(ZDNet) – The Chinese cyberattack group Deep Panda has compromised national security think tanks using sophisticated techniques designed to steal confidential data concerning US foreign policy,...
RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the...
(Information Week) — The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Facebook alleging that the social network deceived...
(The Washington Post) – Imagine that an insurance underwriter comes to your house and, along with noting your weight and blood pressure, snaps a photo of...
(The Washington Post) – The “right to be forgotten” just got real. On Wednesday, the BBC, the Daily Mail, the Guardian and other British news...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon says that it is prepared to go to court against the Federal Trade Commission to defend itself against charges that...
Google has acquired music start-up Songza, a company that says it is able to create playlists based on a person’s mood. No financial details were disclosed...
(USA Today) – The percentage of airline passengers using smartphones, laptops and other personal electronics has barely budged despite a new rule that allows them to...
(NewsMaine) – In a Monday announcement, Google revealed that it is shuttering its early social networking service, Orkut. The ten-year-old service will be shut down on...
[CNN] Aereo, the embattled startup that captured shows from the broadcast airwaves and let users stream them digitally to their computers, smartphones or tablets, is essentially...
[E-WEEK] SAN FRANCISCO—Google, which already runs the world’s busiest search engine, is mapping/photographing the world and building driverless cars, is now moving into the homemade television-content...
Julie Snider, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today)– Facebook, the world’s most popular social network, released statistics on the makeup of its workforce that do...
Barbara Ortutay, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some 1 billion people are now using Android devices, Google said as the company kicked off its two-day developer...
(Computerworld)—The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is here, and reviewers are falling over themselves to look at it in-depth (and inside it). Is it the usual 3rd-time’s-a-charm...
By Steven Ivory Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times While sitting at the light on a backed-up Los Angeles freeway exit ramp one morning,...
(Wall Street Journal) – Apple Inc. is planning multiple versions of a smartwatch likely to be launched in the fall, people familiar with the matter said, as the company...
(PC Mag) – Adobe is the undisputed king of image editing software, but it has been slow to innovate on mobile devices. We’ve got paid versions...
DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Where the ladies at? At last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, video game developers hyped upcoming titles...
RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon set out to do something different with the unveiling of its first smartphone Wednesday. How about a...
(Investors.com) – While Google’s announcement that it wants to encrypt all Gmail messages while they’re in transit was praised for making government spying more difficult,...
(PC World) – A group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would prohibit broadband providers from charging Web content generators for priority traffic management. The...
(PC Mag) – Garmin’s new personal GPS service promises more bang for your two bucks. Dubbed víago, the navigation app for Android and iPhone offers advanced features...
(TheWire.com) – Wearable fitness technology has made great strides recently, with both Apple and Samsung creating entire portals for keeping track of your health. There are tons of wearable options...
(Information Week) – With Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 hitting stores this Friday, it seemed like only a matter of time until Microsoft began discounting its older...
(Counsel & Heal) – Phone dating apps used by gay men to find a sexual partner carry a higher risk of getting common sexually transmitted infections...
