Microsoft Surface Pro set for sales on Saturday[ Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:56:36 GMT ]Microsoft will begin sales of the Surface Pro this weekend. The Pro and RT model look alike, but that's where the similarity ends. [Read more]

Apple and the iWatch conundrum[ Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:14:33 GMT ]Here's why Apple needs an iWatch badly, but likely won't make one. [Read more]

YouTube to be blocked in Egypt over anti-Islam film[ Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:52:59 GMT ]An Egyptian court ruled to suspend Google's YouTube for a month for broadcasting "Innocence of Muslims," according to a state news agency report. [Read more]

Poll: Do you listen to movies or TV over headphones?[ Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:36:00 GMT ]Sure, most folks are more likely to listen to music over headphones, but some of you are also listening to movies, TV shows or YouTube with headphones. [Read more]

Apparently This Matters: Face tattoos[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:52:41 EST ]This week, Jarrett Bellini considers a woman whose finance tattooed his name on her face.

How Facebook (briefly) killed the Internet[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:30:46 EST ]For a few minutes Thursday evening, Facebook was redirecting users visiting dozens of websites -- including Mashable and CNN -- to cryptic error pages.

New iPhone app vows to fix e-mail clutter[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:13:20 EST ]When the United States Postal Service announced it would no longer deliver mail on Saturdays, those of us with e-mail anxiety had a moment of jealousy. What would it be like to have two whole days when the Internet just didn't deliver to anyone's inbox?

A tiny Roomba for your phone and tablet[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:49:14 EST ]One of the drawbacks of Roombas, the robotic floor cleaning devices that automatically scoot around and suck up dirt, is that they are too big to clean what really matters. They fall off of pets, are miserable at dishes and they do very little for tablet and smartphone maintenance.

5 ways to stay charged in a power outage[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:12:04 EST ]In our increasingly digital world, a mobile phone or other portable device is often a one-stop communication device. Phone calls, text messages, social media and even radio and television can all come from the same gadget.

Rare 'strobe light star' may actually be twins[ Fri, 8 Feb 2013 16:58:18 GMT ]An odd flashing star may actually be a pair of cosmic twins: two newly formed baby stars that circle each other closely and flash like a strobe light, scientists say.

Twitter searches to finally include tweets older than one week[ Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:00:53 GMT ]Twitter has developed a way to bring up tweets older than a week in searches, potentially putting an end to a common frustration among users.

Net goes nuts over dad's $200 'Facebook Deactivation' offer to daughter[ Thu, 7 Feb 2013 20:44:36 GMT ]A contract to stay off Facebook until the end of the school year isn’t the first pact Paul Baier made with his 14-year-old daughter, but it's his first parenting decision to go viral. One expert says this agreement isn't the bribe for good behavior some commenters are calling it.

Pre-caffeine tech: Facebook bugs, snow cats![ Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:44:26 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Whoops!

Asteroid will get swift kick during close pass[ Thu, 7 Feb 2013 22:32:07 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: It may sound unsettling to hear that a potential killer asteroid will just barely miss Earth next week, but don't panic: Earth's gravitational field will give it such a kick that we'll never have to worry about it again.

Activision 'somewhat disappointed' with Wii U launch[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:58:25 GMT ]Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick says his company has witnessed "slower-than-expected adoption" of Nintendo's new game console. [Read more]

Motorola Electrify M getting Jelly Bean jolt[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:58:27 GMT ]On April 12 Electrify M users can update to Android Jelly Bean. [Read more]

Macmillan reaches e-book pricing settlement with DOJ[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:02:48 GMT ]Now all that's left is Apple. The U.S. Justice Department says it will continue to litigate against the electronics giant for conspiring with Macmillan and four of the other largest U.S. book publishers to raise e-book prices. [Read more]

It wasn't Beyonce: Super Bowl outage traced to relay failure[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:22:53 GMT ]Entergy, an electric and gas utility in New Orleans, says a relay device installed to protect Superdome equipment in the event of a cable failure ended up malfunctioning. [Read more]

SkyDrive users can now share Office documents with anyone[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:49:57 GMT ]Microsoft has tweaked its online collaboration so that people can view and edit your Office documents without a Microsoft account. [Read more]

Dad pays teen $200 to quit Facebook[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:42:00 EST ]A Boston dad is paying his 14-year-old daughter $200 to quit using Facebook for almost five months, according to a post on his blog.

Apparently This Matters: Face tattoos[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:02:52 EST ]This week, Jarrett Bellini considers a woman whose finance tattooed his name on her face.

How Facebook (briefly) killed the Internet[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:30:46 EST ]For a few minutes Thursday evening, Facebook was redirecting users visiting dozens of websites -- including Mashable and CNN -- to cryptic error pages.

New iPhone app vows to fix e-mail clutter[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:13:20 EST ]When the United States Postal Service announced it would no longer deliver mail on Saturdays, those of us with e-mail anxiety had a moment of jealousy. What would it be like to have two whole days when the Internet just didn't deliver to anyone's inbox?

How Facebook (briefly) killed the Internet[ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:30:46 EST ]For a few minutes Thursday evening, Facebook was redirecting users visiting dozens of websites -- including Mashable and CNN -- to cryptic error pages.

Video, 4G propel mobile traffic to new heights[ Thu, 7 Feb 2013 01:49:35 GMT ]A new report on mobile data use showed that increasing numbers of smartphones, many of them Android-based and capable of 4G data speeds, led to continuing increases in mobile traffic. Last year saw more than 10 exabytes of data sent to and from our devices.

Hey Monopoly! What's with this dumb cat?[ Wed, 6 Feb 2013 19:31:20 GMT ]Opinion: Some people will say that the cat is a symbol of the feline-obsessed Internet era, and its usurpation of the iron's slot in the ubiquitous Parker Brothers box is representative of the world's transition from Industrialism to a glorious new Information Age . But the truth is, people just like cats.

Newtown lawmaker calls for 'sin tax' on violent video games[ Wed, 6 Feb 2013 21:43:24 GMT ]A Connecticut state representative whose district includes Newtown is calling for a tax on "Mature"-rated video games, and she wants the money to fund mental health education about "the danger of violent games." Republican lawmaker DebraLee Hovey submitted the bill calling for a 10 percent sales tax on all M-rated video games, in the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School which took the lives of 20 children and six adults.

Pre-caffeine tech: Drone-proof cities, pug party hats![ Thu, 7 Feb 2013 15:13:23 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

How to investigate the X Files of physics[ Thu, 7 Feb 2013 00:53:01 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: They may not be on a par with alien goo or liver-eating mutants, but there's a whole collection of real-life X Files that physicists are puzzling over.

Tablet Thursday: Get a Motorola Xoom 2 + 4G LTE for $219 shipped[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:14:37 GMT ]Known stateside as the Motorola Droid Xyboard, this feature-packed tablet is available in your choice of size: 8.2 or 10.1. [Read more]

Samsung, EA team up for mobile apps initiative[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:58:56 GMT ]The partnership between the companies is designed to increase the amount of apps available in Samsung's application marketplace. [Read more]

Let's Date offers a sexy, new way to find love from your iPhone[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:12:17 GMT ]The funky iOS-only application picks out people for you to date and then gives you two choices: "no thanks" or "let's date." The rest is up to you. [Read more]

Free LibreOffice office suite beefs up with version 4.0[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:37:00 GMT ]The free open-source alternative to Microsoft Office now has a new edition with enhancements for both users and developers. [Read more]

Ouya chief: We'll launch a new console every year[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:46:24 GMT ]Although Ouya won't hit wide retail lease in June, the company plans to launch a new model each year. [Read more]

Porn tests app stores' inspectors[ Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:00:25 EST ]It's been framed as a debate between Web freedom and the freedom from stumbling upon potentially offensive content.

Survey finds fatigue with Facebook[ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:43:04 EST ]Facebook follows you everywhere. It's on phones and computers, at work and home, and in the news. So it's understandable that people might need a little rest from the social network.

iTunes serves up 25 billionth song[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:55:03 EST ]On Wednesday, Apple announced a pretty mind-boggling stat: The 25 billionth song had been downloaded on iTunes.

Dad pays teen $200 to quit Facebook[ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:54:18 EST ]A Boston dad is paying his 14-year-old daughter $200 to quit using Facebook for almost five months, according to a post on his blog.

Why Facebook may want to track your location[ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:01:58 EST ]Facebook may be working on an app that will let your friends, or even complete strangers, know where you are at all times.

Planck telescope might help us grasp reality[ Wed, 6 Feb 2013 16:50:45 GMT ]Launched in 2009 by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Planck space telescope has spent years soaking up radiation from the furthest most reaches of the universe. One of its major tasks has been to catalog the faint patterns in the endearing electromagnetic remnants of our universe’s infancy with unprecedented precision.

Twitter tweaks Vine porn problem with adult rating[ Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:13:16 GMT ]There's no sense in denying it: Vine, Twitter's new video-sharing service, has a wee bit of a porn problem. And now Twitter has just plain slapped an age restriction on the Vine app.

Pre-caffeine tech: Kickstarter Death Star, Pete & Pete![ Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:43:08 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

Surface Pro: Clunky, chunky, but Microsoft's best hope[ Wed, 6 Feb 2013 02:06:56 GMT ]Microsoft's Surface proposition sounded at first a little like a car that could rip out tree stumps and still get 50 miles to the gallon. But when you got to the dealership, the salesman would show you the car that could rip out tree stumps and the car that got 50 miles to the gallon. In other words, it's not one car, but two.

Nearby red dwarfs could have alien Earths[ Wed, 6 Feb 2013 16:25:15 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: An analysis of data from NASA's Kepler mission suggests that habitable, Earth-sized planets should be found around red dwarf stars in our celestial "backyard."

Never fear, Europe: Mac Pro likely will get update soon[ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:21:02 GMT ]Apple notified at least one reseller partner in Europe that it will release new computers this spring to replace those being banned in the EU as of March 1, according to French publication MacGeneration. [Read more]

Amazon patents way for you to sell your digital items[ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:25:21 GMT ]A newly-awarded Amazon patent could open the door to an electronic marketplace where consumers can sell digital goods to each other. [Read more]

iTunes claims 25B total downloads, 15B since 2010[ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:47:28 GMT ]Apple's industry-saving digital music store shows no signs of slowing down, even in the face of new competition. [Read more]

iTunes claims 25B total downloads, 15B since 2010[ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:47:28 GMT ]Apple's digital music store shows no signs of slowing down, even in the face of new competition from the likes of Pandora and Spotify. [Read more]

Ultraslim notebook shipments poised for growth in 2013[ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:50:43 GMT ]Touch screen suppliers and ultraslim panel makers are making it difficult for PC vendors to get their notebooks to store shelves. [Read more]

Breaking down Super Bowl's tech ads[ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:27:03 EST ]Yeah, yeah. We know. You just watch the Super Bowl for the commercials.