Last week, we looked back at the largely untold, or under told, stories of 2014. This week, let's look ahead to some of the stories th...
Gadget Ogling: Budget Fitness Tracking, Focused Writing and Red-Hot Wearables
Gather around, friends, for another edition of the column that holds up just-announced gadgets to scrutiny, Gadget Dreams and Nightmares. ...
Flaws in Ancient Standard Enable Wireless Eavesdropping, Spying
Vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7, telephony signaling protocols used by carriers worldwide, allow third parties to listen to people...
Fraud-Proofing Credit Cards Through Quantum Physics
Researchers at the University of Twente and the Eindhoven University of Technology have come up with what they claim is an unprecedentedly...
The Curious Case of the Disappearing Distros
Well the holidays are pretty much upon us at last here in the Linux blogosphere, and there's nowhere left to hide. The next two weeks ...
Gadget Ogling: Budget Fitness Tracking, Focused Writing and Red-Hot Wearables
Gather around, friends, for another edition of the column that holds up just-announced gadgets to scrutiny, Gadget Dreams and Nightmares. ...
Flaws in Ancient Standard Enable Wireless Eavesdropping, Spying
Vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7, telephony signaling protocols used by carriers worldwide, allow third parties to listen to people...
The Untold Stories of 2014
It is time to look back at 2014, so I'll focus here on a series of stories I thought were interesting but didn't seem to catch muc...
The Curious Case of the Disappearing Distros
Well the holidays are pretty much upon us at last here in the Linux blogosphere, and there's nowhere left to hide. The next two weeks ...
Which Stars Will Shine Brightest in Apple's Brilliant 2015?
The end of the year is a natural time to look back -- and then forward to the year to come. Apple started 2014 slowly but more than made u...
Gadget Ogling: Budget Fitness Tracking, Focused Writing and Red-Hot Wearables
Gather around, friends, for another edition of the column that holds up just-announced gadgets to scrutiny, Gadget Dreams and Nightmares. ...
The Untold Stories of 2014
It is time to look back at 2014, so I'll focus here on a series of stories I thought were interesting but didn't seem to catch muc...
US Mulls Response to Sony Hack
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Thursday said the United States "is actively considering a range of options...
Which Stars Will Shine Brightest in Apple's Brilliant 2015?
The end of the year is a natural time to look back -- and then forward to the year to come. Apple started 2014 slowly but more than made u...
Defending the Free Linux World
The Open Invention Network, or OIN, is waging a global campaign to keep Linux out of harm's way in patent litigation. Its efforts have...
US Mulls Response to Sony Hack
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Thursday said the United States "is actively considering a range of options...
Docker CTO Solomon Hykes to Devs: Have It Your Way
Docker has moved from an obscure Linux project to one of the most popular open source technologies in cloud computing. Project developers ...
Google Rips MPAA For Allegedly Leveraging Local Government To Revive SOPA
Corruption in the American Hollywood style is something to behold. Today, Google published a short blog post alleging that the Motion Pictur...
Minecraft Players Will Get to Shape the Game's Story
Mojang has partnered with Telltale Games to create a brand new Minecraft game that will be narrative-driven. Dubbed "Minecraft: Story...
Experts Forecast the End of Privacy as We Know It
Privacy's future appears muddy at best, judging from a survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center and Elon University's I...
FIDO Pursues Vision of a Password-Free World
A group of some 150 companies last week moved closer to eliminating the bane of many an online user: the password. The FIDO Alliance, whic...
BMW's Self-Parking Tech Relieves Drivers From Circling the Lot
BMW Group this week previewed the automated parking technology it will showcase at next month's International CES in Las Vegas. The Re...
Google's Cardboard VR Kit Is Really No Joke
Google last week announced an updated app for its minimalist Cardboard virtual-reality viewer, as well as software development kits for bo...
Terrorist Threats May Blow Up 'The Interview's' Box Office
The now-notoriously controversial action comedy The Interview , which was expected to deliver profits of $90-$95 million for Sony, may hav...
US Officials Believe North Korea Was Involved In Sony Hacks
US officials say they believe that North Korea’s government was involved in the large-scale hack of Sony servers, which led to the leak of t...
Skype Begins Dismantling the Language Barrier
Microsoft on Monday announced the first phase of its Skype Translator preview program, which initially will facilitate conversations betwe...
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel On Email Hacks: “Our Work Has Been Violated And Exposed”
Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel released a powerful statement today on privacy, a day after the latest batch of emails released in ...
FIDO Pursues Vision of a Password-Free World
A group of some 150 companies last week moved closer to eliminating the bane of many an online user: the password. The FIDO Alliance, whic...
Google's Cardboard VR Kit Is Really No Joke
Google last week announced an updated app for its minimalist Cardboard virtual-reality viewer, as well as software development kits for bo...
Sony Sends News Outlets a Stern but Toothless Warning
On behalf of Sony Pictures Entertainment, high-powered attorney David Boies sent a letter to several news outlets Sunday demanding that th...
Skype Begins Dismantling the Language Barrier
Microsoft on Monday announced the first phase of its Skype Translator preview program, which initially will facilitate conversations betwe...
Should We All Be Contributing to FOSS?
It's surely a testament to the shocking nature of the recent news about Devuan that the Linux blogosphere has been a rather quiet plac...
Berners-Lee Sounds Clarion Call for Universal Web Access
The Internet should be a basic human right, but access to it is increasingly unequal around the globe, said Tim Berners-Lee, founder of th...
Sony Sends News Outlets a Stern but Toothless Warning
On behalf of Sony Pictures Entertainment, high-powered attorney David Boies sent a letter to several news outlets Sunday demanding that th...
Upfront Ventures Raises $280 Million For Its Fifth Fund
Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Upfront Ventures has had a pretty good run as of late, due to a number of its recent investments seei...
Have Intel and Microsoft Discovered the Fountain of Corporate Youth?
This has been an interesting quarter. After Andy Grove left, Intel often seemed to struggle with its place in the world and seemed at odds...
Gadget Ogling: Wireless Lights, Sunny Wearables and Flashy Smartphones
Welcome, dear readers, to another installment of Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, a weekly perusal of the best and worst in just-announced gi...
Berners-Lee Sounds Clarion Call for Universal Web Access
The Internet should be a basic human right, but access to it is increasingly unequal around the globe, said Tim Berners-Lee, founder of th...
Have Intel and Microsoft Discovered the Fountain of Corporate Youth?
This has been an interesting quarter. After Andy Grove left, Intel often seemed to struggle with its place in the world and seemed at odds...
Eye-Fi Mobi Delivers Photos From Your Camera To The Cloud | One Lap
The rise of smartphone cameras decimated the entry-level digital camera market. In contrast, sales of DSLR and other high-end cameras have t...
Gadget Ogling: Wireless Lights, Sunny Wearables and Flashy Smartphones
Welcome, dear readers, to another installment of Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, a weekly perusal of the best and worst in just-announced gi...
Iowa to Lead Digital Driver's License Movement
Iowa plans to issue digital drivers' licenses in the form of a smartphone app by next year, Paul Trombino, director of the Iowa Depart...
Whoa, Maybe Apple Really Is Serious About Enterprise IT
Apple and IBM have delivered the first batch of enterprise-class apps for iOS, rolling out 10 apps that cover key industry verticals like ...
2014's Top Google Play Picks: Fitness, Netflix, Frozen and More
Health and fitness was the fastest-growing category of apps on Google Play this year, according to a report Google published on Thursday. ...
Plundered Pirate Bay May Be Back in Business
The Pirate Bay, which was closed down following a raid by Swedish police on Tuesday, appears to have found safe haven on a Costa Rican dom...
No Respite for Sony
Since the hacker group calling itself "Guardians of Peace" announced its attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment late last month, ...
4MLinux Is So Lightweight It's Anemic
4MLinux is a unique mini Linux distribution that tries to be what it is not. Its limited-purpose design is too basic for even lightweight ...
How Linux Works Is an OS Mechanic's Mainstay
How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know offers an unglamorous view of the Linux OS. It takes readers behind the GUI into the bo...
Chromecast Now Lets Your Guests Take Over Your TV Without Needing Your WiFi Password
Back in June, Google announced a rather nifty new feature coming to Chromecast: your friends and house guests would soon be able to connect ...
Blackphone to Peddle a Few Good Apps
Blackphone on Tuesday announced plans to open an app store for privacy-focused applications to run on its secure smartphone. The store is ...
Plundered Pirate Bay May Be Back in Business
The Pirate Bay, which was closed down following a raid by Swedish police on Tuesday, appears to have found safe haven on a Costa Rican dom...
NSA's Auroragold Mining Operation
The United States National Security Agency, which is known for monitoring landline, Web and cellphone communications worldwide, reportedly...
How Linux Works Is an OS Mechanic's Mainstay
How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know offers an unglamorous view of the Linux OS. It takes readers behind the GUI into the bo...
Facebook Search Tool Finds Posts in a Haystack
Facebook has made it possible for users to perform keyword searches for individual posts on the social network. "With a quick search,...
Blackphone to Peddle a Few Good Apps
Blackphone on Tuesday announced plans to open an app store for privacy-focused applications to run on its secure smartphone. The store is ...
iHeartMedia CEO On The Re-Branding From Clear Channel
Clear Channel has been quietly transforming for the past few years into a true platform, where live events, broadcast radio and digital prod...
Samsung Offers Cool Gear VR Headset but Content Is MIA
Samsung on Monday began offering what may best be described as the "alpha version" of its Gear VR headset, developed by Oculus, ...