Bring more technology into your household tasks with this crane-like cardboard arm--it could also serve you some cool camera effects too.
Australian airline is lightening its load by scrapping paper documents and giving its pilots iPads for use during flights.
Yahoo repairs and explains the flaw that enabled hackers to steal nearly a half million passwords from one of its many services.
Analysis: Office's continued dominance is far from assured as software moves to the cloud and consumer devices arrive at work.
Sony hints it is working on a Windows 8 tablet to join its Android-powered entries, with plans for release in time for holiday shopping.
A misstep this week in regard to EPEAT participation reminds that Apple and environmentalists have clashed many times.
Armed with a Windows app and a custom version of Linux, these USB devices are designed to restore infected or bloated Windows PCs back to health.
Response to the company's developer-focused 'Project Sputnik' has been overwhelming, it says.
All are invited to the series of live chats with U.S. athletes competing in the Olympic Games in London this month.
The creators of Angry Birds have unveiled a new game that features neither rage nor avians, and developer Andreas Illiger has updated Tiny Wings with a new Flight School game mode.
The year started off with the FBI raiding the cloud file-sharing and storage Megaupload site, and last month the University of Nebraska acknowledged a data breach that exposed personal information on students and employees, plus parents and university alumni.
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer will very likely announce a pivotal new version of his company's Office suite at an event in San Francisco Monday. Tune in right here for our live coverage at noon Pacific Time.
All the talk about who's knocking off whom is getting old, and consumers don't want to be caught in the middle of the wrangling between the two consumer electronics makers.
Campaigns have grown increasingly sophisticated about using online resources in recent years.
Advanced network management and visibility tools are thought to be important to future IT deployments, as cloud computing, BYOD and other factors fuel an increase in the complexity and load size that business networks must handle.
Saturday's doodle infuses Google's name in gold into a reproduction of "The Kiss," which is arguably the late Austrian painter's most famous piece of art.
A Russian hacker exploits an iOS flaw to trick Apple's App Store into giving free in-app purchases.
Hackers breached Yahoo and exposed more than 450,000 passwords, but Yahoo is to blame for making it easy.
Japan's FujiFilm is suing Google's Motorola Mobility subsidiary over four patents associated with digital camera and photo technology in cellphones.
A new device from a team at Imperial College London costs only $60 to build and lets people with disabilities control their computers using only their eyes.
Google's Android and Apple's iOS account for 86 percent of the U.S. smartphone market, leaving other operating systems in the dust.
Are David Cage and Ellen Page paving the way for the future of gaming?
With Windows 8 expected in a matter of months and new tablets arriving, even ultrabooks aren't enticing enough to loosen pocketbooks.
The latest in telepresence technology, TELESAR V can convey touch, temperature and vibrations to its operator.
Republic Wireless will give users of its hybrid Wi-Fi and cellular mobile service access to a network of hotspots managed by Devicescape, the companies announced...
Safety and usability are combined with this iPhone case that doubles as a stun gun.
The highly anticipated Nexus 7 tablet has come to retail outlets, but it has sold out many places and retailers are taking orders for later delivery.
Lockheed Martin completes a successful 48-hour test of its Stalker UAS and a laser-recharging system.
While hardware and components makers face economic hurdles, the picture for software is getting brighter, according to earnings reports from major vendors and...
Bike commuters can look forward to the future: This bicycle prototype is made entirely out of cardboard, and costs about $10 to build.
Competition, arrogance are named by pundits as some of the reasons the mighty site tumbled.
Acer is offering a free upgrade to Windows 8 on some ultrabook models, saying it will refund the upgrade fee being charged by Microsoft on certain Windows 7 PC...
Virtualization and automation software developer Parallels is investigating claims that attackers are using a previously unknown vulnerability in its Plesk Panel...
Some users say their Facebook accounts were locked when they tried to use the new service.
Consumers may have access to OEM editions usually sold by hardware partners, which cost less but come with less support and flexibility.
Apple sold fewer Macs in the U.S. during the second quarter than during the same period last year, its first decline in three years.
Many of the next-gen productivity suite's features are still shrouded. Here's what we know based on its limited release for technical review.
However, online donations to the site will remain blocked for now, pending an appeal of the ruling by an Icelandic court.
Go to the Moon and hang out with a mammoth in this week’s roundup of free games.
Now you can merge or transfer one Google+ account with another Google+ account.
UPDATE: Yahoo confirms the data comes from Yahoo Contributor Network (previously Associated Content) but calls it "older" and much of it invalid.
Some users love Outlook, but I can't stand it any longer. It's slow, bloated, buggy, and not particular good at syncing with smartphones. Read my farewell note.
UPDATE: In a rare admission of error, Apple said Friday that it's back in good environmental standing.
China has started blocking SlideShare, a document sharing service recently acquired by LinkedIn, making the site inaccessible to users in the country.
Android Forums, an online forum for Android users, was the target of a hacker attack which could have led to user information including passwords getting...
For 333 people who used "ninja" as a password for Yahoo Mail or another Web service, Thursday was the day their fleet-footed, black-clad cover was blown.
Videoconferencing and collaboration technology vendor Polycom opened its new headquarters on Thursday in Silicon Valley.
New startups have emerged to help consumers secure, manage, and share their personal data exclusively with trusted individuals, companies, and institutions.
NewsGator will integrate its social networking add-on for SharePoint with Yammer, the company announced Thursday.
Why keep your predilection for cute cat videos to yourself? Share it with the world. Better yet, go watch them with a whole bunch of strangers this August.
wiredmikey writes "Following a shutdown of its 'NVIDIA Developer Zone,' earlier this week after the online community for developers had been hacked, the graphics chip maker on Friday also shut down its online store. The group of hackers behind the attack, going by the handle of 'The Apollo Project,' made mention of the claimed compromise in its original post exhibiting its successful attack against the NVIDIA Developer Zone site. While the company has shut down the online store, it has not acknowledged that a successful attack has taken place. 'NVIDIA has suspended operation of the NVIDIA Gear Store (store.nvidia.com) as a precaution, following confirmed attacks on several of our other sites,' read a statement posted on the site posted. The claimed attackers wrote, 'We aren't acting extremely maliciously, we've used this database to target disgusting corporations who deserve to be brought to justice.. and we are getting there, slowly but surely.'"
An anonymous reader writes "Reuters reports that beleaguered wireless device maker Research In Motion is on the losing end of a patent suit that will cost them $147.2 million. The jury arrived at that number by assigning an $8 royalty for every BlackBerry connected to RIM's enterprise server software. Unsurprisingly, RIM intends to appeal the decision. 'Mformation sued RIM in 2008, bringing claims on a patent for a process that remotely manages a wireless device over a wireless network, a court filing says. According to its web site, Mformation helps corporations manage their smart phone inventory. The company also says it helps telecoms operators, such as AT&T and Sprint, with remote fixes and upgrades for users' gadgets. RIM argued that Mformation's patent claims are invalid because the processes were already being used when Mformation filed its patent application.'"
An anonymous reader writes "An article at Time speculates that the recent hype surrounding 3-D display technology has finally peaked and begun to subside. As evidence, they point to comments from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who does not seem particularly enthusiastic about it, and concedes it won't be a major selling point if the company continues to have 3-D enabled products in the future. He said, 'So, now we've created the 3DS and 3DS XL and also have some games out there that are really using that 3D effect that we can see, from my point of view, that it's an important element. But as human beings are this kind of surprise effect wears off quickly, and just [having] this 3D stereoscopic effect isn't going to keep people excited.' Revenue from 3-D films is also dropping, and while 3-D television sales are rising, only 14 percent of potential buyers think 3-D is a 'must have' feature."
msmoriarty writes "We recently got a copy of a new Voke analyst report on Agile, and the firm basically blasts the movement from top to bottom. Some highlights: 'The Agile movement is designed to sell services. ... Out of over 200 survey participants, we received only four detailed comments describing success with Agile.' 'Survey participants report that developers use the guise of Agile to avoid planning and to avoid creating documentation required for future maintenance. ... Be aware that the Agile movement might very well just be either a developer rebellion against unwanted tasks and schedules or just an opportunity to sell Agile services including certification and training.' So did the analysts just talk to the wrong 200 people?"
walterbyrd writes with news that Apple has been sending out letters to carriers and retailers who sell the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Nexus, informing them of a court-mandated ban on sales and warning them against continuing to market the devices. The court order for the patent case on the Galaxy Tab says Samsung and "those acting in concert" with them are enjoined from selling the devices, and Apple has used the letters to point this out. Samsung, of course, disagrees: "Apple’s menacing letters greatly overreach, incorrectly claiming that third-party retailers are subject to the prohibitions of the preliminary injunction, which they clearly are not."
CIStud writes "A U.S. District Court in Massachusetts has ruled that iPod, iPad and iPhone speakers docks do not infringe on a patent owned by Bose Corp. for digital audio conversion. The ruling in the case of Bose vs. small dock speaker makers SDI, DPI, Imation and others reportedly was a test case that would have set precedent for potential patent infringement by other manufacturers... and even Apple... according to the defendant's legal team. At issue: Is an iPhone, iPad or iPod a 'computer.' The judge says they aren't."
Hugh Pickens writes "Megan Garber writes in the Atlantic that aesthetically, Wikipedia is remarkably unattractive. 'The gridded layout! The disregard for mind-calming images! The vaguely Geocities-esque environment! Whether it's ironic or fitting, it is undeniable: The Sum of All Human Knowledge, when actually summed up, is pretty ugly.' But Wikipedians consider the site's homeliness as a feature rather than a bug. 'Wikipedia has always been kind of a homely, awkward, handcrafted-looking site,' says Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, adding that the homeliness 'is part of its awkward charm.' Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr have built followings in part because of their exceedingly simple interfaces. Everything about their design says, 'Come on, guys. Participate. It's easy,' while Wikipedia, so far, has been pretty much the opposite of that. 'The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit' might more properly be nicknamed 'the free encyclopedia that any geek can edit.' This is particularly problematic because one of the Wikimedia Foundation's broad strategic goals is to expand its base of editors. While the editing interface is friendly to the site's super-users who tend to be so committed to Wikipedia's mission that they're willing to do a lot to contribute to it, if Wikipedia wants to make itself more attractive to users, a superficial makeover may be just the thing Wikipedia needs to begin growing in a more meaningful way."
New submitter k(wi)r(kipedia) writes "A BBC investigation has found evidence of fake users skewing the results of Facebook's 'Like' recommendation system. The BBC set up a Facebook page for a fake business called VirtualBagel and invited users to 'like' it. The page reportedly attracted 'over 1,600 likes' within twenty-four hours. The test appeared to confirm the claims of a social media marketing consultant who contacted the BBC after he noticed a disparity in the distribution of users 'liking' the products of his clients. 'While they had been targeting Facebook users around the world, all their "likes" appeared to be coming from countries such as the Philippines and Egypt.'"
judgecorp writes "Mobile operator O2's network crashed on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. In the aftermath it has emerged how other services rely on mobile networks. Law enforcement agencies were unable to track some convicted criminals wearing electronic tags, and the crash also disabled parts of London's network of 'Boris Bikes' — public hire bikes."
An anonymous reader writes "Cloud-based personal data management is pretty cool... if you don't mind entrusting the entirety of your personal data to a gigantic corporation. Apart from the risks of their doing unseemly things with your data, also the security of your data is entirely in their unreliable hands. So, is it possible to build my own personal data repository, where for example, I can store my contacts and calendars to sync to multiple devices? This could be hosted on any third party hosting service assuming also that all of my data was encrypted at the data level. So even if the host wanted to look at my data, all they'd see is 1s and 0s. What are the options for the tinfoil hat wearing FOSS folks that want to participate in the cloud age?"
Freshly Exhumed writes with this excerpt from Space Weather: "Big sunspot AR1520 unleashed an X1.4-class solar flare on July 12th at 1653 UT. Because this sunspot is directly facing Earth, everything about the blast was geoeffective. For one thing, it hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) directly toward our planet. According to a forecast track prepared by analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, the CME will hit Earth on July 14th around 10:20 UT (+/- 7 hours) and could spark strong geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers should be alert for auroras this weekend."