NSA is using radio waves to monitor and alter data on computers not connected to the Internet
N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States …
Foxconn Ships Over 1 Million iPhone 5Ss to China Mobile
Apple's major iPhone assembler Foxconn has shipped about 1.4 million iPhone 5Ss to China Mobile last week, according to a person familiar with the matter, ahead of the mobile giant's launch this Frida...
Court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules, agency may appeal
An appeals court in Washington on Tuesday ruled that the FCC's “net neutrality” rules, which forbid prevent companies like Verizon from favoring some type of internet traffic over others, are invalid.
Welcome To The Net Neutrality Nightmare Scenario
Net neutrality advocates just lost their biggest battle yet. Welcome to “Internet 3.0.” — Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Thomas Wheeler listens to public comments during a town ha...
Facebook Could Launch Its Flipboard-Like News Reader This Month
After years of experimentation, cancellations and redesigns, Facebook looks like it is finally going to launch in the coming weeks a news reading service built for mobile devices. — The product is k...
Google releases Moto G Google Play Edition for $179/$199
This morning Google announced that its releasing a Moto G Google Play Edition starting at $179 for the 8GB model and $199 for the 16GB model. There isn't much of a difference between the Google Play ...
In 2013 the number of Windows PCs sold was only 1.18 times the number of Apple devices sold
When Apple reached parity with Windows — In 2013 there were 18.8 times more Windows PCs sold than Macs. This is a reduction in the Windows advantage from about 19.8x in 2012.
Chrome 32 launches with noisy tab indicators, new Windows 8 look, better malware blocking, and supervised users
Google today released Chrome version 32 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new version includes tab indicators, a new look for Windows 8 Metro mode, and automatic blocking of malware downloads.
Thousands Of Hotel Listings Were Hijacked In Google+ Local
Thousands of hotels listed within Google+ Local appear to have had links leading to their official sites “hijacked” and replaced with ones leading to third-party booking services. Google+ Local listi...
Intel shelves cutting-edge Arizona chip factory
(Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O), hit by slumping personal computer sales, has put off opening a major chip factory that President Barack Obama once held up as an example of U.S. manufacturing potentia...
Apple begins hiring iPhone/iPod manufacturing design engineers for Mesa, Arizona plant
Back in November, the State of Arizona announced that Apple had chosen the city of Mesa to create a new manufacturing facility and in the process 700 new permanent manufacturing jobs.
Startups analyze phone location data, sell lifestyle profiles of owners, often with no consent
What Secrets Your Phone Is Sharing About You — Businesses Use Sensors to Track Customers, Build Shopper Profiles — Fan Zhang, the owner of Happy Child, a trendy Asian restaurant in downtown Toront...
Sony grows its Xperia line by two with the 6-inch T2 Ultra and Walkman-centric E1
You'd think a company that very recently announced two new flagship smartphones at CES would slow its roll and hold off on the product announcements for a bit. But no, Sony's introducing two more han...
Patent stunner: Under attack, nation's most notorious “troll” sues federal gov't
Texas lawyer Jay Mac Rust, pictured here in 2006, has been revealed as the owner of MPHJ Technology Investments. — Super Lawyers — MPHJ Technology Investments quickly became one of the best-known ...
AOL Sells Winamp And Shoutcast For $5-10M To Radionomy, Takes 12% Stake In Belgian Digital Audio Company
Returning from the brink of death, music services Winamp and Shoutcast are now officially with a new owner: Digital audio business Radionomy has acquired the both media player and radio platform from ...
Why Techmeme's calendar is now listing even more events
Nearly two years ago, Techmeme began listing technology events, both on its front page, which showed events expected to result in news on Techmeme, and a dedicated events page which showed the same li...
Apple to relaunch 8GB version of iPhone 4 in India as sales lag
KOLKATA: Apple is set to relaunch the 8GB version of the iPhone 4 in the Indian market after losing sales and market share in the middle segment to rival Samsung in the last quarter after pulling out ...
Oyster, the service offering access to over 100,000 books for $10 a month, raises $14 million
Oyster, a Start-Up for E-Reading, Raises $14 Million — With Netflix soaring, investors are betting that a start-up based on the same business model — but for e-books — will succeed as well.
Datacenter startup Nutanix raises $101m with eye on IPO
Summary: New round of investment will help finance commercial expansion and boost analytics development at converged infrastructure specialist Nutanix. — Toby Wolpe — Nutanix says the $101m fundin...
Coinye developers say they're abandoning project as Kanye West escalates legal battle
Kanye West has escalated his legal battle against Coinye, filing a trademark-infringement lawsuit against unnamed digital currency operators and 100 anonymous co-defendants, even as some people involv...
Yandex Adds Facebook Posts And Big Data To Its Search Results In Russia, Other Home Markets
Yandex and Facebook had a notable run-in last year when a team of developers from the Russian search giant created a social search app called Wonder, which Facebook promptly blocked, leading to it shu...
Valve's VR-friendly Steam UI launches in beta prior to its headset reveal
If Oculus Rift's new “Crystal Cove” prototype is anything to go by (it's seriously guano, if you hadn't heard already), then gamers are really going to appreciate the virtual reality revival.
YouTube Launches New Comments Management Tool
YouTube today launched a new tool for managing comments on its site that gives video creators a central inbox for all the comments their videos receive. — When YouTube made the controversial switch ...
Uber Cofounder Is Launching On Demand Healthcare for the 1%
Sources tell Valleywag that after housing and transportation, the latest slice of public infrastructure to get the VIP, front-of-the-line treatment is healthcare. We hear Oscar Salazar, an Uber cofou...
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear shopping cart case between Newegg and patent troll Soverain
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Internet shopping patent case — (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would not take on an Internet technology patent case that pitted …
Tumblr now lets you mention and link to specific users inside posts
As Tumblr evolves from blog network to modern social network, it is today adding a long-awaited feature: user mentions. When you type an @ symbol into Tumblr's compose screen, a new field auto-popula...
Chicago Sun-Times to test bitcoin paywall for articles
The Chicago Sun-Times and startup BitWall have announced a trial paywall using bitcoin as payment for articles. The trial also involves the Taproot Foundation, which pairs professionals looking for p...
Google's patent rank shoots up as company stakes out wearable tech
Google received nearly 2,000 patents in 2013, which is a significant jump from previous years and reflects the company's determination, as it moves into new fields of technology, to avoid the sort of ...
Applause Raises $43M to Test Apps, Hardware ‘In the Wild’
The Hacker Who Cracked the Code in Iron Man and The Social Network
British programmer John Graham-Cumming recently noticed something unusual as he watched the movie Elysium: a piece of code that he recognized, flashing across the monitors as the film's characters int...
Early Android Veterans Raise $18M From Accel, Google Ventures For Stealth Company, NextBit
“What? You're raising $18 million from Accel and Google Ventures and you can't even tell me what it is?” I ask Tom Moss, who brokered carrier and handset maker relationships for Google Android when ...