Google adds local safety alerts to search results[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:04:01 GMT ]A partnership between Google and tech startup Nixle will allow safety notifications from local authorities to appear at the top of search results. [Read more]

Amazon's Bezos defends heavy investments in Prime, Kindle[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:05:18 GMT ]Regulatory filings by the online retail giant also revealed Bezos' total compensation remained steady at $1.68 million in 2012. [Read more]

LED lights could become network devices, too[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:34:28 GMT ]Fraunhofer Institute has demonstrated how conventional LED lighting could be used to send and receive data to laptops or smartphones, with speeds up to 3Gbps. [Read more]

Low Latency No. 58: Tragic Kingdom[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:37:44 GMT ]This week we say goodbye to the timeless game development studio, LucasArts. [Read more]

Nintendo to shut down Wii channels in Japan, Australia[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:48:01 GMT ]The Wii's Weather Channel, News Channel, and other services will be retired in both countries on June 28. [Read more]

Think 3-D printing is cool? Try 4-D[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:31:54 EDT ]Video producer's note: You've heard of 3-D printing, the process of using a specialized printer to create real-world objects from computer models. Now there's something new on the horizon that could revolutionize this burgeoning technology: 4-D printing.

Hacker says phone app could hijack plane[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:04:09 EDT ]Could this be the deadliest smartphone app ever?

My month with the Chromebook Pixel[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:47:16 EDT ]When Google announced its cloud-based Chromebook Pixel laptop, the tech community was left puzzled.

Hacker: Phone app could hijack plane[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:31:31 EDT ]Could this be the deadliest smartphone app ever?

Why you want Google Fiber[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:49:42 EDT ]This week, tech giant Google made it official: Google Fiber is coming to Austin. Residents of the hip Texas city will be the beneficiaries of Internet speeds of 1-gigabit, roughly 100 times faster than current speeds.

Brief Twitter outage leads to broken links[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:46:28 GMT ]For a brief period this morning, many links on Twitter led nowhere. Clicking any link on any tweet led to an "Oops" page on Twitter that said that "Something is technically wrong."Links on old tweets, tweeted days ago, and fresh links tweeted just a few moments before this post went live, brought up the same message. Links seem to be working fine now, however. Twitter's blog and status page don't ...

Pre-caffeine tech: Killer apps, Etsy hats![ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:40:09 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.The IRS may be reading your email without a warrant, these documents suggest. Meanwhile, Cancelled comic causes Internet outrage over Apple's "porn problem."Check it out wannabe spies! You can totally hide secret messages in Facebook photos with this online tool.Also, Facebook is fixing to a...

Secret orangutan population found on Borneo[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:13:53 GMT ]By LiveScience A population of 200 of the world's rarest orangutans was found tucked away in the forests of the island of Borneo, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).All subspecies of Bornean orangutans are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. But scientists estimate just 3,000 to 4,500 individuals are left in the subspecies known as Pongo py...

5 areas of science that get boost in Obama budget[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:46:59 GMT ]By Tanya LewisLiveScience The proposed 2014 budget released by the White House Wednesday brings good news for science: Under the budget, civilian research spending would swell by 9 percent from 2012 levels.President Barack Obama's budget provides a total of $143 billion for research and development (R&D), which includes investments in energy, space exploration, basic research and STEM (science...

Adam Orth leaves Microsoft after telling Xbox 'always online' critics to 'deal with it'[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:03:50 GMT ]Adam Orth, the Microsoft executive who became Internet-famous last week after tweeting a series of harsh rejoinders against critics of the next Xbox's controversial 'always online' functionality, has left his position at the company.According to a report from Game Informer, the former Microsoft Studios creative director left his position this week — less than a week after he riled up many gamers...

Uber clears up San Francisco taxi ownership concerns[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:38:07 GMT ]Car-summoning app Uber has issued a statement to quash rumors the startup operates taxi cabs in San Francisco. [Read more]

Sprint ups Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE to Android 4.1[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:41:19 GMT ]The Android Jelly Bean 2 update begins rolling out for the budget-friendly smartphone. [Read more]

Microsoft's tweener plans for Surface and Windows Phone[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:48:08 GMT ]With Windows Blue and a coming Windows Phone 8 update, Microsoft will open the door for smaller-screen tablets and bigger-screen phones from a variety of device makers, including itself. [Read more]

Messaging app Kik adds 200,000 users -- each day[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:00:00 GMT ]The messaging app, which now has 50 million users in total, is rolling out new versions for both Android and iOS. [Read more]

Google proposes fix for Europe's search competition concern[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:58:37 GMT ]A years-long competition inquiry into Google's search dominance is entering a new chapter as the European Commission and Google competitors evaluate a proposed remedy. [Read more]

Smartwatches: Failure, a new hope[ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:39:16 EDT ]In that never-ending search for "the next big thing in tech," talk has turned to wearable gadgets, especially in the form of a smartwatch that syncs with your smartphone.

Computer + banana = fun[ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:02:06 EDT ]To understand Jay Silver, it helps to go back 10 years, to a night he spent flying kites on a beach in his native Florida with the woman who would become his wife.

Hacker says phone app could hijack plane[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:04:09 EDT ]Could this be the deadliest smartphone app ever?

North Korea website hacked[ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:36:28 EDT ]Kim Jong Un was dressed as a pig on North Korea's government website after it was hacked. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.

Map apps & driving: against the law?[ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:11:26 EDT ]It's weird out there and getting weirder: A California court just ruled that screwing around with your phone's map app while driving ought to be as illegal as texting or using the device without a handsfree solution.

Stephen Hawking visits LA stem cell lab where his disease is studied[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:40:40 GMT ]By Alicia Chang, The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Stephen Hawking on Tuesday toured a stem cell laboratory where scientists are studying ways to slow the progression of Lou Gehrig's disease, a neurological disorder that has left the British cosmologist almost completely paralyzed.After the visit, the 71-year-old Hawking urged doctors, nurses and staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to support the...

Activision gives $2 million to 'Call of Duty' charity for veterans[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:01:34 GMT ]"Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard has donated $2 million to Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), a charitable organization the video game industry giant founded in 2009 "to help soldiers transition to civilian careers after their military service," according to the nonprofit's mission statement. The $2 million from Activision comes on top of an additional $1.7 million that was raised by selling l...

Pre-caffeine tech: George Takei, Grumpy Cat, Help Find Nancy[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:01:34 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morniJo Spencer Zinser is looking for her mom. Join her "Please Find Nancy" Facebook page and see if you can help. Pilot texting was indeed a "self-induced distraction" in a helicopter crash, says the official NTSB report. Is iPhone going to get bigger screens? Here's some speculation and analysis....

Mysterious stone structure found beneath Sea of Galilee[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:23:37 GMT ]By Owen JarusLiveScienceA giant "monumental" stone structure discovered beneath the waters of the Sea of Galilee in Israel has archaeologists puzzled as to its purpose and even how long ago it was built.The mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders," and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons, the researchers said. That makes it heavier than most modern-day warships...

'Dark lightning' zaps airline passengers with radiation[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:02:57 GMT ]By Charles ChoiLiveScience "Dark lightning" that is almost invisible within clouds may regularly blast airline passengers with large numbers of gamma rays, scientists find.However, these outbursts do not seem to reach truly dangerous levels, researchers added.More than a decade ago, researchers unexpectedly discovered thunderstorms could generate brief but powerful bursts of gamma rays, the highes...

Deletion of Apple's AppGratis a sign of things to come -- report[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:38:13 GMT ]A new report claims Apple will remove app-discovery programs from its App Store for fear they will threaten the App Store's rankings. [Read more]

IRS claims it can read your e-mail without a warrant[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:18:30 GMT ]The ACLU has obtained internal IRS documents that say Americans enjoy "generally no privacy" in their e-mail messages, Facebook chats, and other electronic communications. [Read more]

See ya, Segway! We've got a suitcase electric scooter now[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:23:40 GMT ]A designer with sports car design street cred creates a sleek, easy-to-pack electric scooter for commuters. [Read more]

Foxconn sees sales drop 19 percent in first quarter[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:45:40 GMT ]The company draws between 60 percent and 70 percent of its revenue from assembling iPhones and iPads and working on other Apple products. [Read more]

Apple bans digital comic over gay sex images, say its creators[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:57:06 GMT ]Writer Brian K. Vaughan claims that issue 12 of his Saga comic has been removed from the all iOS apps "because of two postage stamp-sized images of gay sex." [Read more]

Computer + banana = fun[ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:02:06 EDT ]To understand Jay Silver, it helps to go back 10 years, to a night he spent flying kites on a beach in his native Florida with the woman who would become his wife.

Smartwatches: Failure, a new hope[ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:39:16 EDT ]In that never-ending search for "the next big thing in tech," talk has turned to wearable gadgets, especially in the form of a smartwatch that syncs with your smartphone.

North Korea website hacked[ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:36:28 EDT ]Kim Jong Un was dressed as a pig on North Korea's government website after it was hacked. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.

Map apps & driving: against the law?[ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:11:26 EDT ]It's weird out there and getting weirder: A California court just ruled that screwing around with your phone's map app while driving ought to be as illegal as texting or using the device without a handsfree solution.

That Twitter account might not be who you think[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:49:56 EDT ]Barack Obama is a busy man, what with budget negotiations, gun control issues, international crises and the ever-present back-and-forth political foolery of Washington.

Green meteorite's age casts doubt on claims that it came from Mercury[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:21:15 GMT ]By Mike Wall Space.comA strange green space rock hailed as perhaps the first meteorite ever discovered from Mercury may be too old to have come from the solar system's innermost planet, some scientists say.Last month, scientists announced that the green-hued meteorite NWA 7325 shares many chemical similarities with Mercury, suggesting it may be the first known visitor from the small, sun-scorc...

Rare hermit crab specimens caught live for the first time in Caribbean[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:21:15 GMT ]By Douglas MainOurAmazingPlanetA recent submarine dive turned up a species of hermit crab that was previously only known through dead, dried specimens procured more than a century ago.The sub collected a few of the animals, known as Pylopagurus discoidalis, from the Caribbean and brought them back to an aquarium, where they were photographed. These are the first pictures of the live animals ev...

Pre-caffeine tech: Princess Avengers, Google spam[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:04:55 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.At any moment on a regular weekday in 2011, about 660,000 people across the U.S. were sitting in the drivers seat and talking on their cell phones. Thinkit's getting any better? Texting while flying is also deadly, at least in this case. Virgin Mobile is offering $100 to T-Mobile switchers a...

Six U.S. Air Force cyber tools designated as 'weapons'[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:33:56 GMT ]COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force has designated six cyber tools as weapons, which should help the programs compete for increasingly scarce dollars in the Pentagon budget, an Air Force official said on Monday. Lieutenant General John Hyten, vice commander of Air Force Space Command, which oversees satellite and cyberspace operation, said the new designations would help normali...

Pressure is on for private manned Mars mission[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:28:25 GMT ]By Mike WallSpace.comProgress made during the next year or so will determine whether a private manned Mars mission can get off the ground in 2018 as planned, its organizers say.The pressure is on the nonprofit Inspiration Mars Foundation, which intends to launch two astronauts on a flyby mission around the Red Planet in January 2018. If the team misses this window, the next one won't open until 20...

Mozilla brands Persona as password killer[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:11:53 GMT ]An update to Mozilla's beta login system lays the groundwork for using preferred Web mail username and password to sign in on multiple sites. [Read more]

Redesigned Google Play app plays up entertainment[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:00:00 GMT ]Launching today, the marketplace makeover offers improved content discovery, cleaner layout. [Read more]

Apple's fifth-gen iPad hits factories this summer, report says[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:25:49 GMT ]The device reportedly will come with a 9.7-inch display and will be lighter and thinner than the fourth-generation model Apple offered up last year. [Read more]

iPhone 5S to offer multiple screen sizes, analyst says[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:27:39 GMT ]Apple's next iPhone will be available in two or three different screen sizes and launch in July, says an analyst with Topeka Capital Markets. [Read more]

Poll: What's stopping you from getting a projector?[ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:55:00 GMT ]Price, complexity, brightness, space -- why don't you have a projector? [Read more]