Apple blocks pesky lock-screen intruders with iOS 7.0.2 update[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:54:16 GMT ]Remember that bug that lets you dig into the camera and photos of a locked iPhone, and even send stuff to the owner's email and social accounts? Well, Apple raced to lock it down with the 7.0.2 update available Thursday.

'Grand Theft Auto Online': More cars, more money [ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:54:20 GMT ]"Grand Theft Auto Online" will feature a complex virtual economy that allows gamers to spend real-world money to get their hands on in-game cash, Rockstar Games said this week, heralding a rocky start for the new game.

New Google search can answer longer, more complex questions[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:55:25 GMT ]It's not just questions like "What is a Pekingese dog" that Google gets — it's questions like, "Compare a Pekingese with a Chihuahua." To better deal with such comparison requests, and other long, complex queries, Google said Thursday it has overhauled its search algorithm.

Typo in your Facebook status? Just hit the new 'Edit' button[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:49:03 GMT ]We all know that feeling of sudden panic when, having posted a carefully crafted Facebook status update, a few minutes later, you notice an embarrassing "teh" or "yuo" marring your masterpiece. Do you delete? Correct it in the comments? Hope no one notices? Well, now you can just edit it out.

Lawsuit against Google over email ads will move forward[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:49:04 GMT ]SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss most of a lawsuit against Google over allegations the company improperly scanned the content of customers' emails in order to place ads. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, Calif.

At long last, browser makers adapt to Retina-quality images[ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:09:19 GMT ]Fiddling with one part of the HTML standard could ensure that bandwidth isn't wasted delivering big images to small screens and that pictures look good on Retina displays. [Read more]

Beats Electronics jettisons HTC for $265 million[ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:29:21 GMT ]HTC sold back its nearly 25 percent stake in Beats and now has no interest in the company. [Read more]

Apple's Cook, Icahn slated for Monday meetup, another report claims[ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:41:41 GMT ]The two men are expected to discuss Apple's share buyback program and the extent to which the company should purchase shares. [Read more]

Semi-autonomous driving: Can you drive through town after pressing the throttle only once?[ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:44:24 GMT ]Radar-guided cruise control means it's technically possible to drive through town after pressing the 'go' pedal once and once only. So, naturally, we had a go in London and hoped there'd be no idiots on the road. [Read more]

iPhone 5S, 5C snare 2 percent of all iPhone activations in US[ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:45:56 GMT ]That percentage is up from the 1.4 percent of activations recorded by mobile analytics firm Localytics last Sunday. [Read more]

Twitter: The angriest place on the Web?[ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:02:07 EDT ]Upset about something? Twitter has become the place to vent -- sometimes with nasty, bigoted comments.

YouTube tries to fix its comments[ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:36:05 EDT ]YouTube comments are rough. They dabble in all forms of trolling, bullying, racism, sexism and other offensive -isms, interspersed with endless spurts of nonsensical chatter. Any thoughtful comments are typically lost in a roiling sea of "LOLs," insults and spam.

New Kindle Fires get faster, lighter[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:40:40 EDT ]Amazon on Wednesday announced three new Kindle Fire tablets: a 8.9- and 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX and a lower-end Kindle Fire HD. The tablets feature faster hardware, better screens, improved software and a subtle new look.

Samsung to make curved smartphone[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:01:50 EDT ]Samsung plans to introduce a smartphone with a curved display screen, an executive of the South Korean company said Wednesday.

How good is the iPhone 5S camera?[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:32:45 EDT ]Very soon, you will be sick of slow-motion videos. They will fill up your Facebook, Instagram and Vine feeds. The amateur clips will show pets jumping and playing, objects falling and breaking, and people dancing about in glorious, high-quality slow motion.

#Fallon and #Timberlake take Twitter talk to #extreme [ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:37:26 GMT ]It's hard enough to carry on a conversation in the digital age, but if you pepper your prose with way too many hashtags you just sound like a #insertinsulthere. Who talks like that?

California law allows kids to erase Internet mistakes[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:19:18 GMT ]California teenagers, who post photographs of themselves wearing too little clothing or having had too much to drink, will have the legal right to erase their online indiscretions under newly enacted first-in-the-nation legislation.

15 percent of adult Americans just say no to Internet use[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:31:16 GMT ]It may seem impossible, but 15 percent of American adults say they don't use the Internet or email. A good third of them say the Internet isn't relevant to them; they don't want to use it or have any need for it.

Valve isn't makingone gaming console, but multiple 'Steam machines'[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 21:34:25 GMT ]PC gaming giant Valve Corporation revealed plans Wednesday to release new hardware designed for living room gaming some time in 2014, but it's not exactly what gamers were expecting.

New security measures won't kill passwords anytime soon[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:50:48 GMT ]With the iPhone 5S and its fingerprint scanner selling well, one is tempted to say that we may soon no longer have to remember a 4-digit PIN or 10-character phrase with which to access your device or apps.

Academia.edu raises funds to build a Facebook for scientists[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:30:00 GMT ]The startup hopes to overhaul how researchers publish papers, making them freely available to all and substituting social-network success for the traditional peer-review process that scientific journals use today to ensure quality. [Read more]

Richard Branson invests in Clinkle's mystery payments product[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:30:00 GMT ]The startup still hasn't revealed how it's product will work, but it scores a personal investment from the successful entrepreneur and founder of Virgin Group. [Read more]

iPhone to soon land at China Mobile, suggests leaked poster[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:16:43 GMT ]China Mobile may be about to get custody of the iPhone 5S and 5C assuming a poster touting the new phones is accurate. [Read more]

Samsung: Galaxy Gear 'lacks something special'[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:19:12 GMT ]An executive at the company says that it plans to invest more heavily in the user interface and user experience. [Read more]

iPhone, iPad owners complain of motion sickness due to iOS 7[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:49:51 GMT ]The users say that the operating system's new parallax and zoom features are causing them to experience some motion sickness. [Read more]

Twitter: The angriest place on the Web?[ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:02:07 EDT ]Upset about something? Twitter has become the place to vent -- sometimes with nasty, bigoted comments.

YouTube tries to fix its comments[ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:36:05 EDT ]YouTube comments are rough. They dabble in all forms of trolling, bullying, racism, sexism and other offensive -isms, interspersed with endless spurts of nonsensical chatter. Any thoughtful comments are typically lost in a roiling sea of "LOLs," insults and spam.

New Kindle Fires get faster, lighter[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:40:40 EDT ]Amazon on Wednesday announced three new Kindle Fire tablets: a 8.9- and 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX and a lower-end Kindle Fire HD. The tablets feature faster hardware, better screens, improved software and a subtle new look.

Samsung to make curved smartphone[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:01:50 EDT ]Samsung plans to introduce a smartphone with a curved display screen, an executive of the South Korean company said Wednesday.

Kindles add live, video-chat tech support[ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:08:40 EDT ]One of the oddest features in the new Kindle Fire tablets is decidedly retro: a button that summons a human tech support representative on your screen.

Facebook, Twitter will be unblocked in China's free-trade zone: report[ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:03:02 GMT ]SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Facebook, Twitter and other websites deemed sensitive and blocked by the Chinese government will be accessible in a planned free-trade zone (FTZ) in Shanghai, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.

BlackBerry? Like, so not cool, say young users[ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:57:54 GMT ]LONDON (Reuters) - If you want to know how BlackBerry lost its mojo in a major consumer market, spend some time with a bunch of British teens.

Car-ma? Vehicle-stealing bug terrorizes 'Grand Theft Auto V'[ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:08:58 GMT ]"Grand Theft Auto V" officially launched last week, scooping up more than a billion dollars for developer Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive and generally making fans go crazy just to get their hands on a copy of the game.

Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX tablets pose real threat to iPad dominance[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 04:22:48 GMT ]Amazon's first trick was selling a tablet so cheap, it was hard not to buy it, despite the shortcomings. Amazon's next trick was to build a second, larger tablet, to show it could compete (if not necessarily win) in the big leagues.

Bezos in space? 'I definitely want to go,' says billionaire[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 05:30:57 GMT ]When Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos met with reporters to discuss the new Kindle Fire HDX tablets, NBC News took the opportunity to quiz him about his other venture, the space start-up Blue Origin.

Verizon Wireless nudges into home phone, broadband biz[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:30:00 GMT ]Meet the Verizon 4G LTE Broadband Router with Voice, the wireless carrier's attempt to replace your home phone and Internet connection. But it's a niche target that will likely only appeal to a few specific users. [Read more]

Samsung next in line with gold-colored Galaxy S4[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:57:13 GMT ]The company has shown off a Gold Pink and Gold Brown Galaxy S4 after Apple unveiled its own gold-colored iPhone. [Read more]

Microsoft to offer $200 for iPhone trade-in, says Forbes[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:57:26 GMT ]The deal will expand an existing program that serves up least $200 in store credit for a used iPad. [Read more]

Samsung targets business users -- and BlackBerry -- with new app store[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:00:00 GMT ]The Korean electronics giant is working with software developers, such as Citrix and SAP, to offer enterprise apps that have been tweaked to work better with Samsung's mobile devices features like S Pen. [Read more]

Ericsson aims to bring cell signal everywhere, one Dot at a time[ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:00:00 GMT ]Ericsson introduces the Radio Dot System, which is designed to bring cell phone signal to hard-to-reach places, such as the inside of a big building. [Read more]

What you need to know about iOS 7[ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:27:54 EDT ]Apple is releasing its latest operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch today.

Gold iPhones sold out til October[ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:10:53 EDT ]With the latest iPhone handsets going on sale in 11 countries and territories Friday, there will be the usual lines of diehard fans snaking around popular Apple stores.

Group boasts of iPhone 5S hack[ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:53:31 EDT ]A group of hackers in Germany says it has found a way to bypass the fingerprint-sensor security system on the new iPhone 5S.

Twitter: The angriest place on the Web?[ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:02:07 EDT ]Upset about something? Twitter has become the place to vent -- sometimes with nasty, bigoted comments.

Why I'll never ditch my BlackBerry[ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:14:46 EDT ]My BlackBerry is my lifeline.

Struggling BlackBerry agrees to be sold for $4.7 billion [ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:12:06 GMT ]Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has agreed in principal to be acquired by a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial, a Canadian insurance company, for $9 per share, in a deal that would total $4.7 billion.

NY attorney general cracks down on fake online reviews[ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:45:41 GMT ]A perfect hotel? An amazing restaurant? Teeth whitener that leads to romance? Such things may only truly exist in online reviews, and New York's attorney general says many of them are fakes, just as more consumers searching for guidance are starting to bite.

Gmail suffers delays, outages Monday[ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:57:01 GMT ]Users of Gmail noticing a certain sluggishness to their emails will be glad to know they aren't imagining things. Google's webmail service is experiencing delays and some outages, but the company says it's working on it.

Mockery and MacGyver tricks: How Apple's fingerprint reader is quickly losing its cool[ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:14:18 GMT ]Well, that didn't take long. On Sunday, less than two days after the iPhone 5S went on sale, a German hacker collective became the first to claim victory over the gadget's much-buzzed-about Touch ID fingerprint security system.

'Half Life' creatormakes its own bid for the living room with 'SteamOS'[ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:36:47 GMT ]Just when gamers thought that the competition for the living room couldn't get any more intense, Valve, the perennial king of PC gaming software, announced it is seeking a spot on the couch. But it won't be using new hardware.