Here's How Law Enforcement Cracks Your iPhone's Security Code (Video)
Set your iPhone to require a four-digit passcode, and it may keep your private information safe from the prying eyes of the taxi driver whose cab you forget it in. But if law enforcement is determine...
Samsung reports 5 million Galaxy Notes shipped, will launch in Japan on April 6th with LTE
Sure, the Galaxy Note is beloved by elephants, but how is it doing in the real world? Not too bad, it turns out: Samsung has announced it has moved 5 million units of the device since its launch last...
Apple Doesn't Need To Make the TV of the Future
The revolution is already here—and it's called the Xbox. — If the rumors are true, Apple will release a television set later this year that it will tout as the most amazing boob tube ever invented. ...
Giving you more insight into your Google Account activity
Every day we aim to make technology so simple and intuitive that you stop thinking about it—we want Google to work so well, it just blends into your life. But sometimes it's helpful to step back and ...
Oh, That “Pull To Refresh” Thing In iOS? Yeah, Twitter Has A Patent App On That
Like that “pull-to-refresh” feature found in many popular iOS apps, including Twitter, Facebook, Tweetbot, Sparrow and others? Been wondering why Apple hasn't implemented the same thing in its own ap...
Google Research: Even If You Rank #1 Organically, You Can Double Your Clicks With Paid Search
When marketers have scrutinized Google's research on how organic and paid search results work together — the search giant concluded that nixing the paid ads would result in a 89% drop in clicks — it's...
RapidShare Declared Legal In Court, With a Twist
In the aftermath of the Megaupload shutdown, people have been keeping a close eye on court cases involving other file-hosting services, RapidShare included. — During the past several years RapidShar...
Steve Jobs wasn't a fan of the Siri name
Steve Jobs, according to Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus, wasn't particularly fond of the Siri moniker By Yoni Heisler on Wed, 03/28/12 Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending Technori Pitch, a monthl...
Evernote for Android Update: Speech-to-text and Big Widget Enhancements
Today, we have an exciting update to Evernote for Android (3.6). We've added a great speech-to-text capability that makes dictating notes in Evernote really easy, plus we have a bunch of new features...
Microsoft Unveils New Plan to Speed Up the Web
Microsoft wants in on the drive to speed up the web. The company plans to submit its proposal for a faster internet protocol to the standards body charged with creating HTTP 2.0. — Not coincidental...
Microsoft takes ASP.NET MVC into the open with community patches and bug-fixes
Scott Guthrie, Vice President in Microsoft's Developer Division, has announced that ASP.NET MVC and related Microsoft projects will now be developed in the open, using the Apache license, and hosted o...
Flat-Panel TV Sales Flatten in U.S.
After years of consecutive growth, flat-panel TV sales in the U.S. are beginning to stall out. — Market research firm IHS iSuppli said Tuesday that U.S.-bound shipments of flat-panel TVs will drop 5...
A Surge in Learning the Language of the Internet
Parlez-vous Python? What about Rails or JavaScript? Foreign languages tend to wax and wane in popularity, but the language du jour is computer code. — The market for night classes and online instr...
The technical and legal realities of Comcast's Xbox cap spat
Comcast said Monday that the content streamed over Microsoft's Xbox won't count against user's 250 gigabyte monthly usage cap prompting outrage among cap-hating websites and consumer groups. But the ...
Adobe launches Flash 11.2 and AIR 3.2, won't charge for premium features until you hit $50,000 in revenue
In its continuing effort to stay relevant in the gaming space, Adobe today announced Flash Player 11.2 and AIR 3.2, which further Adobe's goal to enable “console quality” games like Shadowgun inside y...
Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Return to the UK
Speculative invoicing - the practice of claiming people pirated files on BitTorrent, listing hundreds or thousands of people in one case to get details, then harassing them outside the courts for paym...
Nokia won't license ‘essential’ patents if Apple's nano-SIM standard is selected
The saber-rattling continues today ahead of the ETSI's vote on the future of the nano-SIM standard later this week, a vote that has significantly different proposals from Apple and a consortium of Nok...
Patents Threaten To Silence A Little Girl, Literally
Slashdot points us to a sad story from blogger Dana Nieder, providing yet more evidence of how patent monopolies can hold back innovation and do very real damage to people's lives in the process—and h...
Box OneCloud Brings 30-Plus Enterprise Applications To New Mobile, Cloud-Based Storage Platform
Cloud storage platform Box has long offered a web-based app directory that includes apps for services like Salesforce, and others that enhance the storage platform's capabilities.
Official Complaints Over ‘4G’ Marketing of New iPad Taking Hold in Europe
Yesterday, we noted that Australian regulators are targeting Apple over its “misleading” marketing of the new iPad as a “4G” device in the country despite the fact that the device is incompatible with...
Feature: Death of a data haven: cypherpunks, WikiLeaks, and the world's smallest nation
A few weeks ago, Fox News breathlessly reported that the embattled WikiLeaks operation was looking to start a new life on the sea. WikiLeaks, the article speculated, might try to escape its legal tro...
Anatomy of a leak: how iPhones spill the ID of networks they access
An Ars story from earlier this month reported that iPhones expose the unique identifiers of recently accessed wireless routers, which generated no shortage of reader outrage. What possible justificat...
Consumer Group Turns The Screws In Euro Google Antitrust Investigation, Outcome Expected ‘In Days’
The European antitrust investigation of Google, originally filed November 2010, looks like it might be entering the next stage of its development. — The European Consumer Organisation …
EU to Cap Mobile Roaming Charges for Travelers
In a speedy show of consensus, the European Union's three law-making institutions have agreed on new rules that will cut mobile-phone roaming charges for consumers. — Digital Agenda Commissioner Nee...
European Lawmakers Reach Deal to Extend Caps on Roaming Fees
BERLIN — European lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to extend the Continent's system of retail price controls on mobile phone roaming charges for five years, and enacted the first price caps on mobile Int...
Unreal games engine licensed to FBI and other US agencies
Mass Effect 3 is one of the games based on Epic Games' Unreal 3 engine — The Unreal computer games engine is being licensed to the FBI and other US government agencies. — The software - which powe...
Retailers and Marketers Oppose New FTC Guidelines
U.S. retailers and direct marketers are opposed to the Federal Trade Commission's new customer protection recommendations for online transactions. Both groups say companies—not customers—should decid...
Yahoo-Geddon: Leaders to Debate Layoffs, Asset Sales, Search Deals and More Today, as a Major Restructuring Looms
What is Yahoo? — While that has been the perennially unanswered question at the Silicon Valley Internet giant for many years, according to dozens of sources inside and outside the company …
OH NO: Apple TV Isn't Coming Until 2013, Says Research Group
Most analysts say Apple will release an Apple TV this year. — Not Asian research group CLSA, which said in a note this morning that it thinks it comes out in 2013. — We don't have the full note, j...
The Next PlayStation is Called Orbis, Sources Say. Here are the Details.
While the official reveal of Sony's next home console could still be months away, if not longer, Kotaku has today learned some important details concerning the PlayStation 3's successor.
House Shoots Down Legislation That Would Have Stopped Employers From Demanding Your Facebook Password
Well, that didn't take long. A proposed Facebook user protection amendment introduced yesterday in the U.S. House of Representatives has already been shot down.
AT&T promises biggest launch ever for Lumia 900
Nokia and AT&T's Lumia 900. — (Credit: CNET) — AT&T and Nokia are bringing out the big guns when they launch the Lumia 900 next month. — “At all levels, this is a notch above anything we've ever...