Internet speeds are about to double for some Comcast customers (not you, cord cutters)
In a bit of good news for Comcast subscribers — a rare bit of good news, some might argue — a new report suggests that …
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Browser beware: A list of browser extensions that spy on you and contain adware
The NSA is watching your every move (not really) and malicious hackers are trying to steal your data at every turn (really), so the last …
Study: Apple is no longer consumers’ favorite tech brand to deal with
Apple had been a leader for several years in Forrester Research’s annual study on consumer electronics brand customer satisfaction, but the latest edition of the …
Verizon recovers from huge loss with $5 billion Q4 profit
Verizon Communications posted a massive $1.93 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2012 as pension expenses and costs associated with Hurricane Sandy took a …
Harvard students working on ways to send smells through smartphones
Imagine if you could not only post pictures of your meals on Instagram but post their odors as well? That seems to the premise that …
Believe it or not, Betamax is still relevant to our lives
It’s been a while since anyone has used, thought about or cared about Betamax, the video cassette technology that lost out to VHS back in …
Bill Gates seen as Microsoft’s shadow CEO
Why is Microsoft having such difficulty finding a new CEO? As Re/code reports, many potential CEO candidates are worried about whether they’ll really have a …
You can now buy merchandise from your favorite artists through Spotify
Music streaming companies are pulling out all the stops lately, whether to pre-empt tomorrow’s launch of the much-hyped Beats Music service or to stay ahead …
Nest CEO: Any privacy changes will be transparent following Google acquisition
Nest CEO Tony Fadell promised in an interview that any privacy policy changes that could follow after Google purchased his company will be transparent and …
Apple sued for collecting and selling customers’ personal info
Apple is facing yet another lawsuit, this time from three residents in Massachusetts who claim Apple collected their zip codes and profited from selling them …
Microsoft-invented ‘smart elevator’ listens to everything you say
If you’re the type of person who doesn’t like using Google Now or posting on Facebook because you don’t want tech companies knowing about your …
This is what the Internet will be like without net neutrality
Pro-net neutrality activists have long warned that not having net neutrality will lead to a world dominated by large companies such as Facebook and Google …
CWA: Sprint buying T-Mobile would be even worse than AT&T buying T-Mobile
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and Sprint’s rumored upcoming T-Mobile takeover bid is a blazing inferno right now. Numerous reports have suggested that Sprint and …
Do yourself a favor and watch this hilarious 1981 TV report about the Internet
It’s easy to forget how far the Internet has come considering how plugged in we all are today thanks to laptops, smartphones and other connected …
‘Password’ is no longer the dumbest password of the year
New research conducted by SplashData revealed that “password” isn’t the dumbest password choice around anymore, as it has been replaced by “123456,” for the past …
How to find the Invisible Internet
The rabbit hole that is the Internet goes much deeper than most people know. In fact, the World Wide Web as we know it represents …
BlackBerry needed a big win, and it just got one
Remember last summer when BlackBerry’s new platform and devices like the BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 received the U.S. Defense Information System Agency’s approval to be …
Rdio caves to the competition, makes Web streaming free for all users
Hardly two days have passed since Spotify began allowing unlimited access to its free streaming service, but another major competitor has already stepped up to …
New patent shows how Amazon plans to kill box stores once and for all
Amazon has already been doing massive amounts of damage to big box retailers and now it’s working on a new system that could be its …
The Wii U is officially a disaster: Nintendo slashes sales forecast by 70%
There’s no longer any debating it: Nintendo’s Wii U is an absolute disaster. People were shocked when we talked about what a tremendous failure the …
Smartphone thefts climbed in 2013 despite efforts to prevent them
Law enforcement agencies, smartphone makers and wireless service providers all placed a good deal of focus on finding news ways to curb smartphone thefts in …
Microsoft to finally unveil Siri, Google Now rival in April
Apple first unveiled Siri in the fall of 2011, Google took the wraps off Google Now in the summer of 2012 and now Microsoft is …
Google once again named America’s best place to work
Who would have thunk it: A company that installs slides into its office buildings is a fun place to work? Fortune this week has released …
Facebook still wants to take over mobile with standalone apps
Even though it failed to take over home screens on Android with the Facebook Home experiment, Facebook is still very much interested in the mobile …
The sweetest new technology of 2014: A 3D chocolate printer
3D printing has never tasted so sweet. CNN reports that Hershey’s is teaming up with 3D Systems to make a 3D printer that can make …
Here are the myriad ways that alcohol consumption affects you
Have you ever woken up with a terrible hangover, regretting every decision that led to that moment? What if you’d had a better understanding of …
Here’s the latest thing scientists warn will kill you: Supervolcanoes
As if we don’t have enough to worry about in our daily lives, scientists are now warning that there’s a heightened risk of supervolcanoes erupting …
Teen Facebook exodus reportedly real as 11 million young users flee
There has been plenty of back and forth over the past year or so regarding whether or not teens and other young users are abandoning …
Author of Steve Jobs biography says Google is more innovative than Apple
While writing his biography of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson had more access than most outsiders could ever dream of. It may be …
Microsoft denies report that it’s shelling out billions to pay off Windows Phone partners
Microsoft has denied an earlier report suggesting that the company plans to pay out billions of dollars in 2014 in an effort to ensure that …
