Jimmy Wales breaks Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden
Wikipedia's notorious co-founder, Jimmy Wales, has launched an investigation to determine if any of the pseudonyms who edit the world's biggest encyclopedia are in fact (or suspected to be) classified...
Barnes & Noble Reports $118.6M Loss On Revenue Of $1.3B In Q4, Plans To Open Nook Brand To Tablet OEMs
Barnes & Noble reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings this morning, and the financials make it clear that the company is still struggling to figure out how it fits into the larger digital reading...
Inside YouTube's Master Plan to Kill Lag Dead
There is a moment between when you click on a video and when it starts playing. That moment is the worst part of your day. The agony of waiting! The torture of anticipation! YouTube understands th...
Exclusive: Samsung in talks to settle EU antitrust case - sources
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is in early talks with the EU antitrust regulator to settle charges that it abused its market position by barring Apple from using an essential mobile phone patent, two...
Big Apple, Bigger Google
Google has passed Apple as the most valuable technology company in the world—on one measure. — The search giant eclipsed the iPhone maker last week, actually. Few would have noticed because the met...
BlackBerry launches service to manage Android, Apple devices
(Reuters) - BlackBerry launched a service on Tuesday allowing government agencies and corporate clients to secure and manage devices powered by Google Inc's Android platform and Apple Inc's iOS operat...
iOS 7 to let developers detect blinking and smiling in photos, could foreshadow future iPhone features
iOS 7 adds several new camera-orientated features for developers, which may hint at future consumer-facing features. In iOS 7 beta 2, Apple has added new image detectors that find certain face expres...
One of the worst patents ever just got upheld in court
Forget patenting an invention. These days, companies patent conceptual categories for future inventions. — During the first dot-com boom, Amazon famously patented the concept of buying things onlin...
OUYA hits retailers for $100, promptly sells out at Amazon
OUYA has unlocked a major achievement today: the teensy crowdfunded gaming console is now available at retail, after a slight delay from the June 4th date it promised earlier. That's good news for ev...
Google Cloud Playground lets you dip your toes in the Cloud Platform waters
Google's Cloud Platform holds a certain amount of appeal for developers looking to quickly build robust web apps. Of course, getting started is a bit involved. You'll first need to download and inst...
Sony Xperia Z Ultra official with 6.4-inch 1080p screen and 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 chip, global launch in Q3 2013
Sony's unveiled its latest addition to its Xperia Z series, a new smartphone that blurs the line between smartphone and tablet once more — the appropriately-named Xperia Z Ultra.
Sony's ‘Music Unlimited’ iOS app adds offline playback & high-quality 320kbps AAC streams
A nice update is landing any minute now for Sony's Music Unlimited iOS app, which is continuing to improve thanks to some nice improvements coming with PS4 and PlayStation Plus.
New Google Groups now available to all with revamped management features, moderation tools, and mobile site
Google today announced it is retiring the previous release of Google Groups and launching a revamped version in its place, available immediately for all users.
EU court says Google doesn't have to delete sensitive data from search results (update)
The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice has said that Google should not have to delete sensitive information from its search results. In a statement published today …
Samsung forms carbon fiber joint venture in bid to back away from plastic
Samsung materials arm, Samsung Petrochemical, has established a joint venture with carbon fiber specialist SGL Group that will aim to “develop new industrial and electronic applications with carbon co...