Friday, January 31, 2014

Verizon to stream Super Bowl over LTE Multicast -- for a lucky few

The low-latency, high-efficiency technology will be available at a private event in New York

Facebook gears up for its 10th birthday

Report: Yahoo may be developing its own search engine (again)

Survey: Tech workers seek larger salaries in 2014

Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings provide bright spot for markets

Yahoo Mail hack teaches a valuable lesson

FTC: Medical transcription firm allowed histories to be on search engine

Report: Chatter about Nadella's appointment as Microsoft CEO grows louder

Mobile users at risk from lack of HTTPS use by mobile ad libraries, security researchers say

Big fat zero: Blackberry U.S. market share hits rock bottom, survey says

Blackberry may still have a presence in the enterprise, but among consumers it's a non-starter. At least there's nowhere to go but up.

Best Buy offers massive Surface Pro discount as tablet fades away

Twitter buys 900 IBM patents, dodging a potential infringement suit

Missing Pieces: Wrapping up the week's must-know gaming news

Dell lets managers go 'off road' with self-serve analytics

IBM to consolidate communication and collaboration wares into Connections suite

How to sync your Windows desktop to the cloud

Amazon ponders jacking the price of Prime $20 to $40

Incoming Windows 8.1 update might boot to desktop by default for PC users

Meet reqallable, the smartwatch app that rescues you from notifications overload

Intelligent algorithms can elevate communiques from important people, and suppress the emails and texts that can wait for later. But why is reQall launching on the Sony Smartwatch platform?

Yahoo buys itself a digital assistant with Incredible's (dead) Donna app

Telenav acquires Skobbler to get its hands on crowd-sourced mapping expertise

The moral of the Twitter-GoDaddy breach: People are the easiest thing to hack

Velocity Micro Raptor Z95 review: Modern components, dated enclosure

Dell Inspiron 14 (Model 7437) review: Slim and stylish, but surprisingly sluggish

How Nokia's fake Windows phone could save the real one

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Yahoo buying developer of Donna personal assistant app

Obama selects cryptologist to head US NSA

Researchers create Android app to show when other apps track you

Video service Blinkx contests Harvard professor's analysis

Zynga to buy 'Clumsy Ninja' developer for $527 million, cut 314 jobs

Yahoo acknowledges Yahoo Mail hack

Yahoo resets passwords after Mail attack

Report: Satya Nadella to be named Microsoft CEO; Gates out, too

SDN thinking lags behind technology, VMware's Casado says

Google sales rise despite Motorola slip

Startup Altiscale offers Hadoop hosted service

Tor-enabled malware stole credit card data from PoS systems at dozens of retailers

Dark Souls II preview: I died 8 times in an hour and loved it

FCC moves toward IP transition of phone networks

Once skyrocketing tablet sales growth sees a slowdown

Ex-network engineer faces prison after admitting he sabotaged employer's system

AMD's performance-boosting 'Mantle' PC gaming tech launches with Battlefield 4

Dell finally ships Android-based PC on a stick

LibreOffice enhances its enterprise spreadsheet abilities

Mint personal finance tool embraces Bitcoin, but as an investment - not cash

Move your libraries to an external drive without messing things up

Facebook finally shakes things up with Paper, the front page for your life

The social network’s new iOS app combines the best of News Feed with curated stories to create the ultimate personalized newspaper.

GoDaddy owns up to role in Twitter account hijacking incident

Facebook launches mobile news app Paper

NTT DoCoMo reveals smart clothing, fitness band in healthcare push

Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600 review: Touch-free scanner won't damage source material

Separate the sound from the fury: 5 in-ear headphones for your smartphone

We found lots of things to like, and some things to dislike in popular new in-ear headphones from Beats, Bose, Bowers & Wilkins, Harman Kardon and Shure.

Dassault Systèmes to buy scientific PLM software maker Accelrys

The top 5 security threats to watch for in 2014

Security Showdown 2014

USB DAC review: Six compact components for upgrading your computer’s audio

F-Secure Internet Security 2014 review: bulletproof protection, bad user interface

McAfee Internet Security 2014 review: Intuitive interface, decent protection

Norton Internet Security 2014 review: Polished security suite with excellent protection

Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 review: An all-around performer

VIPRE Internet Security 2014: Adequate protection, interface needs a makeover

AVG Internet Security 2014 review: a decent, lightweight antivirus suite

Avast Internet Security (2014) review: short on security

Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security Complete review: Protection needs improvement

Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2014 review: All-in-one suite offers excellent protection

ESET Smart Security 7: newcomer brings top-notch protection

Lenovo faces chance to become rare PC maker successful in phones

Samsung not sanctioned over leakage of Apple documents

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Intel closing down AppUp online app store

Nintendo sticks to its console guns despite Wii U flop

Ellison: Facebook the new model for business applications

Ellison says IBM and SAP no longer Oracle's main rivals

Target says attackers stole vendor credentials

With Motorola sale to Lenovo, Google is unloading a headache

Facebook sees apps in its future ... lots of apps

DOJ's Holder says agency is investigating Target data breach

Facebook's mobile ad growth leads to a $2 billion quarter

Facebook made nearly $2.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013, and most of that money came from ads. Again.

Defendant challenges DOJ's use of NSA surveillance

Facebook asserts its success on mobile with another strong quarter

Bitcoin regulation urged by law enforcement officials at New York hearing

Say bye to Motorola: Google sells Mobility division to Lenovo for $3 billion

Asana adds calendars to its workplace task management app

Yahoo acquiring Tomfoolery, a social networking startup for business

Gartner: Today's on-premises ERP systems will soon get the 'legacy' label

Honda lets you 3D-print a car for fun, and we’re waiting for the car parts, please

If you can print your own, scalable model of an NSX or another concept car, could a spare door handle be far behind? We hope not.

Senator pushes for an end to NSA phone records program

AMD debuts first ARM processor

Cisco unveils 'fog computing' to bridge clouds and the Internet of Things

Microsoft sharpens Windows Intune's cloud device management tool

Microsoft joins ARM server effort

Next-gen mobile bill pay: No data entry required

Sierra Wireless' new LTE gateway can take over when your fixed line fails

VoltDB looks to gain ground in crowded in-memory database market

Apple signals more aggressive move into the enterprise

Google demos play up the gaming potential of Glass

The Google-made gaming demos look fun, if simple. But where's Ingress?

Hackers deface Angry Birds website following NSA spying claims

Louis C.K.'s releasing his first feature film online for $5

Sure, it's 15 years old, but it's still full of stars and silliness.

Bitcoin may be a bust on the Las Vegas Strip

Samsung opens 60 dedicated stores in Europe with Carphone Warehouse

Tested: We push six 802.11ac Wi-Fi USB adapters to the limit

Trendnet TEW-805UB review: Low-priced adapter delivers lackluster performance and features

Netgear A6200 review: Good up close and flat-out fabulous at long range

Buffalo AirStation WI-U2-866D review: Decent performance for a low price

Asus USB-AC56 review: Feature-rich and very fast

Linksys WUSB6300 review: Mediocre performance doesn't jibe with higher price

D-Link DWA-182 review: A solid performer at all distances

German government faces legal action over NSA spying

Hands-on: Steam's in-home PC game streaming beta already feels like magic

These are the filthy words Google voice search doesn't want to hear

The words that don't get censored is the real shock.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Google ordered to pay royalty on AdWords revenue to Vringo

FileZilla warns of large malware campaign

Obama touches on NSA reform in State of the Union address

Lenovo restructuring to focus on enterprise products, software after IBM deal

Facebook puts 10,000 Blu-ray discs in low-power storage system

Clockwise Podcast: Mac at 30, iPod's dying days, Google's home invasion

The Mac turns 30 -- can it survive to 40? The iPod's sales figure suggest an iconic product that's about to pass into the great beyond. And Google's purchase of Nest brings up lots of questions about what Google's really up to.

Evernote upgrades make sync four times faster

NSA phone records program aids investigations, defenders say

Google Glass prescription frames: Deflection marketing is their most interesting feature

If only for a day, Google has changed the Glass narrative from something that can get you in trouble to something that makes you look incredibly cool.

Yahoo reports another sales decline as ads sag

Lavabit case highlights legal fuzziness around encryption rules

Russian man pleads guilty in SpyEye malware case

Bitcoin investors, legal experts grilled by New York regulators

Apple patents solar-powered MacBook

Nintendo doesn't want your dirty cell phone money, nixes mobile mini-game rumors

Nintendo will not bring games to cell phones. Not yet, anyway.

Verizon shareholders approve takeover of mobile unit

Android 4.4 OS inbound for HTC One, may follow for Galaxy S4

VPN bypass vulnerability affects Android Jelly Bean and KitKat, researchers say

Oracle broadens legal fight against third-party Solaris support providers

Partners get improved admin tools to manage customers' Office 365 environments

How to find out if someone has been snooping in your Gmail

A hidden feature in Gmail can tell you if someone's been rummaging through your love letters. Here's where to find it.

Supercharge Gmail with these 3 simple, stellar Gmail Labs features

Telerik lets developers choose between building Web, hybrid or native apps

Google Glass adds prescription lenses and a dash of style

At long last, Glass can double as proper glasses.

Lenovo's Miix 2 hybrid goes on sale early, but watch out for that wacky pricing

Dutch court ends Pirate Bay blockcade after digital piracy continued to thrive

French data-roaming competition gives a glimpse of Europe's future

11 PC games that are just as fun to watch as to play

5 alternatives to LogMeIn Free for remote PC access

China's TCL throws hat into nation's emerging console gaming market

Dell KACE upgrade deploys OS upgrades to 250 devices, simultaneously

Monday, January 27, 2014

Microsoft cloud server designs for Facebook's Open Compute Project

Global smartphone shipments topped 1 billion in 2013

Parents sue Uber over daughter's death, claim its app is illegal

Obama administration forges deal with tech companies over data requests

Apple sold 51 million iPhones last quarter, posted $57.6 billion in revenue

Old-school Wi-Fi is slowing down networks, Cisco says

Lavabit to have its day in federal appeals court

Executives at Bitcoin startup face money-laundering charges

Retailer data breach trend not likely to end soon

Report: Spy agencies collude to gather personal data from mobile apps

Microsoft acquires Gears of War, hopes you still care

Epic's lauded Gears of War franchise helped Microsoft sell the Xbox 360, and now Redmond hopes it can do the same on the Xbox One.

T-Mobile offers G-Flex for no-money down, throws in six months of Netflix

T-Mobile's Gumby phones are now available on three major carriers (sorry, Verizon).

Prominent cryptography and security researchers deplore NSA's surveillance activities

Help Grandma with her Facebook settings using AVG’s new privacy tools

AVG’s PrivacyFix software plugs into your social networks to figure out where your privacy settings are lacking.

IBM preps Talent Suite for human resources tasks

Report: Samsung will unleash Galaxy Gear 2 and "Galaxy Glass" on the world in 2014

2014 may be Samsung's year of bendy transparent displays.

SDL looks to battle Oracle, Salesforce.com in 'customer experience'

Google may be the last calculator you'll ever need

How many kilograms are in a pound? How many inches in a light year? What's the square root of 268? Google has the answer—here's how to get it.

Windows 8.1 Update 1: Everything we know so far

Microsoft's SkyDrive becomes OneDrive after trademark dispute

Android, wearable tech to get boost from Google-Samsung patent deal, analysts say

Confusion over EU data protection watchdog resolved

Wikipedia adding voice recordings to famous people's pages

The many ways to copy, move, or delete multiple files

Microsoft renames SkyDrive to OneDrive

Suspected email hackers for hire charged in four countries

LG posts Q4 net loss despite jump in phone sales

Sticky Password Cloud 7 review: The ideal solution for password management across platforms

Why you need to start using Google Voice, your Android phone's best-kept secret

Your backup drive needs a backup plan: Three ways to safeguard the data

To get video into more conference rooms, Logitech goes medium

Sunday, January 26, 2014

China's Baidu testing search engines for Brazil, Egypt, Thailand

Google acquires artificial intelligence company DeepMind

Microsoft says law enforcement documents likely stolen by hackers

How do you like them apples: Google and Samsung ink patent deal

Threat forecast for 2014: Ransomware, scams, snoops

When the wearables arrive, the apps aren't far behind

8 ways to get the job done using Google Glass

A hacker's story: Mitchell Frost explains his motivation

The Internet of Things is already linking up in sports

Small retailers have less to fear from hackers, experts say

Google bets $2.7 million in Chrome hacking contest

Corel ends test of Painter that supports Kinect-style control

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Arts and crafts chain Michaels investigates possible data breach

Microsoft loses money on every Surface tablet it sells

Report: Apple planning a move into mobile payments service

Report: Apple planning mobile-payments move

Email (and spam) retrieval moves to mobile gadgets

Most cybercrime comes from a few core groups, report says

NFC smartphones: The answer to retail hack attacks?

The Mac at 30: The next 30 years

As the Mac celebrates its 30th birthday, Dan Moren looks at where the influential computer has been and what that might mean for where it’s headed.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Yahoo buys virtual worlds gaming company Cloud Party

Samsung's Apple damages equivalent to 16 days' profit

DOJ files its first lawsuits over counterfeit apps

Netflix finally lets users disable Post-Play feature

As promised, Netflix now lets you turn off its forced auto-advancing feature when watching streaming TV shows. Huzzah, I say.

Wall Street Beat: Stocks tank as tech earnings look mixed so far

Gmail, other Google services hit by outage on Friday

BitTorrent throttling in U.S. creeps back up

Gmail goes down, Google investigating the cause

German court orders Google to block Max Mosley sex party pics

FTC takes action against alleged Obamacare spammer

Just try to steal my 2015 Chevy Tahoe, I dare you

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Review: The HP Color LaserJet Pro M177fw offers great output, but little else

Google's Gmail, Drive, Google+ services go down

Tech, telecom vendors spend millions on lobbying in DC

NASA satellite to bring high-speed data to Hubble, ISS

HP envisions the holistic data center

How to use Google Calendar to keep groups organized

Use your smartphone to check your remote control batteries

Are the batteries in that remote really dead? Your smartphone can help you find out.

Authentication bypass bug exposes Foscam webcams to unauthorized access

Tiger Direct jumps on the Bitcoin bandwagon

EU human rights court gives priority to UK mass surveillance case

The Mac and other things turning 30 in 2014

The Mac isn't the only thing turning 30 this year. Macworld U.K. has a list of other things turning thirty, including plenty of tech from Flash to Facebook's father.

Amazon improves performance and cuts cost of data warehouse service

Hands on with the first Mac: Apple's Macintosh 128K

Thirty years ago, Apple released the Macintosh 128K. Macworld U.K. took a look at the computer to see what it's like to use a vintage Mac.

Your ultimate mobile office: The tools you need to work on any device

Snow is for suckers: Play these winter sports games on Android

When it's too cold out for the real thing, there's always your phone.

PC gaming hardware: The coolest gear to look for in 2014

CNN's Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Profits stall at Samsung's mobile division

Neiman Marcus says 'complex' malware defeated its security

Ouch -- Facebook called a 'twit' for Twitter-like trending feature

Qualcomm buys Palm, iPaq patents from HP

EdX enrollment data shows online learners are more browsers than finishers

Xbox One, holiday sales drive Microsoft to record revenue

US privacy watchdog: NSA phone records program is illegal

New Windows malware tries to infect Android devices connected to PCs

Salesforce.com courts Microsoft .NET developers with new tools

BlackBerry moves to block sales of Typo keyboard

Apple gobbled up the most chips in 2013 -- is that bad?

How to get Justin Bieber out of your Twitter timeline

MAKE IT STOP MAKE THE BIEBER TWEETS STOP!!

OCZ lives, debuting new SSDs with Toshiba's backing

Find My iPhone finds two suspected thieves in Silicon Valley

SkySQL aims for high-availability database clusters with MariaDB Enterprise

Snapchat's new image-based human verification system already defeated

Paradox Interactive announces a slew of new strategy games and expansions

Office Web Apps cuts through clutter with a new look and helpful feature-finder tool

As Microsoft readies Q2 earnings report, non-financial questions swirl

Google adds pop-up website bios to search results

What you need to know about SD cards

Workday rolls out revamped, HTML5-powered user experience

Netflix plans shift to three pricing tiers for new members

Decisions, decisions.

Nokia sales disappoint as Microsoft readies phone group takeover

3G patent disputed by Apple, HTC and Nokia upheld by European Patent Office

US federal watchdog calls for end to NSA phone records program

Five free Chrome tools for faster, easier searches

How to make Microsoft great again, one Nokia phone at a time

Here's what Windows Phone's rumored digital assistant needs to win you over

Odds are, you're not using Windows Phone. If the forthcoming voice assistant is good enough, maybe you will.

Lenovo agrees to buy IBM's server business for $2.3 billion

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court: Burden of proof of infringement on patent holder

Google dismisses eavesdropping threat in Chrome feature

Facebook testing its ads in third-party mobile apps

Icahn wants eBay to spin off PayPal

Engineer nets Facebook's biggest bug bounty, but not the jackpot he hoped for

Netflix warns ISPs against 'draconian' response after net neutrality ruling

Apple to fix iOS 7 crash bug

Ford enlists MIT, Stanford to drive automated cars

Red Hat refreshes private cloud stacks for the enterprise

Wearables, connected homes to spur surge in data sharing by 2017, Gartner says

Wearables and 'smart' appliances are driving the trend.

Wearables, connected homes to spur surge in data sharing by 2017, Gartner says

Intel launches notebook, tablet for schools

Chrome exploit can secretly listen to oblivious users

Consumer Watchdog files Google+ complaint with FTC

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Review: A exhilarating blast of dumb

Some Tor exit nodes attempt to spy on encrypted traffic, researchers find

China blames Internet outage on hacking attack

Judge partially dismisses Oracle lawsuit against Solaris support providers

IBM's low-end server business back in play; Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo circling

Verizon: US gov't made 320,000 requests for customer info in '13

New think tank tackles Internet governance

Google uses YouTube performance to rate ISPs

T-Mobile wants to be your bank, launches Mobile Money prepaid debit cards

Uncarrier, indeed.

SteamOS beta updated to support BIOS-based PCs and dual-booting

Microsoft's 'Rethink' highlights the best of its Web

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to hold live chat on Thursday

VMware acquires AirWatch to boost mobile device, application management

Metro apps infiltrate the desktop in leaked Windows 8.1 Update 1 images

South Korea wireless speed leaves U.S. service in the dust

AMD slows new Opteron 6300 chips to match workloads

Sony grapples with game save-killing PlayStation 4 bug

An application crash has sparked hundreds of complaints as Sony works on a fix

Google loses Android patent lawsuit, faces claim for $125 million in damages

Chromebook power tips: How to work smarter online and offline

Social media lockdown: 4 privacy features you won't find in your settings

Sony grapples with PS4 bug that corrupts game saves

California court rules Samsung infringed Apple patent ahead of trial

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

As Target breach unfolds, information vanishes from Web

Google Glass user questioned in Ohio theater for suspected piracy

Target-related malware was a side job for man living in Russia

Toshiba completes acquisition of OCZ Storage

PS4 and Xbox help AMD to a profit, but outlook disappoints

Report: Amazon considering live TV streaming service

The service would compete with cable and satellite pay TV services if it goes ahead

Hardware torpedoes IBM's Q4 revenue

Level 3, 11 other companies settle FTC privacy complaint

Hands on with 'Advanced Sleep Analysis,' the new REM sleep-tracking feature from Basis

New Android and iOS apps will share REM sleep data for users of the B1 and Carbon Steel Edition Basis bands.

AMD's console business pays off handsomely and profitably

First look: Beats Music is off to a promising start

The Beats brand enters the crowded field of on-demand music subscriptions. Its advantage? Curation from people who get music (and, possibly, you).

Amazon moves to next-generation compute instances

LogMeIn just logged everyone out of free service

Alienware's sleek, sexy Steam Machine will be impossible to upgrade or customize

How to create and manage multiple user profiles in Chrome

State of Maryland opts for gradual Google Apps rollout

Supreme Court rejects SAP appeal of $391 million patent suit award

Three-year, 27,000 drive study reveals the most reliable hard drive makers

Intel's itty-bitty NUC mini PC fattens up for full-sized storage options

MOG dies so that Beats Music may live

The streaming music service back by industry insiders like Dr. Dre and Trent Reznor is finally here.

Syrian Electronic Army hacks Microsoft's Office Blogs site

Verizon posts quarterly gains from mobile, broadband

16 million online accounts probably compromised, German government warns

Mysterious networking error stifles Internet access in China

Verizon continues video buying spree with Intel deal

Japan's NHK tests long-distance 8K TV broadcast signal

Lenovo Flex 20 review: This tabletop all-in-one makes too many compromises

Click this: All about mechanical keyboards and why you need one

FAQ: How is LTE-Advanced different from regular LTE?

LTE-Advanced will be coming in a big way soon. What does that mean for you?

SAP expects revenue of $30 billion by 2017, driven by cloud

Monday, January 20, 2014

Two coders closely tied to Target-related malware, security firm says

Officials: Two people used fake credit cards that may be linked to Target data breach

Microsoft paying YouTube personalities for positive Xbox One endorsements

The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' gets dethroned

I talked with 5 diabetics and they want Google's smart contact lenses, STAT!

There's no question about it: Diabetics are excited about the prospect of a tiny little contact lens simplifying their lives.

Fon working with Qualcomm on new router and chip integration

How to easily find drivers for Unknown Devices in Windows

Ouch: HP brings Windows 7 'back by popular demand'

Hit Google where it hurts to enforce data protection, urges EU Commissioner

Verizon Edge trade-in plan now lets you swap phones every month (with a catch)

Verizon tweaked the trade-in timing of its Edge plan, but the cost is still sky-high.

How to upgrade to a larger hard drive

In China, Microsoft steps up efforts with Bing, Windows Azure

Globalstar offers pre-paid satellite telephony with new subscription

Spammers buy Chrome extensions and turn them into adware

Extended SEPA deadline may keep German electronic payment system running

Maxthon 4.2 review: Browser integrates cloud functionality and multiple session logins

Toshiba Tecra Z40-A1401 review: Too little for too much

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Microsoft releases update to fix Surface Pro 2 firmware problems

Neverquest Trojan infiltrates banks, Kaspersky warns

Intel expects to reduce workforce by 5 percent this year

Online retailers can go even greener, engineers suggest

Florida couple arrested in phishing scheme investigation

Tech patent leader remains IBM, but Google accelerates

Malware that struck Target has familiar roots, researchers say

Saturday, January 18, 2014

How 3D printing could revolutionize manufacturing

Are bitcoin's chances of acceptance getting better?

Mobile devices become launchpads for DDoS attacks

Starbucks app teaches users to check security, experts say

The car of your dreams: The best concepts from NAIAS 2014 in Detroit

Hydrogen-powered. Three-wheeled. Gesture-controlled. The concept cars we saw at NAIAS in Detroit were all some kind of crazy, but don't be surprised if you see something like them in the near future.

10 classic films to stream for free on Crackle

From works by legendary directors to films featuring Oscar-nominated acting performances, these ten streaming movies are worth your time and more than worth their low cost of zero dollars.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Six more US retailers hit by Target-like hacks, security firm says

The smartest cars may need 5G, Ericsson says

How Intel is buying a piece of the tablet market

Some tech firms say Obama's surveillance plan is thin on details

CIOs tell Microsoft: Take the time you need to pick the right CEO

Broken Age Act One review: Kickstarter's darling is a charming, shallow half-game

Target breach notifications are a perfect example of what not to do

Wall Street Beat: VC money pours back into Internet companies

Obama fails to address NSA encryption-defeating methods, backdoors

Obama's surveillance reform speech invokes history for context

Microsoft's Xbox One topped U.S. console sales in December

Microsoft's Xbox One outsold all others during the month of December, continuing its trend of outselling all other game consoles within the U.S.

Obama's NSA reform proposals spark disappointment from some

HBO to bring HBO Go to PS3, PS4; password sharing is officially OK

Oracle builds a bridge to Salesforce.com with new adapter

The hottest Chinese Internet firms you've never heard of

There's the rub: LG's curved G Flex phone might have bumps in display

LG’s says display's wrinkles won't affect performance and can be gently rubbed out.

Obama proposes changes to NSA surveillance

Never get caught without a charging cable

Teach your laptop to treat a secondary monitor as the primary display

Researchers find new PoS malware written in VBScript

Microsoft denies report it will share Skype data with Russian authorities

Code suggests more fitness tracking features headed to Android

PCs drive Intel's earnings, but 'Bay Trail' Android tablets are on the horizon

New API will simplify Google Drive integration with Android apps, says Google

SSD prices face uncertain future in 2014

Review: The Toshiba Q Series Pro SSD delivers top performance at a discount

7 things Beats Music must do to beat Spotify

With Spotify dominating the streaming music scene, Beats hopes to bring a better music curation system to the party.

Acer reports Q4 loss, executives agree to salary cut

10 low-impact PC games that just let you chill

Three easy ways to organize digital and paper documents

Nintendo revises earnings down on weak Wii U, 3DS sales

NTT DoCoMo puts Tizen phones on hold

New China-developed OS takes aim at Android, Windows

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Wikimedia mulls support for 'patent-encumbered' video file format

IBM pumps $1.2 billion into global cloud data centers

Neiman Marcus says SSNs, birth dates not taken in breach

Google testing 'smart' contact lens for people with diabetes

Target credit card data was sent to server in Russia

100 American Eagle stores, hungry for data, will ping shoppers' phones

California court dismisses Google Glass traffic ticket

Valve and Oculus team up for Virtual Reality supergroup

A 3D printer in the works that will produce Hershey candy? Sweet!

Hershey teams up with 3D systems to investigate printing edibles, including sweets.

US forces Silk Road to give up $28M in bitcoins

Intel profit up 6 percent as PC market stabilizes

Nokia's Android phone interface sports a Windows Phone look

Looking at the latest leaked interface mockups of Nokia's rumored device, you can't even tell that it's not a Windows Phone.

As it misses earnings target, Intel talks up PC sales

IBM updates all-flash storage array to complement X6 servers

Hackathon geared toward the 'liberation' of data from public PDF documents

How 4G will drive the new 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe

Let the streaming begin! One of the first GM models equipped with OnStar 4G LTE, this luxury coupe promises connectivity speeds of up to 20Mbps in the city. Apps will load much faster, and passengers will be able to share a hotspot.

Facebook's new Trending tab finds the most popular conversations

Facebook wants to be a global town square, too. So the network made conversations more easily searchable with trending topics.

HealthCare.gov still has major security problems, experts say

Facebook takes after Twitter with new 'trending' feature

BitTorrent’s legit Bundles edge out pirated content in top downloads

BitTorrent has its fair share of pirates, but don’t believe the hype: plenty of artist-approved content also circulates on the file-sharing network.

Five components that will rock your next smartphone

State terminates contract with Healthcare.gov contractor over tax software system

Samsung releases yet another Galaxy tablet, but this one's missing a front-facing camera

It's probably aimed at the developing world, but everyone deserves a front facing camera, no matter where they live.

Google Now finally invades the desktop in Chrome alpha build

Google loses UK bid to block Safari cookie privacy case

Sharp announces massive 15.6-inch Windows tablet with a Retina-class display

Late 2013 iMac review: Faster than before, but the gains over last year are modest

We reviewed the $1299 iMac when it was first available. We finally got our hands on the other three standard configurations of the new iMac.

How to keep your neighbors from hijacking your Wi-Fi

Microsoft expands open-source efforts in Asia

Hello new hardware, goodbye Greenlight: Valve's spilling all its secrets at Steam Dev Days

Tata posts strong revenue, profit growth as outsourcing market recovers

Spotify dumps monthly listening limits for freeloaders everywhere

Everyone, everywhere can listening to as many free tunes as they want with Spotify, if they do it through the web client.

Cisco fixes remote access vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Access Control System

Samsung expanding Galaxy Tab line with low-end Lite

F-Secure Key review: An excessively simple password manager for absolute beginners

How to restore your SSD to peak performance

10 IFTTT recipes to make you more productive at work

New Fujitsu Labs tech can do batch searches of encrypted data

TSMC Q4 profit up 8 percent; aims to beat Intel, Samsung with new chips

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Security startup Impermium joining Google

Snapchat, Bitly and Kik Messenger targeted by spammers

IBM X series servers now pack Flash into speedy DIMM slots

Photoshop goes 3D with Creative Cloud upgrade

Adobe's upgrades to Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Muse debut new 3D printing facility for its flagship app.

Yahoo's COO Henrique de Castro leaving

Dear Mr. Wheeler: Americans pour their hearts out over in-flight cellphones

AOL unravels its stake in Patch, a local news site that never flourished

Dear Mr. Wheeler: Americans pour their hearts out over in-flight cellphones

Encrypted messaging startup Wickr offers $100K bug bounty

VIPorbit now offering VIPsync and Backup My Stuff services for free

ICE turns to the crowd to fund its xPC modular computer

HP looks to resuscitate its dying mobile business by heading to India

The company will launch two phablet-sized devices in an emerging market where Samsung and Nokia are on fire.

Windows XP still on the way out, but anti-malware support for its users to continue

How to survive an IBM software license audit

US appeals court lets class-action status stand in Silicon Valley collusion case

Box overhauls iOS apps and offers 50GB of free storage for life

Obama announces semiconductor innovation hub

Alienware's Steam Machine gets a launch date, 'specs'

NetZero still exists, offers 3G mobile broadband with 4G LTE coming soon

The company's mobile broadband will now work on Sprint's sprawling 3G network, with LTE coming down the line. And it may be a good deal for some customers.

Despite Nest purchase, Google isn't welcome in my house

Android-powered Blackphone promises extreme mobile privacy

The Blackphone, from Geeksphone and Silent Circle, is designed specifically to protect your privacy.

Intel takes 'Intel Inside' to the cloud

HP Chromebook 11 with 4G LTE pops up at Best Buy

HP launches voice-enabled tablets in India

Apple settles FTC complaint over charges in children's apps

Twitter now requires encrypted API communication

Forget badBios, NSA turns to pirate radio to target air gapped computers

Volunteering is work, too: LinkedIn now connects you to nonprofits

LinkedIn launched a Volunteer Marketplace for professionals to pad their resumes with nonprofit work.

Google Drive gets an activity stream

How to easily swap files between your PC and Android device with AirDroid

Unity adds PlayStation Vita to cross-platform development suite

New Chrome for Android feature can cut your mobile data usage by up to half

Chrome feature cuts mobile data used by up to half, Google says

Lose the Force, Luke: Fitbit hands out refunds to Force users with rashes

A small number of Fitbit Force users have developed blisters or nasty rashes. Should you be worried?

Latest Chrome build brings all of Chrome OS to Windows 8

New Blackphone promises secure communications and privacy

Toyota FT-1 concept trades dials and gauges for fighter-jet windshield display

Toyota’s futuristic sports car has a fully functioning head-up display (HUD) that projects data ahead of the windshield so that eyes stay on the road.

EU tells Google, make antitrust concessions within weeks, or face a fine

Google appeals €150,000 fine from French privacy watchdog over new policies

What recall? Tesla recasts Model S problems as mere updates

Tesla perishes the thought of a recall and focuses instead on doubling its retail and service centers in 2014.

New Volvo XC90 can spot deer or moose as well as people

Safety is always the priority.

How the Surface Pro 2 became my favorite computer

A big truck needs a big view: Ford builds 360-degree cameras into 2015 F-150

Ford has pulled out all of the stops to make sure the upcoming 2015 F-150 truck is safer -- and smarter.

Relive the 1990s with these ancient, still-functioning websites

Get a healthy dose of nostalgia with these Seinfeld-era websites that time could not kill.

Why Valve's hands-off philosophy stained the Steam Machines' big launch

Court's smackdown on net neutrality could hit you right in the pocket

US judges say FISA court privacy advocate may be counterproductive

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

MicroStrategy to focus on customers, not 'PowerPoint slides,' at conference

Intel puts on hold Fab 42 in Arizona, will use for 'future technology'

Spammers target Google hospitality listings

Kanye West sues Amazon, others in massive digital currency smackdown

Google Chrome's latest update officially lets you mute noisy tabs

The Banner Saga Review: A better epic than a game

CIOs in Europe and the US project healthy IT budget increases for 2014

Seeing more ads on Twitter? It might depend on who you are

Senators question recommended changes to NSA surveillance

AMD ships Kaveri, seeks apps partners for even more improvements

Hands on with LG's webOS TV

Patch Tuesday: Fairly quiet on the Microsoft front

Court strikes down net neutrality: What's next?

Facebook to gain street cred in Russia, with help from Yandex

Motorola brings hands-free texting to Moto X and Droids

Google is creepy, but you shouldn't automatically fear it invading your Nest

You can't be a player in the Internet of Things without things, preferably really nice things. But Google's a data company, never forget.

Bing Translator app adds slightly awkward voice feature

Hands-on with GalleryNext, CyanogenMod's eye-catching Gallery app replacement

It's all part of Cyanogen's quest to make Android even more open, and the results are impressive indeed.

Patent troll MPHJ will repay all New York licensees in settlement with state

Appeals court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules

Tech support scammers are targeting mobile users, researchers say

Appeals court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rule

Winamp escapes death sentence thanks to Radionomy

Valve launches experimental VR-friendly Steam interface

Telefónica launches global Wi-Fi service with in-flight coverage

European civil rights groups join forces to defend net neutrality

How Cyanogen plans to make Android even more open

We talked with Steve Kondik, creator of CyanogenMod, about the company's ambitious plans to sell a phone preloaded with its "more open" version of Android.

The PC games we can’t wait to play in 2014

Kill your data dead with these tips and tools

Prepare your body parts for more! 24 wearables to watch in 2014

Motorola Moto X comes to Europe without customization

Huawei readies Android game console for China in Q2

Target to invest $5 million in cybersecurity education