Surface Pro 2 is an improvement over its predecessor: quicker, quieter, longer battery life
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Review — When Microsoft introduced its first Surface devices last year, it did so in a staggered fashion. Surface RT showed up first, then four months later Surface Pro went...
Google's iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary
Android is open—except for all the good parts. — Six years ago, in November 2007, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) was announced. The original iPhone came out just a few months earlier …
Like Everyone Else, Twitter Hides from U.S. Taxes in Ireland
If Twitter's transformation from “that micro-blogging service” to publicly traded advertising titan works out, it's going to have a painful tax bill. But there's good news! Twitter is already pullin...
Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service
An identity theft service that sold Social Security and drivers license numbers — as well as bank account and credit card data on millions of Americans — purchased much of its data from Experian, one ...
Using NFC, IBM brings dual-factor authentication to mobile
Diego Ortiz-Yepes of IBM Research in Zurich describes his approach for dual-factor authentication using mobile devices. — (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) — ZURICH, Switzerland — Banks and major W...
Why Does Windows Have Terrible Battery Life?
I've become a huge fan of touch computing. I believe that most things we think of as “computers” will be de-facto tablets, either in our pocket, in our hands, possibly even mounted on our wrists or f...
HHS brings in Verizon to help HealthCare.gov
WASHINGTON — The international telecommunications company Verizon has been tasked with helping the government fix the federal health exchange, USA TODAY has learned. — An informed source in the tele...