Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos
The Washington Post Co. has agreed to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham family's stewardship of one of America's leading news or...
Feds are Suspects in New Malware That Attacks Tor Anonymity
Security researchers tonight are poring over a piece of malicious software that takes advantage of a Firefox security vulnerability to identify some users of the privacy-protecting Tor anonymity netwo...
Following electrocution controversy, Apple to offer USB power adapter replacements
Following controversy in recent weeks regarding the safety of counterfeit and third-party USB charging adapters for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad, Apple has announced a new trade-in program for these ada...
Spotify's new Browse feature surfaces the best of its billion playlists
After spending the last several months rolling out Discover and Radio, two big pieces of its music discovery puzzle, Spotify is today introducing a critical third piece: Browse, a collection of the se...
OMGPOP Team Tried To Buy Back Its Site, But Zynga Killed It Instead
OMGPOP almost got an extra life, but Zynga said ‘game over’. Zynga just finalized plans to shut down OMGPOP, the game developer of Draw My Thing it acquired for $200 million in March 2012.
Xerox scanners/photocopiers randomly alter numbers in scanned documents
Edit: In the last section, it is now sketched that the reason for the issue may be a misconfigured JBIG 2 compression. — Edit2, Aug 5th, 1517 CEST: There are first emails coming in by people able to...
How the ITC forced a veto in the Samsung-Apple patent case
The International Trade Commission blew it by ignoring Dean Pinkert dissent. — FORTUNE — His dissent was heavily redacted and buried in a long official filing, But everything you need to know about ...
Crossbar says it will explode the $60B flash memory market with Resistive RAM, which stores a terabyte on a chip
Crossbar is announcing today a new kind of memory chip that can replace flash memory, one of the fundamental building blocks of digital electronics, in a number of of applications.
New Nokia 925 ad parodies Apple's ‘Photos Every Day’ commercial, claims iPhone 5 takes subpar photos
Nokia has released a new ad for its Lumia 925 today comparing the device's camera to the iPhone 5 and simultaneously parodying Apple's recent “Photos Every Day” TV spot.
Comcast Developing Anti-Piracy Alternative to ‘Six Strikes’ (Exclusive)
Cable operator pitching TV industry on plan to convert illegal downloads to legal transaction opportunities — Comcast Corp. is developing a new approach to fighting piracy in the U.S., and wants oth...
Future of Cable Might Not Include TV
Predicting that transmission of TV will move to the Internet eventually, Cablevision Systems Corp. Chief Executive James Dolan says “there could come a day” when his company stops offering television ...
For Twitter, Free Speech Is a High-Wire Act
As Micro-Blogging Site Expands Globally, It Gets Flak From Many Sides — Twitter Inc.'s growing ambitions are making it harder to carry the Internet's free-speech banner. — Chief Executive Dick Cos...
Apps updated for iOS 7 could cause major headaches for older devices
Last month I discussed some of the challenges developers will face with iOS 7. With Apple pushing developers hard to update their apps for iOS 7, they are under the gun to get their apps updated, bot...
FireEye files for $175M IPO so investors can cash in on cybersecurity craze
FireEye, an IT security vendor, has submitted an S-1 filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, kicking off the process to raise as much as $175 million through a public offering.
Veto of Apple Ruling Likely to Upend Big Patent Battles
Ruling Promises to Alter Strategies Some Tech Giants Use to Defend Inventions — By - IAN SHERR and - BRENT KENDALL - — The Obama administration's decision to overturn an international trade ruling...
Veto of Apple Ruling Likely to Upend Big Patent Battles
Ruling Promises to Alter Strategies Some Tech Giants Use to Defend Inventions — By - IAN SHERR and - BRENT KENDALL - — The Obama administration's decision to overturn an international trade ruling...
Google adds touch-friendly Chrome features in latest test version
Google appears to be readying a number of touch-friendly features for its Chrome browser. In the latest nightly Canary build, a new slide-to-navigate feature has been added that lets you swipe left o...
Samsung Notes New Galaxy Coming At Sept. 4 Event in Berlin
Samsung on Monday announced plans to launch a new Galaxy device at a Sept. 4 event in Berlin. — The handwritten design of the invitation suggests that perhaps the event might serve as a launch point...
Feedly goes Pro: $5 per month for better search, security and more
Log into your free 'n easy Feedly RSS service this morning and you may be offered the opportunity to make it less free, but potentially even easier to use. An upgrade to Feedly Pro will normally cost...
Tablet sales slow in 2Q on absence of new iPad, IDC says
The research firm says tablet shipments should remain weak in the current quarter but pick up in the last three months of the year. — The iPad Mini. — The second quarter wasn't especially bright f...
Apple sends out developer update: planning to restore most of the remaining services this week
Apple has been slowly restoring their Developer Center, and today the company has sent out an email update to developers regarding the restorations to take place this week:
China Scrutinizes 2 Apple Suppliers in Pollution Probe
Move Follows Claims of Heavy-Metal Discharge From Plants Run by UniMicron, Hon Hai — KUNSHAN, China—Chinese regulators are scrutinizing two suppliers to Apple Inc. and other gadget makers following ...
LinkedIn Now Lets Jobseekers Apply For Positions Directly Via Its Mobile Apps
Last month, LinkedIn introduced the ability for users of its social network for the working world to search for jobs via its iOS and Android mobile apps. Now it will let jobseekers seal the deal, so ...