Samsung fined $340,000 for faking online comments
After being caught paying for false praise and negative comments about competitors, Samsung has been fined just over $340,000. The issue first arose internationally in April, when Taiwan's Fair Trade...
Why the Government Never Gets Tech Right
MILLIONS of Americans negotiating America's health care system know all too well what the waiting room of a doctor's office looks like. Now, thanks to HealthCare.gov, they know what a “virtual waitin...
Netflix needs to invest in content to gain subscribers, but that hurts profit growth
The Netflix Conundrum — The company needs to spend money on content to continue growing its subscriber base. But the cost of content is hurting its profit growth. — Orange Is the New Black promot...
Samsung announces $9.56 billion profit in latest record-breaking quarter
Samsung was predicting record revenue for the third fiscal quarter of 2013, and as usual it didn't disappoint. The company has announced 59.08 trillion won (approximately $55.59 billion) in revenue …
Flash Player now sandboxed under Safari on Mac OS X
Adobe has worked with Apple to sandbox Flash Player under Safari in Mac OS X, restricting the ability of attackers to exploit any vulnerabilities they might find in the browser plug-in. — “With this...
The Truth About ‘Free’ Mac App Store Software Upgrades in OS X Mavericks
There have been a number of reports lately revealing that OS X Mavericks seems to be allowing users to “upgrade illegal or trial version” Apple software obtained outside the Mac App Store.
Proposed bipartisan bill increases risks and costs to patent trolls, has chance of passing
Finally, a bill to end patent trolling — Congressman Bob Goodlatte, breaking ground in patent law reform. — VaDOT — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte …
Amazon reports quarterly net loss of $41M, sales above $17B, exceeding expectations
Amazon just posted another unprofitable quarter. But the company did manage to beat Wall Street's expectations. — The company reported a quarterly net loss of $41 million, or 9 cents per share.
The Boss Is Watching: Tracking Technology Shakes Up Workplace
Dennis Gray suspected that workers in his pest-control company were spending too much time on personal issues during the workday. So the general manager of Accurid Pest Solutions in southern Virginia...
Apple.com Now Selling $20 OS X Mountain Lion And Lion Redemption Codes For Older Macs
Apple has begun selling OS X Mountain Lion redemption codes alongside OS X Lion for $20 each. Lion was previously available for purchase directly from Apple over the phone, but the company has decide...
Microsoft erects a giant Surface tablet in the center of London
Microsoft has a fascination with big screens. The software giant has demonstrated Windows 8 on its 82-inch Perceptive Pixel PC and created giant displays with Kinect built-in. Microsoft co-founder B...
Source: Comcast Launching HBO Broadband Bundle Aimed at Netflix
An insider familiar with Comcast's promotional plans tells DSLreports that the company is preparing a new broadband and HBO streaming bundle aimed squarely at Netflix. The new promotion will be calle...
Here's Carl Icahn's Letter To Tim Cook Saying He Wants Apple To Buyback $150 Billion In Stock Immediately
Yesterday Carl Icahn tweeted that he sent a letter to Tim Cook, and would put it on a new website he was launching called Shareholder's Square Table — now the site is live.
Facebook's answer to serving 700TB of graph search data is lots of SSDs
Facebook's graph search feature requires finding and serving the right data fast, and from a database that currently houses more than a trillion posts and 700 terabytes of data overall.
TiVo Roamio DVRs can stream or download TV to iPhones, iPads
It's just over two months since the release of the TiVo Roamio Plus and Pro, and the namesake feature is now available. Beginning today, iOS device users can update their TiVo apps and start streamin...
Windows Phone users report excessive data use, built-in Twitter feature to blame
Microsoft has confirmed that there's an issue with its built-in Twitter feature that could result in unexpected data usage. The issue stems from a Twitter backend change that has caused Windows Phone...
Mac App Store bug allows iWork trial users to update the entire suite for free (Update: Aperture, too)
Users who have previously downloaded the free 30-day iWork trial and kept it on their systems found themselves able to update to the latest version of Apple's productivity suite …
Tweetbot 3 for iPhone arrives as $2.99 paid upgrade with complete redesign for iOS 7
Tapbots has released version 3 of its Tweetbot for iPhone Twitter client with a complete overhaul of the app for iOS. Upgrading to the new app costs $2.99 for a limited time, but it will eventually j...
YouTube MP3 Converter Loses Court Battle But The Music Plays On
In addition to obtaining music from file-sharing networks, those looking for free tracks often get them from so-called tube-rippers, sites and services that transform YouTube videos into downloadable ...
Microsoft Crushes FQ1 Expectations With Revenue of $18.5B, EPS Of $0.62, $400M In Surface Top Line
Microsoft reported its fiscal first quarter results today, with revenue of $18.53 billion and earnings per share of $0.62. Analysts had expected the first quarter of Microsoft's fiscal 2014 …
How Box.com allowed a complete stranger to delete all my files
Six months ago the cloud storage service gave control over my account to someone else, who then nuked it. Fortunately, my data survived. — Let me start by saying that I am a bit of a nut about clou...