Leaked Nokia Lumia 1520 pics suggest a supersized, 1080p Windows phone coming...
If the leaks from this morning are to be believed, the world finally be closer to getting the supersized Windows Phone it didn't even know it wanted. The oft-reliable @evleaks, posted an image of what...
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Distant Worlds gives 4X Players a huge galaxy and many options
Distant Worlds is a massive 4X game that shares many of the strengths and weaknesses of the genre: detailed systems, technology, and options; very long games that form their own histories and stories;...
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Curved-screen TVs fall flat
BERLIN—To turn around dropping sales, TV manufacturers are working on a number of technologies to appeal to consumers, including curved screens. LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics and Sony all showed...
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From calculators to tablets, Intel focuses on the mobile era
Intel’s dominance of the chip market is starting to wane as PC shipments slump and smartphone and tablet adoption grows, but the manufacturer will try to prove it can make fast and power-efficient...
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Celtx review: Professional screenwriting software at starving-artist prices
To dabble in scriptwriting without the full $250 investment for Final Draft, Celtx provides a pared-down set of features at a much more palatable price. The full-featured Celtx Plus package weighs in...
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Ashampoo MP3 Cover Finder review: Organize your playlists—for a price
You're an audiophile and a neat freak. Years of burning CDs onto your computer have left your digital music library a tattered mess of unnamed tracks by unknown artists—and it's driving you nuts. You...
View ArticleOyster offers all-you-can-read ebooks for $10 per month
A startup called Oyster wants to become your “Netflix for e-books.”
View ArticleYahoo says it gave the feds info for most data requests received in first...
Yahoo received 12,444 requests from the U.S. government for user data in the first half of this year, resulting in 11,402 instances of data disclosure, it said Friday in its first transparency report....
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Codependent no more: OneNote for iPad liberated from desktop app
While still afflicted with reticence over providing a native iPad version of Office, Microsoft has updated OneNote for iPad in a way that, according to the company, makes it independent from its...
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Small-screen Windows 8.1 tablet with Bay Trail chip on tap for IDF
Startup Aava Mobile will show a Windows 8.1 tablet with an 8.3-inch, high-definition screen and Intel’s upcoming Atom tablet processor code-named Bay Trail at the Intel Developer Forum next week. The...
View ArticleSchneier on NSA's encryption defeating efforts: Trust no one
The U.S. National Security Agency’s efforts to defeat encrypted Internet communications, detailed in news stories this week, are an attack on the security of the Internet and on users’ trust in the...
View ArticleWall Street Beat: Tech starts off season on mildly upbeat note
With the Labor Day holiday marking the unofficial end of summer on the markets, tech stocks got off to a fairly positive start in the new season as several major deals and the mobile phone market came...
View ArticleIntel hires wearable computing talent, but it's late to the game
Intel said Friday that it has hired a pair of high-level engineers from Nike and Oakley to assist the company with building wearable computing devices. Intel said that it had hired Hans Moritz,...
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TVs and smartphones steal the spotlight at IFA
This year's IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin offered smartphones, tablets, 4K TVs, a much-anticipated smartwatch, and new spins on the camera. Consumer electronics manufacturers from all over...
View ArticleHands on with Yamaha's Spotify Connect AV receivers
Spotify's new Connect service was launched this week and audio device makers used the IFA electronics show to launch the first wave of products that tie into it. I tried it out with the Yamaha...
View ArticleBeware Android Trojans hitching a ride on botnets
Obad malware grows through zombie net, while Hesperbot takes a new tack on banking malware
View ArticleGet ready for Apple's September 10 event
Apple holds a press event at its Cupertino headquarters on Tuesday. In this video report, we preview what you can expect.
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Microsoft readies a tsunami of patches for Windows, IE, Office
For sheer volume of bulletins—14 all together—Microsoft's Patch Tuesday this month will prove onerous, with one critically important set of patches aimed to fix flaws in all versions of the Internet...
View ArticleMobile browsers get a workout, with Google's Chrome leading
More of us are accessing the Internet from mobile devices, as measured by site access by mobile browsers.
View ArticleTop-level domains to soon increase in number, diversity
The internet is chock full these days, and if you want to stand out and compete you need not only a great website but also a memorable—and preferably short—domain name. If you try to register your...
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