The One Apple Watch Thing That Really Matters

While the cellphone nearly killed the wristwatch, the Apple Watch gizmo actually will revive it. In fact, I think the attention that the A...

Elementary OS 'Freya' Is Worth the Wait

Elementary OS is a new style Linux distro that wraps its own sophisticated desktop design around a solid Ubuntu core. This distro first ap...

EFF Raises Alarm Over ComputerCOP's Spying Ways

ComputerCOP software, a parental monitoring application that long has been recommended and distributed by law enforcement agencies, is lit...

Apple Shrinks Market for Stolen iPhones

Apple on Thursday closed a gap in its efforts to combat mobile device theft with the announcement of a service for checking the Activation...

Microsoft Earns Forgiveness With Windows 10

Microsoft on Tuesday pulled back the veil on the successor to Windows 8 -- Windows 10. Windows 10 is a combination of the best elements of...

Google's Augmented Reality 'Ingress' Gives Players New Creative Outlets

Google's Niantic Labs last week announced a new Missions feature that can incorporate user-generated content in its Ingress augmented...

'Data Divination: Big Data Strategies' Is a Great Hip-Pocket Tool

Most of today's books about Big Data delve into highly technical tools, cloud technology, and high-level computer-assisted math calcul...