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Megaupload rivals bowing to anti-piracy pressure
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 5:54am MST
When the Department of Justice shut down Megaupload.com last month, it wasn't just Megaupload users' files that went offline. -
Chrome browser comes to Android phones, tablets
Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:36pm MST
Android is finally getting Chromed out. -
Employers, workers navigate social-media pitfalls
Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:36am MST
If you've ever wondered what a social-media presence is worth in an increasingly digitized business world, just ask Noah Kravitz's former employers. -
'Deleted' Facebook photos are still online
Posted: February 7th, 2012, 4:15am MST
Facebook is still working on deleting photos from its servers in a timely manner nearly three years after Ars first brought attention to the topic. -
How Apple cuts costs in building its gadgets
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:20pm MST
On the backs of iPods, iPhones and iPads, and on the bottom of Mac laptops, an inscription reads: "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China." -
Inside story of Foxconn shrouded in secrecy
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:51pm MST
We meet her by chance on the side of a road. She looks the very model of a Chinese factory worker: young, vibrant, dressed in the cheap brand-name knockoff fashions so common of poor rural villages. -
Apple plant workers complain of militant culture
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 11:31pm MST
Miss Chen stares curiously at the iPad. Even though she works overtime in a factory in southwestern China that manufactures them, she's never seen the finished product. -
Q&A: Apple's China supplier in the spotlight
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 11:00pm MST
Earlier this month Apple released its annual supplier responsibility report which detailed alleged workplace health and safety protocol violations by its suppliers. -
The 20 most entertaining Super Bowl tweets
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 9:29pm MST
In the social media age, you don't need to be at a party to enjoy clever or catty comments about the Super Bowl. -
5 tech tools for the Super Bowl
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:01pm MST
When the Giants and Patriots take the field on Sunday in Indianapolis, they won't be doing battle in soft leather helmets with no face masks. And there definitely won't be some kid on the sideline ladling out water from a tin bucket to quench their thirst after a big play. -
U.S. officials to get secure Android phones
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:22am MST
Some U.S. officials this year are expected to get smartphones capable of handling classified government documents over cellular networks, according to people involved in the project. -
Really, he's on Twitter? 10 unlikely tweeters
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:43pm MST
See CNN's list of 10 well-known people whose Twitter accounts will cause you to do a double-take. -
What will the Facebook millionaires do?
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:19am MST
Whenever a hugely popular and successful company goes public, many people wonder what will happen to all the newly created millionaires. What will they do now that they are financially "set for life"? Will there be "1,000 millionaires"? Will they suffer "sudden wealth syndrome"? -
What scares Facebook: Privacy and phones
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:37am MST
Like a good friend, Facebook says it doesn't want to invade our privacy or hang out with folks who spend all their time looking at a cell phone. -
How not to annoy people via e-mail
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:23am MST
E-mail can be a lovely way to connect, an easy and instant medium for getting back or keeping in touch, a canvas for hellos and sorrys and XOXOs. -
Neil Young on Apple, high-def music
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 2:01pm MST
Apple's ambition to improve the fidelity of music downloads has diminished since the death of founder Steve Jobs, according to singer-songwriter Neil Young. -
With Facebook IPO, Zuckerberg faces reality
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 7:37am MST
Douglas Rushkoff says Facebook going public would not be about continuing to redefine the world but about a company forced by its own success to yield to market forces -
Should you feel guilty for buying your iPhone?
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 7:06am MST
Last week, The New York Times gave us an inside look at what it's like to work at Foxconn, the manufacturing company that owns several China-based factories that crank out Apple's iPads, iPhones and iPods by the millions. -
Feds: Megaupload files may be deleted this week
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 11:49am MST
Federal prosecutors who accuse file-sharing site Megaupload of being a hotbed of digital piracy say the site's customer files, presumably including perfectly legal ones, may be deleted starting Thursday. -
Kinect could make its way to laptops
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 7:42am MST
The ability to control a Windows desktop with a simple hand gesture could become reality sooner than we once thought. -
An airplane in your garage?
Posted: January 29th, 2012, 7:12am MST
Anna Dietrich is working on an aircraft that can fold its wings and drive on the road -
Google seeks to clarify new privacy policy
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 2:49pm MST
Seeking to blunt a sharp backlash to its latest privacy changes, Google on Friday offered to share "the real story" about a new system that creates a profile on users based on their activity on all of Google's sites and products. -
UFC's White hacked after scrap with Anonymous
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 11:26am MST
Dana White loves a good fight. -
Twitter to delete posts if countries request it
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:32am MST
Online social networking site Twitter said Thursday it will begin deleting users' tweets in countries that require it -- but it will still keep those deleted tweets visible to the rest of the world. -
We're losing control of our digital privacy
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 12:26pm MST
The millions of Americans who stood up against the Stop Online Privacy Act and the Senate's related anti-piracy bill should also be asking tough questions about the government's expanding surveillance powers. -
How Pinterest helps users catalog their passions
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:02am MST
For Heather Neroy, it used to be a tedious process: Whenever she came across an interesting arts-and-crafts project or recipe on the Internet, she would save it for later by copying the link, pasting it into an e-mail and sending it to herself. -
Study: Multitasking hinders youth social skills
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 6:07pm MST
FaceTime, the Apple video-chat application, is not a replacement for real human interaction, especially for children, according to a new study. -
Is data the oil of the digital age?
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 9:37am MST
Just as the politics of oil shaped the 20th century industrial economy, so the politics of data will shape the 21st century digital economy. -
50 new tech tools you should know about
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 5:33am MST
You may have dozens of apps on your phone and scores of websites bookmarked on your laptop, but that doesn't mean you have all the latest tech tools at your fingertips. -
Google to merge user data across its services
Posted: January 24th, 2012, 5:07pm MST
Google plans to start combining information the company collects about each user of its various websites and services into a single profile, the company announced on Tuesday. -
Google swerves, allows nicknames on Google+
Posted: January 24th, 2012, 9:18am MST
In a big swerve in policy, Google has decided to allow people to sign up using nicknames or other pseudonyms on its growing social network, Google+. -
Why 2012, despite privacy fears, isn't like 1984
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 10:48am MST
Last week was a remarkable one for the Web: A week that proved George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" incredibly prescient yet woefully incorrect. -
High court: Cops need warrant for GPS tracking
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 10:43am MST
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for a drug suspect who had an electronic tracking device attached to his car by police, who did not first obtain an extended warrant. -
Ownership of tablets, e-readers almost doubles
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 8:55am MST
A new report from one of the Web's leading researchers spells out what news reports have suggested: that tablet computers and e-readers made a huge leap in popularity this holiday season. -
'Civilization' creator: Games are taking over
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 8:33am MST
Sid Meier's "Civilization" is now 20 years old. -
What's Megaupload.com all about?
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 12:42pm MST
Megaupload, the file-sharing website shut down Thursday by the U.S. government, is a Web hosting tool that's accused of being an online haven for digital pirates. -
In defense of SOPA
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 12:20pm MST
Lamar Smith says a great deal of misinformation about the bill has been spread around the Internet. -
Apple, consumers must urge worker justice
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 8:33am MST
Consumers and Apple CEO Tim Cook need to ensure that Chinese workers who make iPads and iPhones are treated fairly, John Cary says. -
Why the iPad won't transform education
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 8:08am MST
Apple has a long way to go -- and logistical hurdles to clear in tens of thousands of schools -- before it dominates K-12 classrooms the way it has done the music industry. -
Fed websites back online after Anonymous attack
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 3:34am MST
Most of the websites shutdown by a hackers group were up and running early Friday including the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and some entertainment sites targeted after one of the federal government's largest anti-piracy crackdowns. -
Feds hit Megaupload; Anonymous strikes back
Posted: January 19th, 2012, 9:39pm MST
"Hacktivist" collective Anonymous on Thursday took credit for taking down U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and music company websites following arrests in one of the federal government's largest anti-piracy crackdowns. -
Google says social network has 90M users
Posted: January 19th, 2012, 4:51pm MST
Google's infant social network experienced a recent growth spurt, with more than 90 million members. -
Apple debuts free e-book publishing app
Posted: January 19th, 2012, 9:04am MST
Apple on Thursday announced a new platform for creating and reading digital textbooks. -
60 apps launch with Facebook auto-share
Posted: January 18th, 2012, 9:07pm MST
Joining "likes" on Facebook, the social network has added dozens of new types of posts, including "bought," "read" and "want." -
Opinion: SOPA and PIPA can be improved
Posted: January 18th, 2012, 9:57am MST
Andrew McDiarmid says voting on the legislation should be delayed so that the bills can be improved. -
Fitness studios stream classes online
Posted: January 18th, 2012, 8:30am MST
Don't want to go to the gym? Check out the new online video streaming services offered by fitness studios and sites around the country. -
Some steer clear of FB auto-publish tool
Posted: January 18th, 2012, 5:07am MST
Your friends don't need to know about every song you hear on the radio. -
Wikipedia goes dark in protest of anti-piracy bill
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 10:56pm MST
Wikipedia was among several websites that shut down at midnight Wednesday in protest of anti-piracy bills that critics say could amount to censorship. -
Will.i.am has game -- like, literally
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 2:44pm MST
Most people know international recording artist Will.i.am (born William James Adams Jr.) as the producer and front man for The Black Eyed Peas, the Grammy-winning group that has performed at the Super Bowl and sold more than 18 million albums worldwide. -
Sony finds missing puzzle piece: Smartphones
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 1:49pm MST
Now that the company has a phone, Sony can finally answer opportunity's calls. -
Why Wikipedia is going down at midnight
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 11:41am MST
CNN spoke on Tuesday with Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia, to find out exactly why the site is shutting down its English-speaking website for 24 hours, starting at midnight tonight, to protest anti-piracy legislation being debated in Congress. -
Apple may debut 'GarageBand for e-books'
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 5:55am MST
A new report from Ars Technica says Apple is about to unveil a set of tools to create interactive e-books. -
The new goal: Must-tweet TV
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 11:56am MST
Increasingly, as topics begin to bubble up on social networks like Twitter, television has ceased to be a passive medium, Pete Cashmore says. -
Oldschool Atari embraces new era of gaming
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 11:06am MST
To adapt to the new era of gaming, Atari is returning to its roots. -
White House blasts Internet piracy bills
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 6:18am MST
The Obama administration said over the weekend that it would not support legislation mandating changes to Internet infrastructure to fight online copyright and trademark infringement. -
A new breed of 4G phones emerges
Posted: January 13th, 2012, 8:41pm MST
At the International Consumer Electronics Show, which wrapped up Friday, AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel unveiled some of the first smartphones that will tap into their new, even faster fourth-generation networks. -
How the Consumer Electronics Show lost its spark
Posted: January 13th, 2012, 11:03am MST
Andrew Keen argues that it's hard to avoid concluding that CES will gradually but inevitably go out of business. -
Augmented reality and the future of driving
Posted: January 13th, 2012, 8:16am MST
Automakers, while embracing current computer innovation such as dashboard touchscreens and voice-control interfaces, also are keeping an eye further down the road as well. -
Gallery: The hottest gadgets from CES
Posted: January 13th, 2012, 8:14am MST
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Apple halts iPhone 4S sales in China after scuffles
Posted: January 13th, 2012, 5:48am MST
Angry crowds, closed stores and halted sales. The official introduction of Apple's iPhone 4S in mainland China wasn't meant to turn out like this. -
8 oddball gadgets we found at CES
Posted: January 12th, 2012, 10:49am MST
The world's largest consumer electronics show isn't just about splashy TVs, phones and tablets. CES's massive show floor also is home to plenty of less-hyped but quirkier gadgets. Here are eight that got our attention. -
Learn to code, get a job
Posted: January 12th, 2012, 9:18am MST
Douglas Rushkoff says to understand a world increasingly run by programs and fill a desperate need for code-literate workers, we should be learning computer coding along with our arithmetic. -
'Ultrabooks' could be the next big thing
Posted: January 12th, 2012, 1:19am MST
At the gadget industry's annual crystal-ball convention, laptops look more like products of Aston Martin than Fisher-Price. -
Roboticists not thrilled about Bieber
Posted: January 11th, 2012, 7:10pm MST
For David Shafter, it should have been a dream: A crush of excited people swarming his booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show, where his startup is launching its first product. -
CES: Can Snooki, Biebs create a hit gadget?
Posted: January 11th, 2012, 7:25am MST
Hundreds of onlookers crowded around a booth inside the cavernous Las Vegas Convention Center, hoisting cameras overhead and straining for a glimpse of the woman with the tiny frame and the big fake eyelashes: -
Sony: PlayStation 4 not coming soon
Posted: January 10th, 2012, 4:35pm MST
Sony says it's not quite game over for the PlayStation 3. -
TVs in 2012 will get brighter, thinner, more social
Posted: January 10th, 2012, 1:58pm MST
When it comes to TVs -- often the flashiest, most buzzed-about gadgets at the International Consumer Electronics Show -- it takes several years for reality to catch up to the hype. -
Google search's 'most radical transformation'
Posted: January 10th, 2012, 10:01am MST
Google search is about to get way more personal. -
New glass could make better touchscreens
Posted: January 10th, 2012, 6:59am MST
When it comes to innovation in electronic gadgets, a new kind of glass is not especially sexy. But when that glass is built into millions of touchscreen devices, and could potentially make them thinner, lighter and more responsive to your finger, consumers may take notice. -
Windows Phone backers declare mobile war
Posted: January 10th, 2012, 5:24am MST
For the first time in a decade, Nokia appears to have a fighting chance in the North American phone market. AT&T Mobility will carry and help promote the Lumia 900, a Windows phone that looks to be Nokia's flagship product. -
Windows Phone backers declare mobile war
Posted: January 10th, 2012, 5:24am MST
For the first time in a decade, Nokia appears to have a fighting chance in the North American phone market. AT&T Mobility will carry and help promote the Lumia 900, a Windows phone that looks to be Nokia's flagship product. -
Targeted congressman won't support SOPA
Posted: January 9th, 2012, 3:22pm MST
Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) will not support the Stop Online Piracy Act, according to a statement released by his office Monday. -
An early look at new gadgets from CES
Posted: January 9th, 2012, 6:14am MST
From high-tech thermostats to a rethink of the boombox, here's a preview of five gadgets getting buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show. -
The man who wants to translate the web
Posted: January 8th, 2012, 8:38am MST
Luis von Ahn says he wants to translate the Web into every major language: every webpage, every video, and, yes, even Justin Bieber's tweets. And he thinks he knows how to do it. -
With Congress on break, SOPA fight continues
Posted: January 6th, 2012, 8:33pm MST
Members of Congress may be on vacation, but that hasn't calmed critics who say an effort to stamp out online piracy would create an unprecedented threat to free speech on the Internet. -
Stratfor apparently targeted again by hackers
Posted: January 6th, 2012, 1:05pm MST
Hackers appear to have struck Stratfor again. E-mail allegedly sent out by the global intelligence outfit early Friday told customers that the company "would like to hear from our loyal client base as to our handling of the recent intrusion by those deranged, sexually deviant criminal hacker terrorist masterminds." -
5 gadget trends to watch at CES
Posted: January 6th, 2012, 7:12am MST
Like a stereotypical beauty pageant, it looks like thin will be in at the world's largest annual gadget convention next week in Las Vegas. -
Why 3-D TV still hasn't caught on
Posted: January 5th, 2012, 8:49am MST
Where is 3-D now? It's certainly not showing up big on our CES 2012 radar, and now looks like over-hyped technology in hindsight. -
Gaming preview 2012: Vita, Wii U, 'Halo 4'
Posted: January 5th, 2012, 5:07am MST
Gaming in 2012 is going to be a very wild ride, with the introduction of two new consoles, a return to the "Halo" universe and the potential for even more entertainment choices. -
Analyst: iPads, Kindles, GPS units cheaper in 2012
Posted: January 5th, 2012, 5:05am MST
Recently Dealnews.com took a look at things that will probably cost consumers either more or less in 2012. Here's what they had to say about mobile and tech devices. -
Fear the vest: Santorum's sweaters go viral
Posted: January 4th, 2012, 1:07pm MST
Republican Rick Santorum may have come up eight votes shy of a win in the Iowa caucuses. But a piece of his wardrobe appears to have emerged as the clear winner. -
Could Chrome overtake IE in the browser wars?
Posted: January 4th, 2012, 5:31am MST
A month ago, Google's three-year effort to push its Web browser, Chrome, took a major step when it passed Mozilla's Firefox. -
Social media resolutions for 2012
Posted: January 4th, 2012, 5:31am MST
'Tis the season of fresh resolutions, still glittery with promise before time constraints, reality and your extreme laziness settle over them like a moist gray tarnish. -
Scorecard: How the candidates compare online
Posted: January 3rd, 2012, 3:30am MST
In 2012, a strong Web presence must be part of every political hopeful's strategy. -
Resolutions! Five Web behaviors to drop in 2012
Posted: January 2nd, 2012, 11:45am MST
Here are a few suggestions for digital behaviors you might want to resolve to drop in 2012. You can feel better about yourself while making the Web a happier place. -
Maker to unveil world's largest OLED TV
Posted: January 2nd, 2012, 8:55am MST
Korean electronics company LG caused a worldwide stir when it announced its 55-inch OLED panel last week, and now the company has rolled out two more pictures that show you what kind of remarkable TV set this is going to be. -
The top gaming stories of 2011
Posted: December 30th, 2011, 3:25pm MST
It was the year of hacking, the year of breaking records and the year of flinging birds at pigs and that only scratches this surface of this year's biggest gaming stories. -
Rumors of new iPads heat up as 2012 arrives
Posted: December 30th, 2011, 9:20am MST
You may have just unwrapped your new iPad 2, but rumors are already swirling about the iPad 3. -
The price of an ad-free digital experience
Posted: December 29th, 2011, 4:28pm MST
I've never had a choice like this before. -
Doh! The top 10 tech 'fails' of 2011
Posted: December 29th, 2011, 9:49am MST
Can't win 'em all, can you? -
The etiquette of posting New Year's photos
Posted: December 29th, 2011, 5:57am MST
Your photo-happy friends may be capturing posed group shots and crazy candids at New Year's Eve parties this weekend, but sometimes you just don't want to be photographed. -
Experts: Twitter account case may blaze new trails in social media law
Posted: December 28th, 2011, 12:51am MST
Who, exactly, owns your Twitter account? It's a potentially complicated question when an account is used both professionally and personally. Now a case regarding whether a Twitter account belongs to a company or its former employee has raised questions about the use of the social media phenomenon. -
Alexander Graham Bell goes digital
Posted: December 27th, 2011, 10:50am MST
Voices recorded by inventor Alexander Graham Bell more than 125 years ago are being heard now, thanks to digital imaging technology. -
Top 10 most bizarre tech stories of 2011
Posted: December 27th, 2011, 7:25am MST
2011 brought the release of game-changing gadgets, and it delivered news to the tech world that brought some of the good, bad and bizarre. -
Nice automation, but I want to speak to an agent
Posted: December 27th, 2011, 5:30am MST
LZ Granderson's wish is that companies would make it easy to speak to a real human being rather than hide their agents behind a confusing automated system -
'Anonymous' hackers hit security group
Posted: December 26th, 2011, 10:33am MST
Hacker group Anonymous began its promised week of Christmas hacks, assaulting a long list of targets. The first Anonymous hack resulted in stolen emails and credit card data from Stratfor, an Austin-based think tank that concentrates on security issues. -
The 10 biggest tech stories of 2011
Posted: December 26th, 2011, 6:56am MST
The technology industry often finds itself pontificating about the future, but the busy news cycle this year gave us plenty to discuss. -
'Zelda' games to focus on realistic sword fighting
Posted: December 23rd, 2011, 12:34pm MST
Video gamers who want to train for the next "Legend of Zelda" may want to enroll in fencing classes. -
Top 10 video games of 2011
Posted: December 23rd, 2011, 6:32am MST
"Portal 2" ranked No. 2 on the list of top 10 video games this year -- check out which other games joined the list. -
Behind the 'Star Wars: Old Republic' game saga
Posted: December 22nd, 2011, 12:44pm MST
This week, Bioware released "Star Wars: The Old Republic," the latest and most ambitious product of a so-far decade-long partnership with LucasArts. In this sprawling, much-anticipated computer game, millions of Jedi Knights, bounty hunters and other familiar warriors can roam and battle on their home planets, and then hop in spaceships to travel the galaxy. -
AT&T's LTE network is faster but smaller than Verizon's
Posted: December 22nd, 2011, 9:53am MST
AT&T joins the LTE market and challenges Verizon by providing significantly improved download speeds over 3G. -
Keepers of the Internet face greatest challenge
Posted: December 22nd, 2011, 7:28am MST
The Internet doesn't have a flag or a national anthem, but it does have a government. -
Beware the Facebook 'friend collector'
Posted: December 21st, 2011, 7:00am MST
Perhaps it's the inherently soul-crushing nature of the holiday season, but it seems many of our readers have been beset by quandaries of late. So, being the utterly benevolent souls that we are, we're choosing to devote this week's column to more reader questions. -
The 10 biggest stories of 2011 in mobile tech
Posted: December 21st, 2011, 6:59am MST
For Americans who own cell phones or other mobile devices, 2011 ushered in a whirlwind of news. -
How to master your Facebook Timeline
Posted: December 20th, 2011, 7:45am MST
Facebook has rolled out its new Timeline feature to the masses. -
Should Twitter fear Saudi prince?
Posted: December 20th, 2011, 6:08am MST
Douglas Rushkoff says there's no need to worry about Twitter's fate now that a Saudi prince has bought a $300 million stake. He's interested in it as an investment, not for control -
The top 10 tech trends for 2012
Posted: December 19th, 2011, 6:12am MST
From the continuing rise of tablet devices to the daily-deals craze and the return of the Internet IPO, 2011 has been a transformative year for technology. -
Report: Apple's iPhone, iPad chip made in Texas
Posted: December 16th, 2011, 3:49pm MST
Apple's A5 chip, which powers the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, is now being produced in a Texas factory owned by Samsung, Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the operation. -
Social networks move to meet the people next door
Posted: December 16th, 2011, 2:21pm MST
The great promise of social networking has been the ability to stay in touch with friends, family and, let's face it, mere acquaintances without regard to traditional hurdles like geography. -
'BioShock' creator talks history, writing, 'nerdity'
Posted: December 16th, 2011, 7:47am MST
Ken Levine, the creator of "BioShock," speaks on how he went from being the man behind the controller to a leading game designer. -
Review: Android takes big leap with Galaxy Nexus
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 3:44pm MST
The Galaxy Nexus, a smartphone that arrived in Verizon Wireless stores on Thursday, is huge -- and not just because of its unusually large size. -
Rebecca Black to Steve Jobs: 2011's top searches
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 1:43pm MST
Rebecca Black gave us a reason to reconsider our favorite day of the workweek. And, Google's annual Zeitgeist shows, the Internet couldn't get enough. -
Facebook's Timeline now available to everyone
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 10:23am MST
People around the world began seeing messages from Facebook on Thursday encouraging them to start scrapbooking their life. -
Are drivers too hooked on their phones?
Posted: December 14th, 2011, 4:49pm MST
A federal agency in charge of safety on the roads wants an outright ban on using mobile phones while driving. But what if we're just too hooked on our smartphones and other digital gadgets to care? -
A social-media addict tries to disconnect
Posted: December 14th, 2011, 4:43pm MST
I'm a tweeting fiend. Whether it's quoting Herman Cain or issuing citations for the fashion police -- clear heels to work, really? -- I'm always thumb-typing away. -
Put e-gifts in virtual stockings this holiday
Posted: December 14th, 2011, 5:23am MST
Digital gifts may be tough to wrap. But they can be more convenient for both givers and recipients. -
Gadget gifts for the fitness forward
Posted: December 14th, 2011, 5:07am MST
Have a friend or relative who's a fitness fanatic? Here are a few healthy gadget gifts they are sure to enjoy. -
Fool techie friends with fake-gadget 'gifts'
Posted: December 13th, 2011, 8:01am MST
If your gift list this year includes gadget-obsessed early adopters who love snatching up the latest electronics, you're in luck. -
Review: Motorola's Xyboard tablet
Posted: December 13th, 2011, 5:35am MST
Motorola is taking another shot at the tablet game with the Droid Xyboard, the company's latest Android device to hit Verizon stores. -
Amazon to address Kindle Fire complaints
Posted: December 12th, 2011, 10:02am MST
Kindle Fire, the stripped-down tablet computer that is emerging as perhaps the most popular rival to Apple's iPad, will be getting an update soon to address some early user complaints, Amazon said. -
Why .XXX domains are an obvious failure
Posted: December 12th, 2011, 5:46am MST
Is it just me or is the ICANN plan to corral online porn going terribly wrong? Legitimate porn sites have little interest in the triple X domains. -
HP: WebOS is now an open source project
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 1:54pm MST
HP made the announcement Friday, in the wake of increasing speculation that we would all learn the fate of the beleaguered OS before day's end. -
The covert birth of Apple's next Santa Monica store
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 6:20am MST
For the opening of a store on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade, Apple has gone to extremes to ensure secrecy. The behavior has perplexed and infuriated officials in the California city. -
Jawbone explains UP wristband failures
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 5:55am MST
Jawbone's UP activity-monitoring wristbands have been failing at an alarming rate. -
Samsung wins fight against Apple in Australia
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 3:33am MST
Samsung Electronics' tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, will be available to consumers in Australia in the coming days, after the South Korean electronics giant scored a victory against Apple in a legal battle that had blocked the product from going on sale. -
Apple Store openings shrouded in secrecy
Posted: December 8th, 2011, 11:15am MST
Interviews with nearly two dozen people involved in the development of upcoming and recently opened U.S. Apple Stores, including the one in Grand Central, provide a look at Apple's unusually furtive way of doing business. -
Why QR codes aren't catching on
Posted: December 8th, 2011, 8:43am MST
Quick response (QR) codes -- those two-dimensional barcodes that resemble a checkerboard on LSD -- are appearing more frequently on billboards, magazine ads, business cards, stickers, T-shirts and anything that is used to promote stuff. -
Why Apple may never catch Microsoft in TV
Posted: December 7th, 2011, 5:26pm MST
"The problem with innovation in the television market is the go-to-market strategy," Steve Jobs told Hillcrest Labs' Dan Simpkins at the D8 conference in 2010. -
Facebook begins rolling out Timeline feature
Posted: December 7th, 2011, 10:32am MST
Facebook officially took the "beta" label off its much-publicized Timeline Tuesday evening, but it's rolling out the new feature gradually. -
The dos and don'ts of Googling people
Posted: December 7th, 2011, 5:44am MST
Is it creepy to stalk you co-workers, your date or yourself on Google? Our Netiquette experts tell you why you should, or shouldn't. -
Brief glitch let Facebook users see private photos
Posted: December 6th, 2011, 2:27pm MST
What's been described as a bug in some new computer code briefly allowed Facebook users to snoop on the private pictures of other members. -
On Tuesday, porn sites set to go .XXX
Posted: December 6th, 2011, 5:06am MST
It's either a new, safer era for adult content on the Web or the first step in creating a digital porn ghetto, depending upon who you ask. -
Facebook and Gowalla: What it means to you
Posted: December 5th, 2011, 12:32pm MST
It looks probable that Facebook has snapped up Gowalla, or is in the process of doing so. So what does that mean to those of us who use Facebook or Gowalla? -
Xbox upgrades aim to be 'future of TV'
Posted: December 5th, 2011, 10:22am MST
An update rolling out Tuesday for the Xbox Live network aims to do what Microsoft has been teasing for a while -- turn a platform designed primarily for video games into one that will be the major hub for all television viewing. -
Tim Cook's first 100 days as Apple CEO
Posted: December 2nd, 2011, 5:33pm MST
World leaders are often measured by what they do in their first 100 days in office. But what about business leaders? -
Fallout continues over smartphone tracking app
Posted: December 2nd, 2011, 12:01pm MST
The Web fallout continued Friday over news that a hidden app could be tracking smartphone users' activity. -
TV isn't broken. So why is everyone trying to fix it?
Posted: December 2nd, 2011, 5:46am MST
The technology industry is absolutely bent on reinventing television, but some of us are fine with the way TV is now. -
Review: A laptop bag that can charge gadgets
Posted: December 1st, 2011, 6:11pm MST
Thanks to a wave of new mobile technology, I can store my calendar, car keys, credit cards, music and notes all on my smartphone. -
ACLU raps Apple over Siri abortion-clinic issue
Posted: December 1st, 2011, 9:28am MST
Siri can help you find drugstores and bars, but the iPhone 4S digital assistant is clueless when it comes to the locations of abortion clinics, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Solar aircraft a look into the future of flight?
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 2:22pm MST
VICE meets Bertrand Piccard, inventor of a long-range solar airplane that uses environmentally-friendly technologies. -
What would Facebook stock sales mean for you?
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 8:29am MST
If Facebook and Wall Street become friends, will you like it? -
How to handle unwanted friend requests
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 5:23am MST
Netiquette experts Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz give you the lowdown on turning down potential Facebook buddies in The Ultimate Guide to the Unwanted Friend Request. -
Monday was biggest online shopping day ever
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 3:50am MST
Americans' clicking fingers must be sore. -
Original Apple contract up for auction
Posted: November 29th, 2011, 10:05am MST
Forgive the pun: Want a slice of early Apple history? -
Why is Facebook making a phone nobody wants?
Posted: November 29th, 2011, 5:41am MST
Reports have surfaced again in the past week that Facebook is working on a phone. -
Big sales jump for 'Cyber Monday'
Posted: November 28th, 2011, 3:18pm MST
After years of being more hype than highlight, Cyber Monday appears on its way to its biggest outing ever. -
Cyber Monday outlook: Big deals, record sales
Posted: November 28th, 2011, 12:43am MST
Did you skip the lines on Black Friday? There's still Cyber Monday -- and analysts are expecting an abundance of deals to bring in record online sales this year. -
Microsoft cuts Black Friday prices on Kinect
Posted: November 24th, 2011, 1:46pm MST
Microsoft may be a relative newcomer to in-store retailing, but it's getting the hang of this Black Friday thing. -
Future travel could be on 'moving platforms'
Posted: November 24th, 2011, 7:10am MST
The 'Moving Platforms' concept would see travelers served by a non-stop carousel of trams and high-speed trains taking passengers from their homes to their destinations without them ever having to use a bus, car or taxi. -
Retailers offering more online deals (and duds)
Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 11:13am MST
If your post-Thanksgiving shopping plans don't involve leaving the house, you're in increasingly good company. And Web sellers are saying, "Step right in." -
Five Thanksgiving apps you should gobble up
Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 10:17am MST
When someone says "Thanksgiving and apps," you probably think appetizers, not applications. -
On Facebook, it's now 4.74 degrees of separation
Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 8:28am MST
In the Facebook age -- when digital "friends" are just a click away -- the distance between people seems to be shrinking, according to data the social network released on Monday night. -
Steve Jobs fielded customer service requests
Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 7:44am MST
Among chief executives, Steve Jobs was an outlier. Jobs was directly involved in Apple's customer service, fielding e-mails about broken laptops and intervening on support calls. -
Facebook adding ads to its Ticker feed
Posted: November 21st, 2011, 11:05am MST
Facebook's Ticker, the fast-scrolling tote board of pretty much everything your friends are doing, is ready to start selling you stuff. -
Apple patent would shield against broken glass
Posted: November 21st, 2011, 7:30am MST
Apple is a powerhouse of ingenuity, patenting ideas as soon as an engineer can scratch them down on paper (or iPad). Around three dozen Apple patents made their way through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week alone. -
Anti-piracy bill meets Web-freedom backlash
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 11:12am MST
A bill moving through Congress is intended, on its surface at least, to do something relatively simple: Crack down on the illegal pirating of movies, music and other copyrighted material. -
Review: Kindle Fire a worthwhile bargain
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 9:43am MST
If you view a tablet as a guilty pleasure, like I do, then buying the Kindle Fire should make you feel a little less guilty. -
Google Music: Is it more than iTunes for Android?
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 12:07pm MST
Google Music, an online music store and "free locker" for digital music, was rolled out to the public on Wednesday. -
'Forgotten' energy source gets new life
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 10:03am MST
VICE looks at the "forgotten" nuclear fuel thorium, its passionate followers and its second life courtesy of the internet. -
Technology and concerts: What not to do
Posted: November 16th, 2011, 2:36pm MST
Going to see live music has always been wrought with frustrations -- and now, along with the ogre who appears in front of you as soon as the band takes the stage, mosh pits and the dreaded "all ages" show -- you've got smartphones. Yup, it's society's technological crack pipe, without which we'd all be fiending freaks, tapping vaguely at the air in agonizing fits of withdrawal. -
Facebook and the fight against spammers
Posted: November 16th, 2011, 11:44am MST
The wave of pornographic and violent images that flooded Facebook over the past few days has drawn attention to a side of the social networking mega-site most of its users don't' think about: -
Argentina's video gamers take on world
Posted: November 15th, 2011, 5:02pm MST
South American video game companies say they are now competing on quality with the rest of the world, rather than just costs. -
Porn, violent images appear on Facebook
Posted: November 15th, 2011, 8:44am MST
Porn, violent images and other graphic pieces of content are spreading across Facebook in what appears to be a widespread and ugly spam attack. -
'Halo Anniversary' remake tries to stay true
Posted: November 14th, 2011, 9:18pm MST
Executing a successful remake of a video game can be like shooting blindfolded, and that's especially true when you're dealing with the fervent following behind Microsoft's "Halo" series. -
Technology is reorganizing protests
Posted: November 14th, 2011, 5:30pm MST
A column by New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane on Sunday raised a plaintive question: "Who is Occupy Wall Street?" -
Wi-Fi coming to international flights
Posted: November 14th, 2011, 6:06am MST
When United recently announced that it would install inflight Internet on all its mainline aircraft beginning next year, it might not have seemed like a big deal. -
Google and Kodak, speeding past each other
Posted: November 13th, 2011, 5:47am MST
Like two freight trains rumbling in opposite directions on parallel tracks, a pair of internationally famous U.S. companies sped past each other in the news in recent days, says Bob Greene. -
Tablet computers are a game-changer in professional sports
Posted: November 12th, 2011, 9:29am MST
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have traded in their three-ring binder playbook for iPads. They say it's revolutionized the way the team prepares for game day. -
Do black tech entrepreneurs face bias?
Posted: November 11th, 2011, 6:08am MST
Wayne Sutton has been asking venture-capital investors and Silicon Valley executives a question that's not often broached here in the epicenter of the technology industry: -
Why new iPad rivals will sell like crazy
Posted: November 10th, 2011, 5:38am MST
Amazon's Kindle Fire is priced at $199 and may be the most successful tablet device since the iPad. -
Did Steve Jobs kill Adobe Flash?
Posted: November 9th, 2011, 2:57pm MST
Steve Jobs hated Flash. Hated it. And not just a little bit. -
Blind man uses his ears to see
Posted: November 9th, 2011, 6:42am MST
Follow Daniel Kish out onto a dock and ask him about the view. -
Fine line between online searching, stalking
Posted: November 9th, 2011, 6:14am MST
If you're trying to track down the current or old lovers in your life, there's an appropriate way to do so without becoming a stalker. -
Adobe abandons mobile Flash development
Posted: November 9th, 2011, 5:43am MST
In an abrupt about-face in its mobile software strategy, Adobe will soon cease developing its Flash Player plug-in for mobile browsers. -
Why can't Americans vote online?
Posted: November 8th, 2011, 9:09am MST
In an era when virtually every daily task can be done on the Internet, why can't we vote online, too? -
How GPS tracking threatens our privacy
Posted: November 7th, 2011, 3:59pm MST
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will confront the profound impact of new location-tracking technologies on Americans' privacy. The case, U.S. v. Jones, presents the question of whether law enforcement needs a warrant before planting a GPS tracking device on a person's car. The answer to this question is important in its own right, but the case is likely to have broader implications. -
It's Nook vs. Kindle: Round II
Posted: November 7th, 2011, 2:10pm MST
The rivalry is so intense that Barnes & Noble actually spoke its competitor's name: -
Why Amazon doesn't scare Apple
Posted: November 7th, 2011, 7:26am MST
Ever since Amazon unveiled its 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet in September, a lingering phrase has been attached to the low-cost, high-profile device: "the iPad's first true Android competitor." -
The political power of Meetup.com
Posted: November 7th, 2011, 6:08am MST
Eight years ago, the secret weapon of Democrat Howard Dean's upstart campaign for president was a little-known website called Meetup.com, which was launched in 2002 to make it easy for people with a common interest to find each other and arrange to meet, face to face. -
Nook Tablet coming November 16
Posted: November 4th, 2011, 7:30am MDT
Barnes & Noble will launch a new member of the Nook family of tablets and e-readers, the Nook Tablet, on November 16 for $249, according to leaked presentation slides published by Engadget. -
'Call of Duty' to let gamers cross platforms
Posted: November 4th, 2011, 5:06am MDT
The "Call of Duty" franchise is a perennial blockbuster, with more than 65 million units sold so far in the United States and hordes of fans lining up each fall to buy the latest installment of the war-simulation video game. -
The week Google really 'messed up'
Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 10:32am MDT
Love or hate Google, you probably don't expect this sort of message from one of the largest and most innovative Internet and technology companies in the world: -
iPhone battery fix coming 'in a few weeks'
Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 9:05am MDT
Apple has acknowledged a problem with battery life on the iPhone 4S and other devices running its new operating system. The company says a software update coming "in a few weeks" will address the problem. -
IE''s share of web traffic drops below 50%
Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 5:51am MDT
Internet Explorer can no longer claim more than half of the web's traffic, as of October, ending more than a decade of the default Microsoft browser's reign. -
'Twitter Stories' tells tales behind the tweets
Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 3:08pm MDT
Lives have been saved, small businesses have avoided shutting their doors and average folks have met their political leaders, sports heroes and other celebrities. All because of Twitter. -
Google rolls out new look for Gmail
Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 6:06am MDT
The new-look Gmail that Google accidentally told us about last week is now rolling out to all users. -
Silicon Valley is no meritocracy for minorities
Posted: November 1st, 2011, 3:37pm MDT
Last Wednesday, a Twitter fight erupted between technology experts Michael Arrington, founder and former editor of TechCrunch, and Vivek Wadhwa, a technology researcher and writer, after a screening of CNN's documentary, "The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley." -
Users griping about iPhone 4S battery life
Posted: November 1st, 2011, 2:19pm MDT
It all sounds eerily familiar. A new iPhone. Massive sales. Then, an apparent glitch that, while it doesn't affect everyone, is prevalent enough to irk customers and catch the eyes of tech journalists everywhere. -
Sega returns to its roots with 'Sonic Generations'
Posted: November 1st, 2011, 9:28am MDT
Age has slowed Sonic, the beloved blue hero from an earlier generation of video games, but Sega may have finally rehabilitated the venerable hedgehog. -
Is Mexican cartel the next 'Anonymous' target?
Posted: November 1st, 2011, 7:02am MDT
Could a Mexican drug cartel be the next target for a group of hackers known for online attacks against banks and government institutions? -
Why your next phone might be bendable
Posted: October 31st, 2011, 1:49pm MDT
What I'm most excited about is something audacious: flexible screens. Expecting this much-anticipated technology to become widely available in 2012 is optimistic but not unthinkable. -
Steve Jobs' final words revealed
Posted: October 31st, 2011, 3:50am MDT
The last minutes in the life of Steve Jobs were still filled by the epiphanies and moments of inspiration that fed his inventor's mind, according to an intimate portrait provided by Jobs' sister in a eulogy published Sunday in The New York Times. -
Don't sleep with your smartphone
Posted: October 30th, 2011, 7:01pm MDT
Bob Greene says one tech expert is advising people on ways to escape from an addiction to their digital devices. -
'Uncharted' story adapts to big action scenes
Posted: October 30th, 2011, 5:25am MDT
When the developers of the "Uncharted" video games sat down to brainstorm their latest adventure, the first thing they decided was that they had to have a cargo plane and a cruise ship. -
Etnic costume posters spawn memes
Posted: October 28th, 2011, 5:35pm MDT
Ohio University student Taylor See and her friends expected some controversy to arise from a project to raise awareness of what it means to dress up as an ethnic stereotype for Halloween. But they weren't expecting the comparisons to robots or dogs. -
Video finds horror in Facebook privacy fears
Posted: October 28th, 2011, 9:00am MDT
A sweaty, wild-eyed man in a stained undershirt hunches over his computer in a shadowy basement. He's broken into your Facebook account and is reading your posts as his dirty, cracked fingernails paw at the keyboard. -
Why Amazon's Jeff Bezos is the next Steve Jobs
Posted: October 27th, 2011, 9:16am MDT
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shares many similarities with the late Steve Jobs, making him the next most dominant figure in the technology industry. -
Unthink wants to be the new anti-Facebook
Posted: October 26th, 2011, 1:13pm MDT
Call it "Occupy Facebook." Or, perhaps, "UnOccupy Facebook." -
Rockstar Games' Houser on 'Grand Theft Auto'
Posted: October 25th, 2011, 3:12pm MDT
While Rockstar Games is developing the next installment of the franchise, the game publisher is entering the booming tablet market by introducing "GTA III" to a potentially new audience of iPad 2 and Android tablet owners this fall. -
The best tidbits from the Steve Jobs bio
Posted: October 24th, 2011, 7:05pm MDT
"Steve Jobs,' the biography of the late tech visionary that went on sale Monday, has already produced plenty of headlines: How Jobs met his birth father without knowing who he was, how he swore bitter revenge on Google for developing its competing Android system, and how he waited too long after his cancer diagnosis to get surgery that might have saved him. -
Smartphone detects danger in a heartbeat
Posted: October 24th, 2011, 10:15am MDT
A new medical invention which harnesses the power of smartphone technology could revolutionize the treatment of heart patients, according to researchers in Switzerland. -
Biographer: Mortality motivated Steve Jobs
Posted: October 24th, 2011, 5:16am MDT
Upon being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs put off surgery for nine months against the advice of his doctors while he tried to treat the disease with a special macrobiotic diet -- a decision he later regretted, his biographer said. -
Why computer voices are mostly female
Posted: October 21st, 2011, 5:13am MDT
To most owners of the new iPhone, the voice-activated feature called Siri is more than a virtual "assistant" who can help schedule appointments, find a good nearby pizza or tell you if it's going to rain. -
Apple's Siri will need to learn some new tricks
Posted: October 20th, 2011, 3:48pm MDT
Summon Siri, the digital assistant contained within the iPhone 4S, and ask: "Why is it so hard to find good help these days?" -
Swimmer Michael Phelps dives into video games
Posted: October 20th, 2011, 11:40am MDT
The 14-time Olympic Gold medalist, Michael Phelps dives into his first video game, "Michael Phelps: Push the Limit." -
How colleges use social media to reach students
Posted: October 20th, 2011, 5:03am MDT
For universities competing to attract top students, it's no longer enough to have a sleek website. Schools are reaching out to engage with applicants on Facebook and Twitter. -
Google pins hopes on Galaxy Nexus
Posted: October 19th, 2011, 12:08pm MDT
Apple gave you FaceTime. Now Google is countering with Face Unlock. -
Apple closing stores during Jobs service
Posted: October 19th, 2011, 6:04am MDT
Apple has scheduled a company-only Wednesday memorial service for former CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away two weeks ago. -
5 apps to celebrate laziness
Posted: October 19th, 2011, 4:59am MDT
Here are five apps that are either tailored for the more malaise-laden among us. -
The 5 biggest gripes so far about the iPhone 4S
Posted: October 19th, 2011, 4:58am MDT
Nobody's perfect. And despite generally strong reviews and record early sales, the iPhone 4S is no exception. -
Filmmaker explores pros, cons of being 'Connected'
Posted: October 18th, 2011, 4:03pm MDT
A documentary filmmaker discusses the peaks and pits of technology in her new movie, "Connected." -
Snide, sassy Siri has plenty to say
Posted: October 18th, 2011, 8:38am MDT
By now, early adopters of the iPhone 4S, which has sold more than 4 million units since debuting on Friday, have no doubt taken Siri for a spin. -
Inside a government computer attack exercise
Posted: October 17th, 2011, 9:42am MDT
Government officials are trying to defend against cyberattacks that focus on the computers systems that control key parts of U.S. infrastructure, such as chemical plants. -
Can Facebook help cut your energy bills?
Posted: October 17th, 2011, 9:12am MDT
Add energy consumption to the laundry list of things you can share with online friends on Facebook. -
BlackBerry users offered apps, not cash, for outage
Posted: October 17th, 2011, 8:56am MDT
BlackBerry customers slammed by last week's global outage are being offered free apps, not cash, as payback for their troubles. -
BlackBerry fans: RIM is 'chipping away our faith'
Posted: October 14th, 2011, 2:53pm MDT
The love affair between BlackBerry devotees and their mobile communicators is becoming strained, and some of them made the quarrel very public this week after a service outage. -
Why video gamers are a great fit at the gym
Posted: October 14th, 2011, 5:36am MDT
They've been trained to focus for weeks at a time on a single goal. They know how to clearly identify obstacles and form step-by-step plans to overcome them. -
Lines expected for iPhone 4S sale Friday
Posted: October 14th, 2011, 5:07am MDT
With the memory of Steve Jobs looming large, the iPhone 4S goes on sale Friday -- the first model of the groundbreaking phone to hit the market without the iconic co-founder at Apple's helm. -
Steve Wozniak is first in line for iPhone 4S
Posted: October 13th, 2011, 9:22pm MDT
A line began to form at the Apple Store here on the eve of the iPhone 4S release, as is often the case around the world during the company's product launches. -
Why Android, iPhone won't crash like BlackBerry
Posted: October 13th, 2011, 2:37pm MDT
Here's a little secret BlackBerry doesn't want you to know: It would be technically impossible for all Android phones or iPhones to experience a global four-day outage like the one BlackBerry saw this week, according to mobile communications experts. -
Opinion: Netflix is down but not out
Posted: October 13th, 2011, 9:02am MDT
Robbie Kellman Baxter says that Netflix's CEO, Reed Hastings, has made some radical and arguably unwise choices lately, but his company is still moving ahead -
BlackBerry reports improvements in service
Posted: October 13th, 2011, 3:48am MDT
BlackBerry said it was making progress Thursday as a network outage entered its fourth day, testing the nerves of users who rely on the smartphones for businesses and social uses. -
BlackBerry's outage caused by e-mail backup
Posted: October 12th, 2011, 4:33pm MDT
In a brief press conference Wednesday, Research in Motion CTO for Software David Yach said a backlog of messages to Europe has created a cascading outage effect for BlackBerry users around the world. -
Tumblr is platform for Occupy Wall Street debate
Posted: October 12th, 2011, 10:29am MDT
The blogging platform Tumblr -- which sits somewhere between Twitter and WordPress on the social media spectrum -- has become one of the more interesting places to watch the debate about the Occupy Wall Street protests unfold. -
BlackBerry outage spreads to North America
Posted: October 12th, 2011, 9:07am MDT
Millions of BlackBerry users remained without service on Wednesday as a three-day outage continued. -
Can NBA players win lockout war on Twitter?
Posted: October 12th, 2011, 4:53am MDT
When word came that a lockout would cancel at least the first two weeks of this year's NBA season, Derek Fisher had a three-word response. -
Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest
Posted: October 11th, 2011, 3:55am MDT
Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest brought on by a pancreatic tumor, Amy Cornell with the Santa Clara County Public Health Department in San Jose, California, said Monday. -
Netflix whiplash stirs angry mobs -- again
Posted: October 10th, 2011, 4:32pm MDT
Angry Netflix mobs aren't putting away the pitchforks yet. -
Bjork's 'Biophilia' takes music to the app world
Posted: October 10th, 2011, 12:02pm MDT
The musician Bjork is releasing the first ever app-album. It's called "Biophilia," and it goes on sale in the Apple App Store on Tuesday. -
Web savvy Africans fuel growth in online shopping
Posted: October 10th, 2011, 7:29am MDT
Armed with her mobile phone, Temiloluwa Akinremi embarks on her daily online routine, scouring the internet to keep up-to-date with what's happening in her city of Lagos, Nigeria. -
Obama's data-crunching skills and the 2012 race
Posted: October 9th, 2011, 6:50am MDT
In July, KDNuggets.com, an online newsite focused on data mining and analytics software, ran an unusual listing in its jobs section. -
Our future: Empty pockets, except for our phones
Posted: October 9th, 2011, 6:22am MDT
Our phones have replaced many other once-common tools, from GPS devices (remember those?) to handheld gaming consoles, point-and-shoot cameras, calendars, notebooks, newspapers and portable music players. Now they're conquering new territory, most notably the wallet. -
10 ways mobile gadgets have changed our lives
Posted: October 7th, 2011, 3:13pm MDT
A look at 10 ways the omnipresence of mobile gadgets has already changed the way we live. -
Apple iPhone 4S goes on pre-sale
Posted: October 7th, 2011, 1:19pm MDT
The iPhone 4S -- Apple's newest creation -- quietly went on pre-sale at 12 a.m. on Friday. -
What's next for airline apps?
Posted: October 7th, 2011, 12:14pm MDT
Airline passengers are already able to check in to flights, download boarding passes, select a seat on the go and keep an eye on the upgrades list thanks to recent evolutions in smartphone technology, and the options just keep growing. -
Steve Jobs saved technology from itself
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 6:28pm MDT
Just imagine, for a moment, a world in which Steve Jobs had never lived. How might daily life be different? -
Steve Jobs led the way in pop culture
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 1:13pm MDT
From the invention of iTunes, which completely changed the business of music, to offering the world its first completely full-length computer-generated animated film with Pixar's "Toy Story" in 1995, Steve Jobs left his indelible fingerprints on the entertainment industry. -
Unraveling the tale behind the Apple logo
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 12:00pm MDT
If beauty is indeed truth, as John Keats claimed, then this story ought to be true: the logo on the back of your iPhone or Mac is a tribute to Alan Turing, the man who laid the foundations for the modern-day computer, pioneered research into artificial intelligence and unlocked German wartime codes. -
Steve Jobs as master showman, cult hero
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 11:21am MDT
Dozens of video-capable smartphones -- most of them Steve Jobs' own creations -- peered out over the sea of technology journalists like digital periscopes. -
Fans pay tribute to Jobs online, at Apple stores
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 10:12am MDT
Details were just beginning to emerge Thursday on plans for memorial services and other tributes to Steve Jobs, the iconic Apple co-founder who died Wednesday. -
How Steve Jobs saw the future
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 8:21am MDT
Business historian Nancy F. Koehn says Jobs' central insight was that technology was a democratizing force, making it possible for people to do what only a few could do before. -
iSad: Millions take to the web to mourn Steve Jobs
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 3:56am MDT
iSad. -
The spiritual side of Steve Jobs
Posted: October 5th, 2011, 7:08pm MDT
It's well known that the secret to Apple's meteoric success in the world of consumer technology was the vision, leadership and creativity of Steve Jobs, the company's celebrity founder. -
Colleagues, friends react to Jobs' death
Posted: October 5th, 2011, 7:02pm MDT
Friends and colleagues of Apple founder Steve Jobs sent their condolences Wednesday after his death at the age of 56. -
Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies
Posted: October 5th, 2011, 6:14pm MDT
(CNN) -- Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world's leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. -
Analysts: Tim Cook passed first test
Posted: October 5th, 2011, 8:24am MDT
New Apple CEO Tim Cook passed his first test as presenter, analysts say, although he didn't introduce a single product. -
What we really owe to Steve Jobs
Posted: October 5th, 2011, 5:41am MDT
Simon Garfield says Steve Jobs, who was absent at introduction of new iPhone, made the world of diverse typefaces available to computer users around the world -
The story behind Apple's Siri voice assistant
Posted: October 5th, 2011, 5:10am MDT
The iPhone 4S may not look any different from its predecessor, but it is Apple's only model with a sort of robot living inside. -
Apple introduces Siri, Web freaks out a little
Posted: October 4th, 2011, 4:19pm MDT
When Apple introduced Siri, the talking, voice-activated "personal assistant" that will come with its new iPhone 4S, the Web leaped to the obvious, rational conclusion: That it's a sinister, potentially alien artificial intelligence that's bound to kill us all. -
Apple unveils iPhone 4S, on sale October 14
Posted: October 4th, 2011, 12:42pm MDT
Apple on Tuesday unveiled the iPhone 4S, a faster version of its best-selling smartphone.