Mark Zuckerberg confirms: 'I wear the same thing every day'[ Tue, 2 Oct 2012 21:02:01 GMT ]Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down last week with TODAY's Matt Lauer for his first television interview since the social network's IPO. The interview will air on Oct. 4 on TODAY and Rock Center with Brian Williams, but we already know exactly which moment will make you chuckle the most.

New Nexus smartphone due, but rumors are vague, contradictory[ Wed, 3 Oct 2012 15:38:35 GMT ]Nearly a year has passed since Samsung and Google unveiled the Galaxy Nexus (along with Android Ice Cream Sandwich), so it's natural to expect a shiny new Nexus-branded smartphone to be announced this month. But here's the problem: The rumor mill is churning out so many contradicting details that we're ready to cry.

Social media hones cynical edge in presidential politics[ Tue, 2 Oct 2012 10:35:26 GMT ]When you're watching the first presidential debate Wednesday night, don't believe what you see. Online, that is.

Pre-caffeine tech: Mark Zuckerberg's shirts, Darth Vader with a bunny! [ Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:42:26 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed, "I wear the same thing every day," in an exclusive interview with Matt Lauer you can watch Thursday on TODAY and Rock Center with Brian Williams.

How synthetic biology will change us[ Wed, 3 Oct 2012 00:30:52 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: In the future, genetically modified organisms could be making our medicines, our fuel, our houses — and they could even help us remake ourselves.

RIM kicks BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 into the field[ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:15:34 GMT ]The software upgrade to RIM's BlackBerry tablet adds security and some minor fixes. [Read more]

Twitter teams with Nielsen on brand surveys[ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:45:39 GMT ]The microblogging service says companies will be able to create surveys directly within Twitter to gauge their opinions and reactions to certain topics. [Read more]

Steve Jobs -- The untold tales[ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:03:12 GMT ]Friends and colleagues shed a light on Jobs by revealing some of their most indelible moments with the late Apple leader via Forbes magazine. [Read more]

Apple's hardware boss shuffle ruffled feathers, report says[ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:04:34 GMT ]According to a new report, a major change in Apple's hardware division angered some of the company's top employees. [Read more]

Kids post Facebook pics of themselves burglarizing house[ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:09:52 GMT ]Some teens allegedly break into a house, have a party and then post the evidence on Facebook. Oh, and they tag themselves too. [Read more]

Your biggest smartphone tragedies[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:20:16 EDT ]There are many ways to lose or ruin your smartphone. Forgetfulness, crime, gravity, anger, intoxication, acts of God.

Did Apple fandom peak with Jobs?[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:19:59 EDT ]Apple Store employees, dressed in matching blue T-shirts, clapped and sang and made intermittent "woo!" cheers as they walked past John H., who was waiting in line to buy the iPhone 5 in Atlanta last month.

Zuck: I wear same thing every day[ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:18:54 EDT ]Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview on "NBC's Today" set to air on Thursday that he lives a "simple" life and proudly wears the same thing every day.

Who is the next Steve Jobs?[ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:18:38 EDT ]It's a loaded question, one with no clear answer. But in the year since Apple's co-founder and visionary CEO died, it's been asked in tech circles over and over:

Who is the next Steve Jobs (and is there one)?[ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:09:18 EDT ]It's a loaded question, one with no clear answer. But in the year since Apple's co-founder and visionary CEO died, it's been asked in tech circles over and over:

Your finger swipe could become your password[ Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:16:08 GMT ]Natural finger movements can be more secure, more memorable and more fun than standard passcodes and passwords, according to researchers at New York University.

Gmail now lets you search PDF and Word attachments[ Tue, 2 Oct 2012 14:59:26 GMT ]Given that it's from Google, it's not surprising that Gmail has a powerful search feature. But until now, if your email had a third-party attachment, say a PDF or Word doc, it couldn't index that text.

Pre-caffeine tech: Privacy wars, Baturday![ Tue, 2 Oct 2012 13:38:21 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Facebook wants the Obama administration to make "Like" exempt from child privacy laws -- you know, that button that helps deliver targeted advertisements.

Postage stamps celebrate the planet[ Tue, 2 Oct 2012 01:21:23 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A new postage-stamp set celebrates America's landscapes, as seen from heights ranging from several hundred feet to several hundred miles.

Social media hones cynical edge in presidential politics[ Tue, 2 Oct 2012 10:35:26 GMT ]When you're watching the first presidential debate Wednesday night, don't believe what you see. Online, that is.

Who controls your digital assets post-mortem?[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:33:01 GMT ]A law professor says federal laws are needed to give people the right to control their digital afterlife. [Read more]

New York Times unveils Web app for iPad[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:08:38 GMT ]The new HTML5-based but "experimental" app is available for current subscribers of the paper's online edition. [Read more]

Paul Allen likes Windows 8 -- well, except for a few things[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:20:52 GMT ]The Microsoft co-founder says the new tablet features are "particularly bold and innovative," but he calls some aspects of the new operating system "puzzling." [Read more]

iOS 6 already on 60 percent of iPhones in North America[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:43:38 GMT ]More than half of iPhone users, and close to that on iPads and iPods, are running Apple's latest iOS, an advertising company says. [Read more]

Microsoft's holiday pop-up stores get Oct. 26 start date[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:49:07 GMT ]And that Friday, not surprisingly, is also the launch date for Windows 8. All told, there will be 30-plus holiday pop-up stores in the U.S. and Canada. [Read more]

Rock on! The compact disc turns 30[ Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:26:55 EDT ]On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel's "52nd Street," was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped recording pop music and the music industry has moved on to the next hot medium.

Review: Kindle Paperwhite e-reader[ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:35:04 EDT ]The new Kindle Paperwhite isn't the perfect character. Just like the literary creations that live and die on its screen, it has flaws. It's wise, though it still suffers from memories of its past.

Water, theft, gravity: smartphone killers[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:01:49 EDT ]There are many ways to lose or ruin your smartphone. Forgetfulness, crime, gravity, anger, intoxication, acts of God.

Did fanboy fever peak with Steve Jobs?[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:01:58 EDT ]Apple Store employees, dressed in matching blue T-shirts, clapped and sang and made intermittent "woo!" cheers as they walked past John H., who was waiting in line to buy the iPhone 5 in Atlanta last month.

Did Apple's fanboy fever peak with Steve Jobs?[ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:17:12 EDT ]Apple Store employees, dressed in matching blue T-shirts, clapped and sang and made intermittent "woo!" cheers as they walked past John H., who was waiting in line to buy the iPhone 5 in Atlanta last month.

How to make your smartphone's ringtones smarter[ Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:53:02 GMT ]Find out how to tweak your smartphone's ringtones and alerts so they're actually informative and not just the same annoying sound.

Apple no longer calls Maps ‘the most beautiful, powerful mapping service ever’[ Mon, 1 Oct 2012 16:03:02 GMT ]Not only did Apple CEO Tim Cook recently apologize for the Apple Maps app and recommended competitors' mapping solutions as alternatives, but now Apple has changed some language related to Maps on its website as well.

Apple posts fix for Verizon iPhone 5 Wi-Fi bug[ Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:13:17 GMT ]Apple has rolled out a fix for an annoying (and potentially costly) issue affecting some Verizon iPhone 5 owners.

White House says it thwarted cyberattack[ Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:44:48 GMT ]The White House is acknowledging an attempt to infiltrate its computer system but says it thwarted the effort A White House official said the attack targeted an unclassified network. He said the attack was identified and that the system was isolated to prevent spread.

Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite is the new king of e-readers[ Mon, 1 Oct 2012 01:08:22 GMT ]Amazon's new e-reader solves two of e-ink's biggest problems — lousy contrast and lack of integrated lighting — while preserving the e-reader's core advantages: readability, affordability and insanely long battery life.

Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer gives birth to baby boy[ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:35:07 GMT ]The Yahoo CEO and her husband Zachary Bogue are now the parents of a new boy. [Read more]

Facebook explains ad moves to try to prevent privacy freakout[ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:38:32 GMT ]The social networking giant's privacy engineer says it has taken many steps to safeguard users' information, including substituting "hashes" for email addresses in its Custom Audiences feature. [Read more]

Apple fixes data usage snafu on Verizon iPhone 5[ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:40:48 GMT ]Some Verizon iPhone 5 users were inadvertently being charged for data usage when they were actually on a Wi-Fi network. But Apple has come to the rescue with a software fix. [Read more]

Zuckerberg meets with Russia's PM Medvedev[ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:59:31 GMT ]AP reports that Medvedev convinced Zuckerberg to open a research center in Moscow rather than seek to lure Russian programmers to the U.S. [Read more]

Facebook CEO: Search to harness the 'wisdom of friends'[ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:00:03 GMT ]The social network's Sheryl Sandberg talks search, e-commerce, ads and analytics with CNBC this morning. [Read more]

10 smartphone habits to avoid[ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:42:12 EDT ]These are things you literally could not do before the www went mobile; now we're embarrassing ourselves all over the place.

Facebook launches Gifts service[ Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:37:40 EDT ]Bad about forgetting peoples' birthdays until you see them pop up on Facebook?

Rock on! The compact disc turns 30[ Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:26:55 EDT ]On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel's "52nd Street," was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped recording pop music and the music industry has moved on to the next hot medium.

Review: Kindle Paperwhite e-reader[ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:35:04 EDT ]The new Kindle Paperwhite isn't the perfect character. Just like the literary creations that live and die on its screen, it has flaws. It's wise, though it still suffers from memories of its past.

Review: Kindle Paperwhite is king of the e-readers[ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:30:41 EDT ]The new Kindle Paperwhite isn't the perfect character. Just like the literary creations that live and die on its screen, it has flaws. It's wise, though it still suffers from memories of its past.

Google Field Trip serves as virtual tour guide[ Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:06:17 GMT ]Google's new Field Trip app pops up interesting local information — from local history and architecture to the best restaurants and shopping — without you having to ask for it.

SpaceX tests rocket engines for liftoff[ Sat, 29 Sep 2012 21:57:55 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: SpaceX says it successfully test-fired the engines on its Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for Oct. 7's liftoff of a space station resupply mission.

30 years ago, the CD started the digital music revolution[ Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:08:26 GMT ]The digital music revolution officially hit 30 years ago, on Oct. 1, 1982. After years of research and an intense period of collaboration with Philips (and the Bee Gees), Sony shipped the world's first CD player. Music would never be the same.

9 steps to the perfect online dating message[ Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:28:57 GMT ]Why are so many online come-ons so terrible? Find out how to send a semi-decent online dating message in nine easy steps.

Maya prophecies: What were they thinking?[ Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:14:22 GMT ]As the clock winds down to Dec. 21, experts on the Maya calendar have been racing to convince people that the Maya didn't predict an apocalypse for the end of this year.