Wolfram Alpha's Facebook analytics just got smarter[ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:43:50 GMT ]The organization's new tool helps users arrange their friends and gain better insight into their Facebook network. [Read more]

U.S. is home to greatest number of botnet servers, says McAfee[ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:33:55 GMT ]With 631 active command and control servers, the U.S. far surpasses any other country, says the antivirus vendor. [Read more]

Twitter unveils Vine, its six-second Instagram for video[ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:53:38 GMT ]Twitter acquired Vine last fall, and today it unveiled the stand-alone iOS app. It offers short looping videos that can be embedded anywhere. [Read more]

Bieber dethrones Gaga on Twitter[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:38:24 EST ]In a perfect world, our most popular Twitterer might be a brilliant scientist, writer, philosopher or spiritual leader. In this world, he is an 18-year-old pop star with famous hair.

Man to build home using 3-D printer[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:41:50 EST ]A Dutch architect is thinking a little bigger about 3-D printing than the tiny-to-midsize trinkets we've seen so far.

Apple bans app over nude photos[ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:25:10 EST ]The removal of 500px from Apple's App Store raises questions over review equity, fairness and API functionality.

Here comes BlackBerry 10[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:42:46 EST ]The makers of BlackBerry devices, Research in Motion, are gearing up for a fight they can't afford to lose.

With BlackBerry 10, phone maker plots a comeback[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:08:11 EST ]The makers of BlackBerry devices, Research in Motion, are gearing up for a fight they can't afford to lose.

False reports of Fidel Castro's death spread on Twitter[ Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:33:47 GMT ]Judging by Twitter gossip, Fidel Castro must have more lives than your average housecat.

Google: 'Gangnam Style' generated over $8 million in advertising deals[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:25:14 GMT ]"I get tired or I get sick of it," Psy said of "Gangnam Style" during a news conference in Singapore in December. However the South Korean sensation feels about his infectious song and dance, there's certainly one thing that he can't complain about: Cold, hard cash.

Your iPhone warranty won't cover the damage this soup bowl stand may cause[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:41:38 GMT ]Look, we've all thoughtlessly put our iPhones into dangerous situations — on the edge of a sink, right next to a kleptomaniac monkey, on the roof of a moving car, and so on —  and had the little gadgets live to tell their tales. But these strokes of luck are no reason to suddenly start using a modified soup bowl as an iPhone stand.

Five fake political types on Twitter we wish were real[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:30:22 GMT ]As we saw during the presidential campaign when Mitt Romney's official Twitter account gained more than 100,000 followers in the span of a few days, the accusation of fake followers can cast a shadow on a politician's social media street cred, if not his career. But a satirical Twitter account portraying a fake version of a real politician, however vexing to the impersonated person, can be a whole lot of fun to everyone else.

Almost all in Congress use Twitter; if only bills could be as short as tweets[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:50:33 GMT ]All 100 members of the U.S. Senate now tweet, and 90 percent of the members of the House of Representatives send out 140-word bits and bites. (Why can't bill-writing be done with such brevity? The Affordable Care Act would have looked a lot different if it had said: "Everybody. Gets. Covered. The End.")  A look at the top members of Congress — according to Twitter.

Orangutans monkey around with iPads at zoo[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:00:58 GMT ]A program called Apps for Apes has swung its way into the Smithsonian's National Zoo in the U.S. capital. [Read more]

Zelda, Mario Kart, and other hits coming to Nintendo's Wii U[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:02:34 GMT ]After a fallow post-launch period, new games and remakes are coming to the Nintendo's new console. [Read more]

Verizon pops color into Lumia, Droid Razr lineup[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:02:52 GMT ]Big Red embraces rosier shades with the Nokia Lumia 822 and Motorola Droid Razr M. [Read more]

Surface RT tablet to get update glitch fix -- in February[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:05:16 GMT ]Microsoft expects to deliver early next month a fix for Windows RT devices hit by app-updating problems caused by, well, fixes introduced with the latest set of Patch Tuesday updates. [Read more]

Nearly half of iPhone users use YouTube's app, report says[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:00:00 GMT ]Mobile data company Onavo says the video app is by far Google's most popular offering on iOS. [Read more]

Here comes the new king of Twitter[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:11:37 EST ]Sometime on Sunday, the world will lurch a little on its axis. There'll be a thunderclap heard around the globe, a blinding flash of light, and the people of the Internet will fall to their knees in reverence.

D.C. wireless networks beefed up[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:08:37 EST ]What happens when 900,000 people gather in one place and try to make cell phone calls, or post photos to Facebook? Busy signals, dropped calls, and photo and video messages that never go through.

The best Inauguration Day tweets[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:46:33 EST ]From politicos to comedians to ordinary citizens, some tweets on the inauguration offered heartfelt thoughts on the historical importance of the day, while others jockeyed for a cheap laugh and a few retweets. Here are some of our favorites.

Bieber dethrones Gaga on Twitter[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:38:24 EST ]In a perfect world, our most popular Twitterer might be a brilliant scientist, writer, philosopher or spiritual leader. In this world, he is an 18-year-old pop star with famous hair.

Architect to build home using 3-D printer[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:04:17 EST ]A Dutch architect is thinking a little bigger about 3-D printing than the tiny-to-midsize trinkets we've seen so far.

Sex of ancient bird fossils determined[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:00:20 GMT ]An ancient, beaked bird that lived in what is today northeastern China was ovulating when she, yes "she," perished some 125 million years ago, suggests new research that can reveal the gender of bird fossils.

Toothy tumor found in Roman corpse[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:33:20 GMT ]In a necropolis in Spain, archaeologists have found the remains of a Roman woman who died in her 30s with a calcified tumor in her pelvis, a bone and four deformed teeth embedded within it.

'FaceWash' app finds all the filth on your Facebook Timeline[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:20:27 GMT ]Many of us live in a perpetual state of Facebook-induced fear. What if a tagged photo comes back to haunt us? What if someone says something terrible in a comment? What if that new Graph Search feature unearths details we tried to forget?

'Elder Scrolls Online' invites gamers to test new Tamriel[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:00:18 GMT ]The highly anticipated fantasy game “The Elder Scrolls Online” is about to open its door to the public for the first time. And so the game’s developers are asking players to help them test out their new online world, which has been six years in the making.

Wanted: Woman to give birth to Neanderthal[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:03:19 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Pioneering Harvard geneticist George Church suggests that someday soon, the only thing that will be needed to produce a Neanderthal baby is an "extremely adventurous" woman.

Amazon launches in-app buying for computer and online games[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:35:32 GMT ]Developers can now offer in-app purchases for people playing a PC, Mac, or Web-based game via Amazon. [Read more]

Apple eyes retail revival in Indonesia[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:36:18 GMT ]The iPhone and iPad maker reportedly will invest $2 million to $3 million in a new retail store in the country, signaling its interest in emerging markets. [Read more]

Apple's Chinese New Year sale hits Jan. 25 -- but only in Asia[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:37:12 GMT ]The Cupertino, Calif., giant will offer discounts to buyers in certain countries, including China and Malaysia. [Read more]

Best video tech for Web chat? Showdown set for March[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:37:24 GMT ]Internet Engineering Task Force members could pick a winner in the competition between Google's free VP8 and the industry-standard H.264 for Web-based chat technology. [Read more]

Microsoft Surface Pro hits U.S. and Canada on Feb. 9[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:00:00 GMT ]Surface's other shoe is about to drop: the full Windows 8, Intel Core-driven Surface is headed to stores in just a few weeks. [Read more]

Here comes the new king of Twitter[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:11:37 EST ]Sometime on Sunday, the world will lurch a little on its axis. There'll be a thunderclap heard around the globe, a blinding flash of light, and the people of the Internet will fall to their knees in reverence.

D.C. wireless networks beefed up[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:08:37 EST ]What happens when 900,000 people gather in one place and try to make cell phone calls, or post photos to Facebook? Busy signals, dropped calls, and photo and video messages that never go through.

The best Inauguration Day tweets[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:46:33 EST ]From politicos to comedians to ordinary citizens, some tweets on the inauguration offered heartfelt thoughts on the historical importance of the day, while others jockeyed for a cheap laugh and a few retweets. Here are some of our favorites.

Bieber dethrones Gaga on Twitter[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:38:24 EST ]In a perfect world, our most popular Twitterer might be a brilliant scientist, writer, philosopher or spiritual leader. In this world, he is an 18-year-old pop star with famous hair.

What Instagram taught us about the inauguration[ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:37:37 EST ]Washington was a sea of smartphones snapping photos on Monday throughout the pomp and circumstance of Inauguration Day. Between the glamorous gowns, the presidential oath, and the parade of marching bands, it was a day meant to be documented.

Giant Mars crater shows evidence of ancient lake[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:45:19 GMT ]New photos of a huge crater on Mars suggest water may lurk in crevices under the planet's surface, hinting that life might have once lived there, and raising the possibility that it may live there still, researchers say.

See Jupiter and moon shine close together[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:50:19 GMT ]Stargazers looking up as darkness falls on Monday will notice an eye catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the nighttime sky, weather permitting.

Hoping to revive an ancient tongue, Pope tweets in Latin[ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:27:34 GMT ]Pope Benedict tweeted in Latin for the first time on Sunday, taking his mission to revive the Catholic Church's official language to a very 21st-century medium.

Explorer's rare Scotch returned to Antarctic stash[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:58:23 GMT ]Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton's abandoned expedition base were returned to the polar continent Saturday after a distiller flew them to Scotland to recreate the long-lost recipe.

Northern lights get a boost from 'The Blob'[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:14:07 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "The Blob" from the sun has come and gone, sparking nothing more than beautiful views of the northern lights — and there could be more blobs to come.

Where to watch Obama's inauguration online[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:19:27 GMT ]Numerous Web sites will be bringing you live coverage of the official swearing-in ceremony and accompanying festivities. Here's where to tune in. [Read more]

NFC: Not just for mobile payments anymore[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT ]More companies embraced the close-range connectivity technology at the Consumer Electronics Show. How they're using NFC may surprise you. [Read more]

Apple's first 2013 earnings to be closely watched[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:00:00 GMT ]The company's earnings on Wednesday are expected to set new sales records for iPhones, iPads, and maybe even Macs. But Wall Street is still concerned. [Read more]

Get a 50-inch Sceptre HDTV for $399[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:02:48 GMT ]That's your after-rebate price, and you're on the hook for shipping, but it's still a solid deal on a great big TV. [Read more]

Freebook Sifter finds Kindle freebies[ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:00:00 GMT ]This handy site catalogs some 35,000 free e-books for your Kindle app or e-reader. [Read more]

Facebook's new search is incomplete[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:54:17 EST ]According to Facebook's new search feature, only two of my 526 friends like cats. Judging by the number of cat photos filling my feed every day, this is obviously not accurate.

Apparently This Matters: iPotty[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:27:48 EST ]I have a dog. A dog who, as I write this, is curled up quietly on the sofa, probably dreaming about dog things: Chasing squirrels. Riding in the car. His fake doggy girlfriend in California whom he's never actually met.