Google releases Glass kernel GPL source, lets developers have at it
While our own Tim Stevens is currently adapting to life through Google Glass, developers are going beyond scratching the surface to fiddle with what's inside. Hot on the heels of Jay Freeman rooting ...
Bing, Skype, and Xbox rebranding revealed in Microsoft design presentation
At a recent design day event in Norway, Windows Phone design studio general manager Albert Shum and Todd Simmons, creative director at Wolff Olins, held a talk about “re-imagining” Microsoft.
Pirate Party Enters Iceland's National Parliament After Historic Election Win
Founded in 2006, the Pirate party movement has scored some big and small victories over the years. — Their biggest success came in 2009 when the party won two seats at the European Parliament.
Intel confirms ‘Haswell’ chip intro at Computex
The countdown to the chipmaker's next-generation mainstream processor has begun. — It's official. Intel's fourth-generation core “Haswell” processor will arrive on June 3. Expect a crush of deskto...
Undercover Police Stings Target Front Lines Of Stolen iPhone Market
SAN FRANCISCO — On a cloudy afternoon in the Tenderloin district, a man in a hooded sweatshirt walks slowly along Market Street, stopping to engage people he encounters along the way. He offers a pee...
iPad takes top J.D. Power honors for the second time in a row
J.D. Power and Associates released its most recent study on customer satisfaction in the tablet segment this week, with Apple's iPad taking the top prize for the second consecutive time. — Volume 1 ...
Study: 45 percent of Bitcoin exchanges end up closing
but they are also the exchanges that suffer the greatest number of cyber attacks.
Google searches predict market moves
Stock averages slumped when Google searches of financially relevant terms rose — The volume of Google searches for finance-related terms may predict moves in markets, research suggests. — As the s...
How Big Data Is Playing Recruiter for Specialized Workers
WHEN the e-mail came out of the blue last summer, offering a shot as a programmer at a San Francisco start-up, Jade Dominguez, 26, was living off credit card debt in a rental in South Pasadena, Calif....
Google is retiring its Meebo Bar publishing tool on June 6 to focus on Google+ and Google+ Sign-In
Google has announced that it will be retiring its Meebo Bar publishing tool on June 6 in order to divert more resources towards its Google+ Sign-In service and other plug-ins for its social network.
Disruptions: Brain Computer Interfaces Inch Closer to Mainstream
Last week, engineers sniffing around the programming code for Google Glass found hidden examples of ways that people might interact with the wearable computers without having to say a word. Among the...