Nintendo Wii U release date is November 18th in US, starting at $299.99, November 30th in Europe
Nintendo's Wii U will launch November 18th in North America starting at $299.99, the company announced today during a New York City press conference. — The console will launch in two varieties …
Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Start at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 14
Get that credit card ready for a late-night purchase. Apple has confirmed to Wired via e-mail that it will begin accepting online pre-orders of the iPhone 5 during the wee hours of the morning beginn...
iPhone 5 won't support simultaneous voice and data on Verizon or Sprint
Apple's new iPhone 5 features support for LTE networks across the world, but it won't be able to offer simultaneous voice and data on all of them. The Verge has confirmed with Verizon Wireless that t...
Google adds another cool tool to Search: The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Forget using Google's more powerful search operators, the best ones are the most fun ones. We've seen ‘tilt’ and ‘do a barrel roll’, but over the past day or so, the company has added another cool ne...
Apple says Lightning to HDMI and Lightning to VGA cables will arrive in a matter of months
There's been some confusion as to what Apple's new all-digital Lightning connector will be capable of, but the company has just cleared that up. An Apple spokesperson told The Verge that Lightning …
Facebook Throws a Coming-Out Party for Its Ad Exchange
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is going to make a lot of money from mobile ads. In the meantime, the company is trying to figure out how to make more money from the Web ads it already sells. — Here'...
Cops might finally need a warrant to read your Gmail
If Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is able to pass his amendement, e-mail and other electronic communication will have stronger privacy protection. — Eric Constantineau — Right now, if the cops want to ...
After 17 Years, eBay Debuts A New, Sleeker Logo
Following in the footsteps of Microsoft, eBay is debuting a new logo today. The colors of the logo are the same, but the font is a bit more modern and sleek, and the word “eBay” is cleanly aligned in...
Helium-filled WD drives promise huge boost in capacity
Density of helium is one-seventh that of air, thus reducing hard drive platter drag. — HGST's five-platter Ultrastar 7K4000 4TB hard drive.For more than 50 years, hard disk drives have run on air. ...
Apple's new iCloud.com officially launches with updated Mail, Find My iPhone, Reminders and Notes apps
Apple has today launched the new official version of iCloud.com — its web portal for cloud services — to all users, reports 9to5Mac. The site features versions of its Mail …
Thoughts and Observations Regarding Yesterday's iPhone 5 and Music Event
A Double Feature — There's been a consistent formula to the post-Steve Jobs Apple keynote events. Tim Cook opens, and speaks in broad terms about where Apple is. Numbers and milestones.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on Samsung patent verdict: 'I hate it and I don't agree with it'
Late last month in a California court, Samsung was ordered to pay Apple over $1 billion as part of a patent lawsuit in which an American jury concluded the Korean company copied the American company …
Isis mobile payment service hits snag, delays trial run
Isis was supposed to have turned on the mobile payment systems in two cities by the end of summer. — Google Wallet getting tested out in a store in Manhattan. Isis won't be coming here soon. — Is...
Google threat blamed as Acer cancels China smartphone launch
PC maker Acer has allegedly canceled the launch of a new smartphone using a Chinese-developed mobile operating system because Google threatened to cancel the company's license to use the Android OS.
French 3 Strikes: Court Fines First File-Sharer, Even Though He's Innocent
For almost two years France has been running its controversial “3 strikes” mechanism to deal with the issue of online digital media piracy. — Alleged pirates are sent three warnings before being pun...
Microsoft details Office 2013 RT, confirms Preview release and lack of Macros or add-ins
We got a brief look at Office 2013 RT for Windows RT tablets at IFA last month, but Microsoft is revealing the finer details of the software today. In a post on the company's Office Next blog …
Google Finally Adds Do-Not-Track Support in Latest Test Version of Chrome
Google has included support for the Do Not Track privacy setting in its latest Chrome developer build, which was released today. — Do Not Track — which aims to help users opt out of being tracked ac...
Official Apple list shows international availability for each iOS 6 feature
As iOS 6 features such as turn-by-turn navigation and Siri become increasingly localized, it can be difficult to keep track of exactly what is available where. To help ease confusion in the wake …
Facebook For iOS App's Review Average Climbs From 1.5 Stars To 4 Stars In Three Weeks Since Relaunch
Facebook will still push HTML5 innovation, but stripping it out to speed up the Facebook for iOS app has been very successful. Half of its iOS users updated their apps in just four days …
Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants HP, Dell, and IBM
Diane Bryant, the head of Intel's data center group, says that eight server makers — not three — now account for 75 percent of Intel's server chip revenues. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired — In 2008, ...
Google and Khan Academy launch contest to bring new forms of education to YouTube
Google has just announced that it is teaming up with Khan Academy for a new competition to find the next generation of “educational YouTube stars.” This news comes as interest in new forms …
Crack in Internet's foundation of trust allows HTTPS session hijacking
Attack dubbed CRIME breaks crypto used to prevent snooping of sensitive data. — Researchers have identified a security weakness that allows them hijack web browser sessions even when they're protect...
Why Does Apple Announce iPhone Pricing And Availability But Other Phone Makers Don't?
One of the nice things Apple does when announcing a new product — which its competitors only sometimes do, especially in the phone industry — is tell you how much it will cost and when it will go on s...
Friendster Founder Jonathan Abrams Launches Nuzzel: A Fast, Simple, Social News Reader
Jonathan Abrams, whose resume as a founder or co-founder includes the Founders Den startup workspace, event service Socializr, social bookmarking service HotLinks, and Friendster (I don't need to expl...
Google Glass and the Future of Technology
New gadgets — I mean whole new gadget categories — don't come along very often. The iPhone was one recent example. You could argue that the iPad was another. But if there's anything at all as diffe...