iPad owners weigh in: Heat ‘issue’ deemed non-factor
An overwhelming 98% of new iPad owners are either “very satisfied” (82%) or “somewhat satisfied” (16%) with their Apple tablets, a recent survey conducted by …
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Hackers steal 1.5 million card numbers in huge MasterCard, Visa breach
Hackers stole credit card numbers belonging to as many as 1.5 million MasterCard and Visa customers, Global Payments, Inc. confirmed on Sunday. The international credit …
Samsung Display spin-off opens its doors
Samsung Electronics on Monday announced that its display panel spin-off is now operational. The company said in February that it would separate its struggling LCD …
Flutter app brings Kinect-like gesture controls to iTunes, Spotify [video]
Microsoft’s wildly popular Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 brought motion-based controls to the masses when it launched in late 2010. While similar technology will …
U.K. court orders ISP to expose porn downloaders
Thousands of broadband subscribers in the United Kingdom who illegally downloaded pornography will soon have their identities exposed. The United Kingdom’s High Court has ordered O2, …
Ready or not, here it comes: Timeline takes over Facebook today [update]
After being greeted with mixed reactions, millions of users have warmed up to Facebook’s new layout, dubbed Timeline. The new face of Facebook places all …
Hackers can easily steal credit card info, other data from used Xbox consoles [update]
Using nothing more than a few common tools, hackers can reportedly recover credit card numbers and other personal information from used Xbox 360 consoles even …
RIM reports Q4 miss; Balsillie resigns as director, CTO and COO both out
With expectations at an all-time low and analysts lowering estimates left and right, Research In Motion on Thursday reported its results for the fourth fiscal …
FLA finds serious labor law violations at Foxconn
The Fair Labor Association on Thursday reported that it found serious violations of Chinese labor laws during its inspections of Foxconn’s electronics manufacturing plants in …
Apple hit with second class action suit over poor Siri performance
A class action lawsuit was filed in New York against Apple earlier this month, alleging that the company’s “misleading and deceptive” iPhone 4S ads depicted …
Congress blocks law that would prevent employers from demanding Facebook passwords
A proposed amendment to FCC legislation that would have prevented current or potential employers from seeking access to employee Facebook accounts was shot down by the House …
Comcast deals blow to net neutrality, says own video service is exempt from bandwidth caps
Cable network operator and Internet service provider Comcast reportedly confirmed earlier this week that it would give its own video streaming service a huge advantage …
Paper for iPad shows us what the Microsoft Courier could have been [video]
In late 2009, a tablet concept in development at Microsoft set tech blogs aflutter. The device was code-named “Courier,” and it consisted of two connected …
Scientists create self-healing plastic, the ‘Holy Grail of Material Science’
Cell phones, tablets, cars and even weapons systems that can heal themselves when scratched or cracked are no longer confined to science fiction. During the …
New Apple CEO goes where Steve Jobs would not
Steve Jobs took particular care to ensure the company he created continued to operate at the high levels he demanded after he left. Thanks to …
Best Buy posts mixed Q4 earnings, plans to close 50 U.S. stores
Best Buy on Thursday reported results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2012. The nationwide retail giant had missed Wall Street’s estimates in both the …
MeeGo gets a stay of execution? Two new Nokia MeeGo phones reportedly in the works
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop had several tough decisions to make when he came on board and replaced former chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. Of course the biggest …
Facebook reportedly eyes May for biggest Internet IPO in history
Facebook is reportedly targeting May for its initial public offering, which is set to be the biggest Internet IPO in history by a substantial margin. …
File-sharing site RapidShare deemed legal by court
RapidShare is widely known as an invaluable tool for the illegal sharing of copyrighted digital material. Much like Megaupload, which was shuttered earlier this year …
RIM slashes BlackBerry prices in India one day ahead of Q4 earnings
Research In Motion has made drastic cuts to BlackBerry smartphone prices in India just one day before the Waterloo, Ontario-based vendor is scheduled to report …
See-through 3D computer with gesture controls gives us a glimpse of the future [video]
Some believe a future full of massive, gesture-controlled computer displays like the ones seen in Twentieth Century Fox’s Minority Report are an inevitability, and a …
The ‘phablet’ is a hit: Samsung Galaxy Note sales top 5 million
BGR reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Note in February and while there were a number of features we liked about this phone/tablet hybrid, we found it …
Apple offers refunds to duped iPad buyers in Australia
Apple’s hot new iPad tablet has been a massive global success. The company recently announced that it sold more than 3 million new slates in …
‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ loser turned winner auctions prizes for charity
Samsung Galaxy Nexus user Sahas Katta found himself thrust into the technology news cycle recently after he allegedly smoked a Windows Phone but was denied …
Apple responds to widespread complaints of iPad charging problems
Apple’s third-generation iPad tablet has been well-received by the masses. Reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, and Apple announced last week that it sold more than …
Facebook is too friendly; new app helps users make enemies
At its core, Facebook is a social network built on the premise that people want a central location where they can keep track of and …
Verizon’s $79.99 LG Lucid with 4G LTE undercuts Nokia Lumia 900
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced an upcoming new addition to its 4G LTE smartphone lineup. Launching on March 29th, the entry-level LG Lucid features low-end …
Online porn may soon be banned in Egypt
Censorship and the Internet are topics that have gone hand in hand since the birth of the World Wide Web more than 20 years ago. …
Next-generation Xbox will not block used games, GameStop CEO says
Rumors that Microsoft’s next-generation video game console might somehow block owners from playing used games began swirling earlier this year, and gamers around the world cringed. …
RIM: ‘Grim and getting grimmer’
Research In Motion is set to report its results for the fourth fiscal quarter and full fiscal year on Thursday, and Wall Street is bracing itself …
