Report: Gang hacked Apple, Facebook[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:22:34 EST ]An Eastern European gang of hackers bent on stealing company secrets was responsible for recent attacks on Apple, Facebook and Twitter as well as dozens of other less-publicized hacks, according to new reports.

Sony unveils PS4 (but no box)[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:29:12 EST ]Sony shows off some of the PlayStation 4's social integration as well as improved hardware.

PlayStation 4: What gamers like, loathe[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:39:45 EST ]Sony's big event for the new PlayStation 4 was streamed live online, and curious gamers flocked to Twitter and other social sites to share their thoughts.

Google unveils touchscreen laptop[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:28:30 EST ]Google unveiled a groundbreaking new Chromebook laptop Thursday — one with touchscreen capability, powerful chipset and an extremely high-resolution display.

The embarrassing rise of 'sleep texting'[ Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:39:14 EST ]If you have a smartphone, you may have felt the embarrassment of sending a private message to the wrong person or having autocorrect fail you at just the wrong time.

En garde! Odd shark wields 'lightsaber' spines[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:38:47 GMT ]Austin Powers' Dr. Evil had one simple request: "sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads." Velvet belly lantern sharks may not satisfy that demand, but perhaps they're even better: They have glowing spines that look like lightsabers.

Video: PlayStation 4 revealed: Does it live up to the promise?[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:32:35 GMT ]Sony unveiled their new PlayStation at a live event in New York City. NBCNews.com's Todd Kenreck asks if the newest gaming console lives up to the hype. (In-Game)

Facebook to 104-year-old grandma: Sorry we made you lie about your age[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:16:53 GMT ]For the last few years, 104-year-old Marguerite Joseph has been claiming that she's 99-years-old online. "I was actually born on April 19, 1908," she explains on her Facebook profile, "but Facebook wouldn't let me enter in a date that goes back that far."

Sony reveals PlayStation 4, fires first shot in console war[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:16:58 GMT ]Sony revealed its new game machine — the PlayStation 4 — as well as a new controller with a touchpad and a "share" button and light bar, signaling the dawn of a new era in gaming.

Millionaire plans manned Mars flyby in 2018[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:46:32 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Millionaire spaceflier Dennis Tito has worked out a plan to send two astronauts to Mars and back without stopping — but the 501-day flight plan won’t work unless it launches in 2018.

Amazon in antitrust crosshairs over Marketplace price rules[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:05:15 GMT ]The company reportedly requires merchants to not offer a product available on its site for cheaper elsewhere. German regulators want to know more about that practice. [Read more]

Get a powerline Ethernet starter kit for $29.99[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:15:27 GMT ]That's your out-the-door no-rebate price on this two-adapter kit, which saves you the hassles of running Ethernet cables all through your house. [Read more]

FCC institutes new rules on cell phone signal boosters[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:27:39 GMT ]In order to use boosters, consumers must register them with carriers and ensure that they obtain permission to use them. [Read more]

Microsoft is cooler than it used to be, say half of those polled[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:48:24 GMT ]Half of the people between 18 and 29 polled by Reuters/Ipsos say the software giant is cooler now. [Read more]

Samsung tops Apple in connected device sales in '12[ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:02:40 GMT ]International Data Corp. also reports that the total market for smartphones, tablets, and PCs climbed 29 percent last year. [Read more]

Goodbye Hotmail, hello Outlook[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:41:18 EST ]When Microsoft introduced a preview version of a fresh and inventive webmail service it called Outlook.com last August, it was pretty clear that it was telling the world that it intended to start winding down its venerable Hotmail sooner or later.

The happiest and saddest U.S. states[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:20:59 EST ]If you're sick of cheerful, happy people, it might be wise to avoid Hawaii or Napa, California. They were found to be the United States' happiest state and city, respectively, in a recent study of geotagged tweets.

Police contact victim's mom on Facebook[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:20:28 EST ]An Atlanta-area woman is angry after she says police used a little-known messaging feature on Facebook to contact her after her son was killed.

How it will feel to wear Google Glass[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:13:51 EST ]What would it be like to wear Google Glass? Google answered that very question Wednesday morning, posting a lot more information about Project Glass, including the user interface, through a series of photos and videos.

Report: Gang hacked Apple, Facebook[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:22:34 EST ]An Eastern European gang of hackers bent on stealing company secrets was responsible for recent attacks on Apple, Facebook and Twitter as well as dozens of other less-publicized hacks, according to new reports.

Dolphins call each other by name, study claims[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:09:37 GMT ]Bottlenose dolphins call out the specific names of loved ones when they become separated, a study finds.

Expert: US in cyber arms race with China, Russia[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:29:11 GMT ]The United States is locked in a tight race with China and Russia to build destructive cyberweapons capable of seriously damaging other nations’ critical infrastructure, according to a leading expert on hostilities waged via the Internet.

Spearphishing: Dirty trick favored by nastiest hackers[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:10:57 GMT ]A new report says that the Chinese military is secretly obtaining sensitive data from U.S. companies. A key technique is "spearphishing," an approach that tricks a targeted individual to reveal information that can be used to infiltrate the company or government agency that person works for.

The new Yahoo! design: What's changed?[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:31:26 GMT ]On Wednesday, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer unveiled the Web portal's new site design on TODAY. Things are basically the same, but a tiny bit different. (And that's a good thing!)

That's no spaceship! Radar spots asteroid[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:37:40 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A pixelated profile from NASA's Goldstone radar dish makes the passing asteroid 2012 DA14 look a bit like an out-of-control Viper space fighter from "Battlestar Galactica."

Firefox video support expanding with WebRTC and H.264[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:36:00 GMT ]Going against its initial hopes, Mozilla starts adding support for the patent-encumbered H.264 video compression standard. Perhaps it'll get revenge through WebRTC. [Read more]

Apple updates iTunes with new Composers view[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:50:17 GMT ]Yesterday's update to iTunes was a minor one but provides a new way to view your music by composers. [Read more]

LivingSocial raises $110M in funding from current investors[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:51:40 GMT ]The cash infusion will allow the daily deals site to pursue its "aggressive roadmap" while buffering it against "unanticipated events or bumps in the road," CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy wrote in a memo. [Read more]

Plasma TV altitude: How high can they go?[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:55:00 GMT ]Because of how they work, plasma TVs don't handle high altitudes well. But how high is too high? [Read more]

Apple chairman Levinson: I still 'miss Steve'[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:55:32 GMT ]In a brief interview with Fortune, Levinson said that it's "weird" to be running Apple's board since Steve Jobs' death. [Read more]

Nude scammers blackmail men online[ Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:11:05 EST ]Who would have thought that getting naked and naughty with a stranger online could have negative consequences?

Goodbye Hotmail, hello Outlook[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:41:18 EST ]When Microsoft introduced a preview version of a fresh and inventive webmail service it called Outlook.com last August, it was pretty clear that it was telling the world that it intended to start winding down its venerable Hotmail sooner or later.

What's coming at Sonys event: PS4?[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:35:20 EST ]The eyes of the gaming world are on Sony, which on Wednesday is expected to unveil the PlayStation 4, the latest version of its popular gaming console.

Apple: We were hacked, too[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:22:45 EST ]Apple on Tuesday said that a small amount of its employees' computers had been hacked, but that no data was exposed.

What to expect from a PlayStation 4[ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:33:24 EST ]The eyes of the gaming world are on Sony, which on Wednesday is expected to unveil the PlayStation 4, the latest version of its popular gaming console.

Google Doodle celebrates Copernicus, guy who was right about solar system[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:04:22 GMT ]It's Nicolaus Copernicus' 540th birthday, and Google marked the day with a lovely medieval model of the heliocentric solar system. Why? Because Copernicus was the first person to say what every kindergartner now knows: "The Earth goes around the sun"

Moon travel startup seeks crowdfunding[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:39:19 GMT ]A private startup aiming to launch manned lunar expeditions has started a crowdfunding campaign to get the public involved. The company, Golden Spike, aims to get its first mission off the ground by 2020.

Video: With 'Crysis 3' you best come correct[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:12:57 GMT ]"Crysis 3" fires on all cylinders with great performance and game mechanics. NBCNews.com's Todd Kenreck reviews the game. (In-Game)

Welcome to the jungle: 'Crysis 3' takes a bite out of the Big Apple[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:15:36 GMT ]The highly anticipated sci-fi game "Crysis 3" arrives today and in doing so takes players to New York City in the year 2047. But this is the Big Apple like you've never seen it before. We talk to the game's producer about turning the world's most famous city into a place that has been ravaged by alien attacks, corporate wrong-doing and, most importantly, by nature itself.

Ding-dong, Hotmail's dead: All accounts switch to Outlook by summer[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:02:52 GMT ]It's official: Outlook.com will fully replace Hotmail as Microsoft's webmail service. The company will begin to auto-update accounts, and hopes they will be fully migrated from Hotmail to Outlook.com by this summer.

HTC One specs take on Droid DNA, iPhone 5, Z10[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:48:01 GMT ]Let's see how HTC's latest marquee phone stands up to three other premium handsets, spec to spec. [Read more]

Apple plans Q3 launch for MacBook Air with Retina -- report[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:48:49 GMT ]The company will also use the "GF2" technology found in its iPad Mini for its next-generation full-size iPad. [Read more]

Apple grabs huge slice of 2012 consumer technology sales[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:22:16 GMT ]Consumer tech sales fell 2 percent in the U.S. last year, yet Apple had a good year with almost 20 percent of all sales, says NPD. [Read more]

Map shows every meteorite impact since 2,300 BCE[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:54:37 GMT ]The map was developed by Javier de la Torre, co-founder of Vizzuality and CartoDB. [Read more]

Apple granted 36 patents, including for proximity detection[ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:55:58 GMT ]The electronics giant's granted U.S. patents also include future active Apple Store packaging and a haptics feedback system. [Read more]

Meet the Rules of the Internet[ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:08:04 EST ]Hello!

Iceland wants to ban Internet porn[ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:39:43 EST ]Iceland is working on banning Internet pornography, calling explicit online images a threat to children.

How Samsung is out-innovating Apple[ Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:56:24 EST ]There's no arguing that Apple set the standard for modern mobile devices with the iPhone and the iPad. It didn't take long after those two products launched for competitors to rush out their own copycat devices.

Nude scammers blackmail men online[ Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:11:05 EST ]Who would have thought that getting naked and naughty with a stranger online could have negative consequences?

How Samsung is out-innovating Apple[ Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:56:24 EST ]There's no arguing that Apple set the standard for modern mobile devices with the iPhone and the iPad. It didn't take long after those two products launched for competitors to rush out their own copycat devices.