring photon-bending quantum cryptography to mobile phones, creating a nearly uncrackable connection

French prosecutor starts preliminary inquiry into Prism privacy violations

Amazon Web Services improves GovCloud management

Google patents 'scroogling,' but it's not all about ads

Skype: Camera technology is holding back 3D video chats

Office 2003's burial will resurrect hacker activity

Convert text to image, and image to text

Review: IDriveSync secures cloud storage

Unity adds 2D game development and works with Facebook

Pay what you want for the Humble Comedy Bundle's DRM-free laughs

Hollywood may fear the transition to digital, but comedians aren't scared to follow online gold, and with the Humble Comedy Bundle, charities are the benefactor. Pay what you

Cisco fixes critical remote command execution vulnerability in Secure Access Control Server

You gonna eat that? The sharing economy's worst offenders

Your parking space, half-eaten burrito, and luxury yacht could be huge moneymakers if you’d give them a chance.

Five must-have gadgets for your new college dorm room

8 essential mobile apps for college students

Five free Dropbox tools you're not using (but should be)

US court finds file-hosting service Hotfile infringed copyright, says MPAA

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Former Google executive to help Xiaomi to expand outside China

Report: Android product head Hugo Barra to leave Google

Barra heads for greener pastures at Chinese handset manufacturer, Xiaomi, but what will that mean for Android?

Twitter acquires Trendrr to get a better handle on tweets about TV

Acronis True Image 2014 review: Still powerful and feature-rich, now easier to use

Gimme Shelter: Herd cubs in this premier badger simulator

Might and Delight’s Shelter is a sublime badger-herding experience.

Usage for Tor doubles in wake of secure email shutdowns, arrival of the PirateBrowser

IBM starts restricting hardware patches to paying customers

Nintendo cuts Wii U price, debuts 2DS handheld

Twitter tweaks its site and mobile apps to make conversations easier

Twitter is updating its site and mobile apps to make it easier for users to carry out conversations on the site and share them with others outside of Twitter.

Twitter revamps timeline with new conversation view

Following conversations on Twitter just got easier with a new iOS, Android, and desktop update.

Razer Tartarus Review: Half a keyboard for the exact same price

Twitter tweaks its site and mobile apps to make conversations easier

Massive Delta IV rocket launches classified satellite

Srsly? Bitcoin, selfie added to Oxford dictionary

What do bitcoin, emoji, and selfies have in common? They're all now official words, at least according to the Oxford dictionary.

Srsly? Bitcoin, selfie added to Oxford dictionary

Who will be Microsoft's new CEO? Place your bets -- literally

Review: iPod Copy Master can't master music management

Struggling Nintendo announces 2DS handheld, cuts Wii U price

The new handheld system is $40 cheaper than the Nintendo 3DS, and it plays all the same games, albeit without a 3D screen.

Dropbox reverse engineering an omen for software industry

VMware's virtualization quest could help shake up storage, too

Infor fleshes out its Inforce Salesforce.com integration

Discovery-oriented Foursquare app arrives on Windows 8

3DGo streams 3D movies you might actually want to watch

Why buy a 3D Blu-ray player to watch movies on your TV when you can just stream them instead?

Hack of New York Times holds a lesson for all businesses

FAQs about hacks: Everything you need to know about the Syrian Electronic Army

New 3D printing DRM copies Netflix's moves to blockade physical pirates

Now that 3D printing's becoming more popular, the rush to curtail copyright infringement begins.

Learn how to cancel your online accounts

Pirate Bay co-founder's appeal of fraud conviction relies on 'remote control' argument

Patriots deploy free stadium-wide Wi-Fi to compete with the comforts of home

Review: ZipItFree compresses files tightly, doesn't make you tighten your belt

Spear phishing led to DNS attack against the New York Times, others

Privacy campaigners want review of Irish Facebook, Prism decisions

Even LG doesn’t seem that excited about their new tablet

The new LG G Pad 8.3 doesn't seem to bring anything radically different to the mini Android tablet table.

Google slashes Nexus 4 price to $199 off-contract

The best deal in smartphones just got even cheaper ahead of the rumored launch of a low-cost iPhone.

Google slashes Nexus 4 price to $199 unsubsidized, is a Nexus 5 inbound?

The best deal in smartphones just got even cheaper ahead of the rumored launch of a low-cost iPhone.

Google cuts Nexus 4 price by up to a third in some key markets

Take note: Smart classroom tools for tech-savvy students

Samsung Galaxy Mega review: 'It doesn't fit in my pants'

It's like trying to put a cutting board in your pocket.

Gamification: Using play to motivate employees and engage customers

Canonical looking to tap Dell to promote Chinese version of Ubuntu OS

Bitcoin offers privacy -- as long as you don't cash out or spend it

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Oracle software will run faster with new SPARC M6 chip

Server revenue continued slide in Q2 on weak demand, says IDC

DNS hack in Australia hits marquee US sites

MIT develops 110-core processor for more power-efficient computing

Hands-on: Parallels Access runs your Mac apps on your iPad

Parallels is best known for letting you run Windows on your Mac. Now, with Parallels Access, it's entering the more crowded niche letting you run your Mac's apps remotely from your iPad. Here's our first look.

Nissan plans to offer affordable self-driving cars by 2020

Nissan said it’s already building an autonomous-drive proving ground in Japan.

New York Times website hacked

Disney Infinity Review: Finally, a game with all the wit, charm, and crass commercialization of a Disney movie

Disney's attempt at duplicating Skylanders' fusion of physical toys and video games has some issues, but it's incredibly fun.

Intel to ship new Atom server processors next week

The cloud just keeps growing--Microsoft bumps SkyDrive Pro to 25GB

US man pleads guilty to hacking Department of Energy, other sites

Yahoo aims for consistency with site redesign

VMware brings Suse Linux to newly launched cloud service

Cybercrime service automates creation of fake scanned IDs, other identity verification documents

COBOL-based system for $160 billion pension fund is a political football

Facebook does Prism damage control with first government request report

The U.S., of course, led the list of countries fighting for access to Facebook’s user account data.

Apple now is the company most targeted by patent trolls

All but two of the top 30 companies targeted by "patent trolls" seeking licensing fees are in the technology sector, with Apple leading the way.

NASA mission to capture near-Earth asteroid for study

4K TVs just got a lot cheaper

As screen sizes have come down, so has the entry-level pricing for Ultra HD TVs.

Lapsing of Moore's Law opens up opportunity in chip design

Amazon Teams with Android Developers to Bring One-Click Shopping to Consumers

Facebook got 25,000 government requests about users

Sony teases Sept. 4 unveiling of waterproof Xperia Z1 with a super-duper camera

The new phone is rumored to have a 20-megapixel camera and pro-level lenses.

Gentlemen, start your solid-state engines: Intel takes overclocking to SSDs

Facebook kills physical gifts, opening a door for merchants

PC, tablet makers get Windows 8.1, developers cry foul

Definition of ‘broadband’ is too broad

Amazon lets developers make money by selling physical goods from Android apps

Review: Tweeki 2 brings the best of Twitter to Pokki

Review: Hamster Free Zip Archiver 2.0 compresses files in a snap

Not even long passwords will save you from a hack attack

Miley Cyrus’ VMA twerking just barely less Twitter important than the presidential election

Last year's presidential election just barely generated more excitement than a dirty dancing Hannah Montana.

PC, tablet makers get Windows 8.1

Larry Ellison to talk in-memory database, Oracle PaaS at OpenWorld

Galaxy Note III and Galaxy Gear smartwatch a lock for Sept. 4, Samsung exec says

Samsung, it seems, doesn't believe in cultivating an air of mystery for its product launches. The Galaxy Note III and long-hinted-at Galaxy Gear smartwatch will both be unveiled just ahead of the IFA Berlin trade show.

New smartphone OSes take baby steps forward

Microsoft releases final version of Windows 8.1 to PC makers

Review: Killer is Dead is a sexist, garbled mess

Killer is Dead, the latest title from Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture, is a fairly boring game with a heaping dose of misogyny ladled on top.

Review: Spelunky is a superb game that shines on PlayStation Vita

Spelunky is a self-improvement seminar wrapped up in the guise of a sublime platformer.

Citrix integrates Netscaler with VMware's network virtualization platform

Samsung claims Ericsson is demanding billions more for its patent licenses

Remembering the Newton MessagePad, 20 years later

Apple made its first tablet PC, featuring handwriting recognition, in 1993. Benj Edwards takes a look at why the Newton failed.

Dell XPS 8700 Special Edition's review: A little less performance for a lot less cash

How small businesses can mine big data

Dell remains committed to Windows 8 for business tablets

Google, Apple remove some restrictions on technology to Iran

Australian startup's software tracks how companies execute strategy

Monday, August 26, 2013

ARM acquires Sensinode, a vendor of software for 'Internet of Things'

Dell adds consumer touches to Latitude notebook line

Judge approves $20 million Facebook fund to settle advertising suit

With Ballmer retiring, tech world awaits white smoke from Redmond

Google Glass for bespectacled coming in a 'few months'

Clockwise 7: Not woman-pants friendly

Cord cutting, giant smartphones, self-checkout at the grocery store, and the podcast glut. With guests Christopher Breen and Florence Ion.

How to take screenshots on an Android phone

Here's how to use your Mac or PC to save a picture of your Android phone screen.

US, others criticize new Vietnamese Internet law

HP, Juniper to help VMware take on networks with NSX

Feedly walks fine line between free and paid RSS services

Google Glass to gain local apps, but not cellular connection

IBM's Watson could get even smarter with Power8 chip

IBM's new Power8 doubles performance of Watson chip

Facebook's communal photo albums make it easier to share snapshots—or ignore them

The social network on Monday began a limited roll-out of shared photo albums, which let friends upload snapshots to a collection.

US regulators explore rules for Bitcoin

70 percent of US residents have broadband access, study finds

VMware sets sites on network virtualization

Xbox One's massive, custom CPU can pick you out of a lineup

Three handy (but often-overlooked) Google Chrome features

Siri-ously?! Siri makes fun of Google Glass

Apple's wise cracking digital assistant has a few choice words about Google Glass.

Xbox One will have a high-performance custom chip

Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One gaming console will contain a custom chip the company designed in conjunction with Advanced Micro Devices with the aim of delivering maximum graphics performance, presenters said Monday at Microsoft's Hot Chips conference.

Xbox One will have a high-performance custom chip

AdBlock launches crowdfunding campaign to create ads about blocking ads

Xbox 360 update starts cashing out on Microsoft Points

Steve Ballmer's replacement must be a 'product person' if Microsoft is to thrive

Microsoft, Motorola trial to resume Monday

VMware adds networking, storage to its virtual data center stack

Upcoming Salesforce.com release focuses on Chatter, service

Apple throttles iWork for iCloud access for new users

Users who didn't take advantage of access to iWork for iCloud last week may have to wait a bit longer. Due to the high level of demand, Apple is currently not allowing any more users.

Yahoo’s e-mail genie grants wishes for new, less terrible usernames

Yahoo on Monday began doling out new usernames in an ongoing effort to clear the decks of old accounts.

Leaked Droid 5 images may yet give hope to long-suffering QWERTY fans

Some people just like real keyboards, but they've had limited choices when it came to top-shelf smartphones. A series of leaked images of the new Droid 5 may give them hope.

Google blocks Chromecast app that streams local media files

The developer of the AllCast Android app claims that Google is intentionally nerfing the streaming abilities of its media dongle in order to placate Hollywood.

Dell reshapes Latitude laptops, prices start at $599

The Moto X's innards aren't as interesting as its customizable exterior, teardown shows

In the case of Motorola's unique Moto X, it's what's outside that counts.

Windows Store ad firm sees evidence of new Surface slates, Nokia tablet in its server logs

The best Windows 8 Start menu programs

Report: Windows 8.1 is ready to ship

Surface RT usage skyrockets after steep price cuts

Review: MultiPLX RSS reader offers powerful features and a few too many bugs

Review: HP overreaches and underdelivers with the SlateBook x2

Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system

Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message

China suffers major DDoS attack on .cn domain

The evolution of classroom tech, from wax tablets to the iPad

10 open-source alternatives for small business software

TiVo Roamio review: A pretty good DVR with a silly name

Beep-boop! There's a new TiVo in town, and its name is Roamio. And it's pretty good.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

SSDs still maturing, new memory tech still 10 years away

Intel bringing vision, 3D to laptop and tablet cameras

HyTrust enforces two-person approval for VMware security

Intel expands custom processor business

HSA targets native parallel execution in Java virtual machines by 2015

HP introduces SAP HANA based cloud service

Packet loss problem in Amazon's cloud wobbles Airbnb, Vine

Facebook Gifts returns to marketing only virtual goodies

Social network use offers clues for security, Gartner says

Android's swipe-to-shut myth and how to really close apps

You may think you're closing Android apps by swiping them away, but here's what that actually does and how Android's task switcher works.

US Postal Service explores entering the cloud business

Bitcoin is legal, let it evolve into its role, researchers urge

The much buzzed-about digital currency has aroused concern for its use in illicit activity, but George Mason University researchers urge a cautious regulatory approach.

Mobile users rely on simple security methods, report says

With IT not requiring safer pass codes and device usability a factor, finding of 80 percent of users choosing convenience not surprising

Chrome, Firefox edge IE in browser reliability test

Zuckerberg's Internet sharing push draws doubts, praise

Apple and the enterprise: A complicated relationship

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Wall power outlets are so 2012

Windows 8 users prefer third-party antivirus to bundled tool

Browsers block ads, threaten free sites, researchers say

Reports of Nook's death have been greatly exaggerated

Middle Eastern 'Molerats' hackers step up attacks

How Amazon (and you) might use its private Wi-Fi network

Review: ECBC Zeus could use some improvements

This messenger is a solid bag with plenty of pockets, but it disappoints in a few areas.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Tech firms' responses to latest NSA disclosures cloud the truth, experts say

Samsung’s ridiculous ad for the 840 EVO SSD will live forever in Web infamy

Will iWork for iCloud work for you?

Moto X to be available at all major carriers "in days"

Motorola's Moto X devices will become widely available within days.

Qualcomm to sell Omnitracs fleet management unit

Announcing the PCWorld Back to School giveaway

Steve Ballmer's wackiest, craziest, downright funniest moments at Microsoft

Review: The Bureau is a mediocre action game that sullies XCOM's good name

Stay clear of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, it’s nothing but a cash-in on its turn-based predecessor’s name.

Toshiba takes step toward 3D flash memory chips

Review: DropTunes plays music directly from your Dropbox folder

Study: 1-in-10 UK 5-year-olds have mobile phones

Study finds that kids who can't read a clock yet have mobile phones now.

Microsoft's next CEO: Let's handicap the candidates

Sayonara, Steve: How a new Microsoft CEO can breathe new life into Windows

Saving YouTube videos for offline viewing

The comeback kid: How Yahoo, a site your friends never visit, dominates the Internet

comScore's July traffic numbers show Yahoo catapulted to the top of the Internet. But how?

Perceived missteps may have hit a tipping point for Ballmer

Steve Ballmer's retirement letter to Microsoft employees

Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so

Mozilla considers rejecting long-lived digital certificates following similar decision by Google

iWork for iCloud beta now available to the public

Apple has made the Web versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote publicly available to all at iCloud.com, though the apps remain in beta.

Chromebooks get “immersive mode” and smarter launcher

Microsoft details 3D printing in Windows 8.1

How to add YouTube to your Roku box, the sequel

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

Google buys Foxconn's Hon Hai display patent portfolio

Define awesome: Google beefs up dictionary in search

Google unveiled some cool new features to the dictionary function in its search.

Free Game Friday: Nostalgia trip

Take a trip back to when the Internet was young and games were simple but addictive. Sure, you can enjoy the high-quality stuff that modern browsers can create, but then you'd miss this free game nostalgia trip.

NASA plans to test laser communications link with upcoming lunar mission

An upcoming NASA mission will test a new laser communications system that could one day deliver high-definition 3D video signals from Mars and beyond.

Ten movies with Bond, James Bond, to watch soon, very soon

A slew of James Bond movies are dropping off Netflix soon. Here's your chance to enjoy some cheesy goodness.

Privacy groups criticize proposed $8.5 million Google settlement

Hands-on: iWork for iCloud beta almost as good as Mac, iOS versions

China's Baidu buys majority stake in group buying site Nuomi

MTV Video Music Awards: Where to stream and follow all the hot young talent

This collection of videos, information, and links will put you in the know on all the nominees and their illustrious bodies of work. Or just their bodies.

The PC monitor is dead. Meet the new smart monitor

Resurrect your old PC as a public kiosk for fun and profit

Samsung refused retrial over 'overscroll bounce' patent in Apple dispute

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Copyright guru claims 'fair use' to fight YouTube takedown notice

Mozilla 'Plug-n-Hack' project aims for tighter security tool integration

Deep cyberattacks cause millions in losses for US banks

NASA to test laser communications link with new lunar mission

Pandora says 'more streaming for you!' with mobile music about-face

40 hours of mobile streaming a month on Pandora got you down? Then get back up, and dance!

Report: Apple buys Embark, yet another mapping app

Orb Networks to shut down, suffocated by the cloud

Goose Chase: Playing chicken in Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Sir, You Are Being Hunted is an unapologetically British survival horror romp. Also, very fun.

Hamster Free Zip Archiver 1.1.0.13

Xerox releases patch for scanning error issue

Who knew? Privacy is a concern for teenagers, study shows

Logging into apps with Facebook just got less creepy

Apps that use Facebook Login now have to separate the sign-in process from asking your permission to share activity.

Grim future ahead for fans of “worthless” BlackBerry

Smartphones Flying High: Delta Taps Nokia Lumia 820 for In-Flight Service

Google slowly rolling out update to address Nexus 7 multitouch issue

No, that's not a ghost touching your screen—those phantom double taps and presses you may have been experiencing with your new Nexus 7 tablet are a software issue that Google is rolling out an update for today.

SAP user group lobbying leads to more flexible on-premises licensing policy

MakerBot Digitzer turns real objects to digital models

We've already seen 3D printers, so why not 3D scanners as well? MakerBot's new $1400 Digitizer lets you scan 3D objects, converting them into digital models you can manipulate and then print on your 3D printer.

Popular download management program has hidden DDoS component, researchers say

Data glitch halts NASDAQ trading

Appcelerator gets API smarts with Singly buy

Lenono plans to install Pokki's Start Menu replacement and app store on PCs

Sinofsky captivated by Andreessen Horowitz, becomes board partner

Review: Prodrenalin fixes home video problems

Requiem for the Ubuntu Edge: The phone is dead, but the dream lives on

Nuance's Dragon Assistant starts obeying your every word on select AIOs and Ultrabooks

Tech For Life: More apps and gear for air travelers

We're still stuck at the airport, but not to worry -- we've got the right apps and accessories on hand to take some of the agony out of flying.

Find out which Web services are down at Downrightnow

Google Now expands again with car rentals, concert tickets, NCAA football scores, and more

Google's personal assistant just keeps getting more useful.

How to find a lost message in Gmail

Keep gets Google Now reminders

Downloading increases in the Netherlands despite Pirate Bay block, study finds

Keep gets Google Now reminders

The Android version of Google Keep lets you set reminders based on location or time, a feature already enjoyed by users of Apple's Reminders app in iOS.

Review: 64-bit PaintShop Pro X6 is faster, but its interface is still clunky

Switch to Mac: How to find your favorite Windows features in OS X

Software AG acquires JackBe for mashup tooling, real-time analytics

Cisco patches serious vulnerabilities in Unified Communications Manager

Review: The Motorola Droid Ultra is ultra-average

The Motorola Droid Ultra may have all the same features and specs as the Moto X, but the phone lacks the personality it needs to differentiate itself from the crowd.

Why Skype still can't compete with iMessage (it's all about greed, grudges, and fear)

Canonical misses smartphone crowdfunding goal by $19 million

Review: Maingear's Shift Super Stock Z87 is an exercise in PC gaming decadence

China's Baidu calls app stores flawed, focuses on Web apps

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Nginx Web server goes commercial with new release

Poison Ivy, used in RSA SecurID attack, still popular

NSA collected thousands of domestic communications in 2011, court document shows

What we know about Sony's Playstation 4 rollout

Sony has revealed a few more details about this fall's PlayStation 4 launch -- including a launch date of November 15 here in the U.S. Here's a video report on what else to expect as we get closer to the game console's launch date.

Review: Splinter Cell: Blacklist is an espionage game best played with a bang, not a whisper

Splinter Cell: Blacklist might change things up a bit from what made classic Sam Fisher so great, but that doesn't stop it from being an exceptionally fun action game.

Government turns to Tumblr and Twitter for new intelligence transparency drive

HP replaces enterprise chief, posts Q3 sales drop

BDTI aims to stabilize mobile performance and battery measures

Manning attorney vows to fight on, urges Obama to issue pardon

Tumblr issue causes incorrect posts to appear on users' blogs

Tumblr is working to resolve an issue causing seemingly random content to be posted to people's blogs that they didn't put there themselves, with pornography showing up in some instances.

IFTTT ends Twitter hiatus, reinstates tweet triggers

If This Then That decided to make up with Twitter after almost a year apart. Now IFTTT users can use their favorite tweet triggers again.

With worker retirements looming, IT starts to prepare for a workforce exodus

Review: Razer's Kraken 7.1 headset delivers great virtual surround sound at a reasonable price

Razer’s latest headset serves up (virtual) 7.1 surround sound in a gorgeous shell.

Sony teases Yoga-like Windows 8 convertible in advance of IFA trade show

The NFL, YouTube would make for great teammates

According to reports, Google is talking to the National Football League about putting out-of-market games on YouTube. Evan Dashevsky thinks such a deal would make sense for the NFL, for Google, and for fans.

Review: Payday 2 proves robbing banks is better with friends

Payday 2, sequel to Overkill Software’s 2011 heist game, works as long as you have friends to play with. Otherwise, you might not want to bother.

Box rolls out new cloud storage plans catering to small and medium businesses

Box swivels to SMBs with new subscription plan

Review: DropittoMe offers simple Dropbox sharing without software

Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch could bring further separation from Google

Alleged specs for the reported Galaxy Gear smartwatch have leaked, but the most intriguing component of Samsung's wrist-rider is its app store—which isn't Google Play.

Review: Liven up your vacation memories with free Animaps

Sayonara, Instant Queue: Netflix rolls out the smart-sorting "My List"

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years for classified document leaks

Hackers attack League of Legends, steal user account data and credit card info

Microsoft launches ad-free Bing search for schools

'League of Legends' account information and transaction records compromised

LG Display mega ups smartphone resolution to 2560 x 1440 on 5.5-inch screen

LG Display has developed a 5.5-inch screen for next generation smartphones with 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution, which is the highest to date, according to the company.

In China, 'defaming cultural icons' online can land you in jail

Chinese police have detained two Internet users for allegedly starting online rumors that tried to defame government groups and a cultural icon in the nation.

Do-over! Google gives Chrome a reset button

Games developers get translation plug-in for Unity

Facebook, Zuckerberg rally partners to connect the whole wide world

How Windows, OS X, and Ubuntu are slowly turning your PC into a smartphone

Review: Logitech Harmony Hub brings universal remote control to the future

If you're looking to control your home entertainment system with your smartphone, you could do a lot worse than the Harmony Hub line.

HP Envy Rove: A movable (if underpowered) all-in-one PC

LG Display ups smartphone resolution to 2560 x 1440 on 5.5-inch screen

China arrests two for using the Internet to defame cultural icon

Twitter's new Vine video service hits 40M users since January

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

'Instagram for PC' application is a marketing scam

Facebook, six other tech companies launch partnership to bridge the digital divide

Bitcoin wallet service to issue refunds after users' funds stolen

Google seeks experts for its soon-to-launch Helpouts video service

Plantronics' new Rig gaming headset lets you take phone calls without pausing the action

The new Rig is designed to let you switch back and forth between business and pleasure with the flip of a switch.

HP equips WorkSite with file-sharing service

SAP takes fight to Salesforce.com, Oracle with social intelligence app

Google speeds up Chromecast shipments, but inventory remains low

Google has reduced the time buyers have to wait to receive the US$35 Chromecast TV device, saying it will ship orders in two weeks or less.

Give thanks: Sony announces Playstation 4 is coming to North America on November 15

Sony confirmed the Playstation 4 release date during a press conference at the European Gamescom show today.

Google brings more real-time traffic reports to Maps, courtesy of Waze

Redmond abandons Microsoft Tag. Where does QR Code go from here?

Despite recent cloud service outages, security a bigger concern than availability

Revamped YouTube apps rock playlists, movable videos, and Chromecast previews

YouTube is adding some new video-playing functions to its mobile app on both iOS and Android devices. Some of the tools are aimed at giving users more control over how they stream video to their television sets using Chromecast, Google's new video streaming device.

YouTube gets an update on mobile, with Chromecast in mind

Microsoft announces hefty list of AAA Xbox One launch titles

Jongo expands streaming speaker lineup, unveils subscription music service

Watch out Sonos, Jongo has two new speakers *and* its own subscription music service on the way.

Rackspace hosts VMware management with new dedicated server

Tesla aced its government safety test so hard it broke the testing machine

Electric vehicles ain't as dainty as they used to be. Tesla's

Your snarky phone will have to wait: Moto X engraving put on hold, citing quality concerns

When the phone launches this Friday, consumers will not be able to use the engraving function.

Review: TimeRabbit tracks hours lost down the Facebook rabbit-hole

Google gets the best of Waze with latest Maps update—and vice versa

After snatching up social traffic app Waze in June, Google is finally adding the app’s crowdsourced incident reports its own mobile Maps.

EA brings full refunds to Origin, its PC games store, in an ongoing quest for gamer love

Cyberattacks second most common cause of severe EU wired Internet outages in 2012

Bring on the 20Gbps speeds: Asus announces world's first Thunderbolt 2 motherboard

Tech legal news site Groklaw shutting down, because email privacy 'is impossible'

Ditching your 360? Amazon offers Xbox One game upgrades for $10

If you buy one of this year's hot titles on the Xbox 360, Amazon will let you trade it (and $10) in for its Xbox One counterpart.

Tech legal news site Groklaw shutting down, citing email privacy concerns

DIY dev: should you build your own app?

Gimme shelter: Wall Street braces for next superstorm

NYSE builds business around resilient infrastructure services

Dell Foglight vanquishes zombie VMs

Apple iPad market share plummets in China as domestic vendors grow

Microsoft updates Windows Phone App Studio after developer projects soar

How Nuance is building a digital persona that loves you

The 10 most anticipated PC games coming this holiday season

Review: Brother MFC-J870DW boasts NFC and many more features, but performance is just average

Monday, August 19, 2013

McAfee executive picked for top Homeland Security post

GoDaddy to acquire Locu to boost offerings to small businesses

TiVo introduces new Roamio DVR with built-in iOS streaming

On Tuesday TiVo introduced a new DVR series featuring built-in iOS streaming.

Christmas comes early for artists with new Wacom iPad stylus and tablet

Intel set to ship LTE chip for mobile use in many countries

Outlook.com and Skype integration starts to roll out

Review: Plants vs Zombies 2 sticks to its roots, but paywall leaves us feeling dead inside

Plants vs Zombies 2 has more plants, more zombies, and more ways to make you pay.

Intel previews multimode LTE chips, with eyes on U.S. handset market

Thunderbolt drive shipments surge, but USB still reigns

Twitter’s related headlines find the stories behind the tweets

Hot-button tweets will now display more context with Twitter's related headlines feature.

Smartphone interference tackled by Kansas startup

Future smartphones could gain numerous benefits from algorithms to fight interference, developed by a little-known startup in Lawrence, Kansas, that last week drew closer to implementing the technology in devices.

Businesses shouldn't let Google and Microsoft outages shake their confidence in the cloud

Twitter rolls out headlines feature to give tweets more context

HP joins Nvidia's Grid alliance

LinkedIn adds University Pages to help the college-bound

Shooters on a budget: 7DFPS game jam serves up new ways to frag

The 7DFPS game jam challenges developers to make a first-person shooter in seven days.

Adobe tries to simplify mobile viewing of Connect Web meetings

Opscode adds networking to Chef management capabilities

Oracle unveils HTML5-based mobile BI app designer

Smartphone interference tackled by Kansas startup

Google says it is not answerable in the UK in Safari cookies privacy suit

Kid-friendly 'supervised user' accounts pop up in Chrome's preview build

The worst deals in tech: Are you being fleeced by these 7 overpriced products?

That shiny new tech toy might appear irresistible—until you realize its mark-up is obscene.

Attackers use Ramnit malware to target Steam users

Can you record a Netflix stream for offline viewing?

Review: Upload files to Dropbox via email with Send to Dropbox

Overclocking: Why you should and should not do it

Don't start selling until you see the whites of their eyes: Google patents "pay-per-gaze" ads

Sony releases a $200 PlayStation 3, but you probably don't want it

Sure, the price sounds right, but with just 12GB of onboard storage, the supposed cost benefits disappear quickly.

NSA-dodging mail service explains why email can never truly be private and secure

Review: Cloze prioritizes email by strength of relationship

China Telecom's YiChat takes aim at Tencent's WeChat

Bitcoin can be used for private transactions, German government says

Adobe Connect upgraded to offer conference recording and mobile streaming

Easily find free ebooks

Shut up about Android fragmentation already

Android's biggest problem is completely blown out of proportion.

5 budget laptops for college students: We name the best

Jumpstart your recording career for free with Audacity

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Facebook fixes timeline bug, cites language trouble in delay

China to bring gigabit Internet speeds to key cities by 2020

Zealous Internet filter blocks Hamlet as 'violent content'

Beware spammers thriving in Facebook Groups

Facebook Groups are a haven for spammers, and the world's largest social network is doing almost nothing to stop them. Here's what you can try.

Malware hijacks mobile ad networks to siphon money

With more smartphones shipping than PCs, mobile ad networks open up the perfect backdoor for downloading code

Microsoft restores Outlook email after intermittent outage

Investment firm Fidelity designs a Google Glass app

The research arm of financial services firm Fidelity Investments has begun work developing the first Google Glass app targeted specifically at investors and traders.

Google Street View Trekker photographs British canals

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Tech shops worry that younger workers brush off security

British royal baby's birth drafted as phishing bait

Google boosts bounties for Chromium bug-hunters

Android becomes Windows' equal as a target for hackers

Windows, with its greater levels of adoption, has long been the preferred target of hackers; for the mobile world, that dubious title clearly now goes to Android, security researchers say.

BlackBerry's 5 bad calls that doom the company

BlackBerry has announced that it is has essentially put itself up for sale. So where did it all go wrong for Canadian firm which was once a leader in the mobile industry?

Why you're going to love wearable computing

Wearable computing gadgets aren't toys for lazy geeks or harbingers of a dystopian future. Here's why you're going to love wearable computing.

Chrome challenges Firefox, may become No. 2 browser

Friday, August 16, 2013

Dell drops $299 Windows RT tablet, cheapest offer now $479

Facebook eyes making local connections with mesh networks

SAP creates LAVA 'design language' to heat up analytics

Facebook blames a bug for the disappearance of posts about same-sex marriage

Applied Materials gets new CEO as sales, profits slip

Zero day forever--move away from Windows XP, now

Researchers send data without battery, transmitter

Engineers at the University of Washington developed a pair of devices that can successfully exchange data at speeds of up to 10kbps over a distance of up to 1 meter.

Researchers send data without battery, transmitter

Mozilla to ship 'Metro-ized' Firefox Dec. 10

Facebook mobile payments a boon for businesses

Friday fun: Amazon highlights its most hilarious, ridonkulous product reviews

Open-source project aims to give vision to hobbyists' robots

Area 51 revealed by U.S. government as spy plane's home

Copyright troll honeypots spotted on The Pirate Bay

Review: Slender: The Arrival expands on the original, but it's still not enough

Verizon to finally get the HTC One on August 22

The price? $200 with a two-year contract.

5 ways your smartphone's ‘smarts’ have become more important than the ‘phone’

Rumored Nokia Windows RT tablet plans called bizarre

It's game over for Games for Windows Live: Microsoft shutters PC marketplace

September 4 could be the time for Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch

The event would coincide with a prescheduled event for the Galaxy Note 3 on the same date.

Ubuntu Edge campaign shatters the crowdfunding record, likely for naught

Review: Adobe hits a home run with After Effects CC

Cybercriminals add new exploit for recently patched Java vulnerability to their arsenal

Nokia updates Lumia smartphones with camera app, better imaging

Nokia has started rolling out the Amber software update to its Lumia smartphones, which will allow users to take better pictures and get new camera apps.

Et tu, PopCap: Plants Vs Zombies vs in-app purchases

Plants versus Zombies 2 is great. It’s in-app purchases threaten all of that.

Nokia updates Lumia smartphones with camera app, better imaging

Why Lenovo's surging mobile sales shouldn't freak out the PC faithful

Four excellent Dropbox alternatives for your small-business storage needs

Lenovo's IdeaTab A1000 is craptastically cheap

The inexpensive tablet's price reflects mediocre features, ill-advised design decisions, and an extremely low-quality screen.

Free Game Friday: Take on Wall Street

It's important to be in control of your financial future, and that starts with getting educated. Get involved in some free Stock Market simulators to get a feel of just how hectic and rewarding investing can be—just don't go for broke.

How non-Dropbox users can send files to your Dropbox account

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Google to encrypt Cloud Storage data by default

Facebook disables some legitimate apps while targeting malicious ones

Dell profit slides 72 percent as privatization battle drags on

Clockwise 6: Playlists to shower by

Two-factor authentication and bad passwords, technology to save energy, how we buy movies, and the Hyperloop. With guests Michael Brown and Serenity Caldwell

Facebook to test new mobile payment service

Intel to customize chips for big data applications

Cisco's 4,000 job cuts won't touch new acquisition Sourcefire

IBM, Verizon to compete for $10 billion in government cloud work

Redbox brings back free games week

Review: Gone Home is an evocative first-person exploration game without guns

Never go home again.

Google designs heads-up display in eyeglass lens

Lawmakers, SAP pointing fingers over failed payroll project

Google blocks Microsoft's YouTube app for Windows Phone (again)

Report: Android tablet app availability still trailing iPad

Android tablets are making strides, but they still lag behind the iPad in at least one key area, market research firm Canalys says -- the availability of optimized apps for tablets.

Windows 8 comes to open-source PCs with GizmoSphere board

Facebook readies roll-out of mobile payment system for e-commerce

Facebook's new mobile payment system may place it in direct competition with PayPal.

Review: Gmail Notifier Pro offers notifications and a whole lot more

Razer's new Tartarus gaming keypad is built for control freaks

Online payments startup Stripe lands in the UK

Microsoft's Kinect and $150 software transforms ordinary surfaces into touchscreens

Druva relies on OpenStack for new endpoint data protection platform

Improve your prose with a word processor cliché detector

Creep hacks into baby monitor over Internet to yell obscenities at sleeping toddler

In addition to lax passwords, manufacturer lacks a effective way to get its patches and updates out to customers.

British academics brand Elon Musk's rapid transit system "Hyperloopy"

Academics have responded to Elon Musk's hotly-anticipated transport concept, Hyperloop, by calling it unrealistic and "hyperloopy".

Review: Corel Painter X3 makes natural media more accessible

Samsung combines 2003 and 2013 tech with dual-screen, quad-core flip-phone

Samsung has unveiled an Android flip-phone with dual-touchscreens in China, which will likely be positioned as a premium device.

Nokia releases Asha SDK in bid to attract developers

Review: Acer's C710-2457 Chromebook is a basic, bargain browsing machine

Live la vida wireless with these slick Windows 8-optimized keyboards and mice

The best Windows 8 business apps for portable productivity

Take your best shot: Four hot camera phones compared

The Nokia Lumia 1020 and Moto X square off against the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S4 to see who takes home the smartphone camera crown.

Microsoft to push Surface tablets to businesses abroad via channel

IBM to acquire endpoint security company Trusteer

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Samsung unveils dual-screen, quad-core flip-phone in China

Google patches Android after Bitcoin wallet issue

Lenovo's smartphone, tablets outsell PCs in first quarter

Hackers targeting servers running Apache Struts applications, researchers say

Report: Graphics market grows, thanks to double-chip dipping

Cisco to slash 4,000 jobs in bid to move faster

Google adds voice recognition tools to Google Search

Microsoft yanks troublesome Exchange security patch

Starcrafting: StarMade takes Minecraft to the stars

StarMade takes the crafting-centric Minecraft experience out to the final frontier.