Oracle ships Java 7 Update 11 with vulnerability fixes, increased security level for Java applets
After announcing a fix was coming just yesterday, Oracle on Sunday released Java 7 Update 11 to address the recently disclosed security vulnerability. If you use Java, you can download …
Some future gadgets I'd maybe buy (aka a realist's guide to CES)
Eight Wirecutter writers and I convened at the Consumer Electronics show this week. You know, CES-The big gadget trade thing that serves as a sneak peek into the future of hardware. Instead of soaki...
Disruptions: Design Rivals Technology in Importance
Last year, at Apple's event to announce the iPad Mini, I was wandering around the gadget petting zoo the company sets up after each product unveiling. As I turned a corner, I bumped into Timothy D. C...
Microsoft's partners fly the Windows 8 flag, but the future is Surface
How long can the old guard shoulder the weight? — Microsoft might not have been at CES this year, but its partners and OEMs were out in full force. A quiet showing from Redmond at a time when the c...
Samsung: How the Korean firm got to be the biggest tech company in the world
Consider the phablet. Back in 2011, when Samsung first unveiled the Galaxy Note—a 5.3-inch smartphone that was big enough to be a minitablet, hence the ugly portmanteau—the world's tech pundits could...
Messenger For iPad, One More Thing Facebook Could Be Unveiling On Tuesday
Take a look at that “reach friends wherever they are now” image to the left. What's missing between the iPhone and the laptop? Ding ding ding! You're right! A tablet. — Okay, I'm sure it was obv...