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Yahoo says Facebook Retaliated in Patent Fight
In early April, Facebook issued a countersuit against Yahoo. Facebook says that Yahoo infringed on 10 patents owned by the social network. That countersuit was about a month after Yahoo had originally filed a lawsuit against Facebook.... More of this article »
House Okays Cybersecurity Bill
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a controversial bill known as the Cybersecurity bill. It allows private enterprise to exchange information that is confidential with the U.S. government. CISPA – the Cyber Intelligence... More of this article »
Monthly Bills for Smartphones down at AT&T
AT&T is generating less money from each new monthly subscriber of a smartphone. The average monthly smartphone bill for subscribers has decreased by nearly 10%, from $88 dollars to $80 in just 12 months. AT&T should be greatly... More of this article »
Video Game Debate Reopens After Norway Trial Starts
The alleged mass murderer Anders Breivik’s trial has reopened the dispute over video games. Breivik testified last Thursday that he used video games to train for his shooting spree that amounted to 77 deaths last summer. He said... More of this article »
More Smartphone Users Accessing Travel Information
As smartphones become more and more popular, more and more users are accessing travel information from them. A recent study in the U.S. said that over half of all smartphone users accessed some form of travel information over the past... More of this article »
Publisher Platform Dumped By Google
Google shut down the Internet news website payment platform One Pass, as it continues to do house cleaning that was launched last year by Larry Page the company co-founder, when he took charge. Since that time, Google has been attempting... More of this article »
India Says It is a Missile Power
On Thursday, India announced a successful new missile test firing. It said the missile was capable of having a nuclear warhead attached and could travel as far away as Beijing. With the successful test, India declared itself a missile... More of this article »
Website Aims to Remove Hassle at Airport
A new site on the Internet, Airport Chatter, which launched a number of weeks ago, is designed to help eliminate the hassle of navigating through an airport. Airports can be monstrous in size and difficult to navigate. Therefore, knowing... More of this article »
Baboons Able to Recognize Writing
A new study said that monkey’s do not assign a meaning to written words, but rather learn what combinations of letters are common to words. Baboons are not able to speak, read and most likely do not understand language. However,... More of this article »
New E-reader Has Built-In Light
The new Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch has a glow light that offers lighting so it can be read in the dark. It also helps the e-reader to be read while in certain sunlight scenarios. The new e-reader will retail for $139 and... More of this article »
Electric Car To Cross Country With No Gas
With the price of gasoline approaching a national average of $4 per gallon, it is not surprising that most people are not considering crossing the country via a car or truck. However, one group thinks differently. An event that has... More of this article »
Pebble Sells $1.17 Million in Just 30 Hours
Through the use of Bluetooth, the Pebble, a smartwatch prototype will connect to your Android or iPhone and get calendar alerts, display caller ID, run simple applications and show updates of social media. The watch is being promoted... More of this article »
Foreign Websites Blocked From Chinese Internet Users
For about an hour on Thursday, users of the internet in China were blocked from using foreign websites. The incident was unexplained and sparked significant speculation that authorities in the country may censor the net. Users of internet... More of this article »
Stolen Phones to be Disabled
The major wireless companies in the U.S. announced they have agreed to disable all cell phones after they have been reported stolen. The strategy is intended to deter cell phones from being stolen and resold. The system relies on a... More of this article »
Google To Launch 7-inch Tablet
Just two years ago, Google failed with first smart device nevertheless, it is trying again. The search giant will release a new 7-inch tablet sometime during late summer and will co-brand with Asustek Computer from Taiwan. It seems... More of this article »
Viacom’s Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against YouTube Reinstated (NASDAQ: VIA)
A lower court’s decision to throw out a $1 billion lawsuit filed five years ago against YouTube by Viacom and other media companies has been reversed by a federal appeals court. In 2010, a federal judge agreed with YouTube, saying... More of this article »
Quakes Tied To Gas and Oil Production
Gas and Oil production may help to explain the spike in small earthquakes in the midsection of the United States, says a new study released by the U.S. Geological Survey. The rate in small quakes has increased by six times since late... More of this article »
Web Attack Probed By British
The Home Office Interior Ministry of Britain is investigating a report that Anonymous the hacking group attacked it’s website because of the government’s plans to increase its surveillance on the Internet. When visitors tried to... More of this article »
More Americans are E-Reading
Technology has changed the way people are reading books along with other types of media. E-readers and tablets popularity have driven that change. Over 20% of Americans said they have used an electronic device to read a book over the... More of this article »
Microsoft and Nokia Launch Lumia 900
On Sunday, Microsoft and Nokia will launch a Windows Phone. The new device will hold the future of the two company’s smartphone fate in its polycarbonate case. AT&T is working with Microsoft and Nokia on the smartphone launch... More of this article »
Digital Glasses Unwrapped By Google
Google entered the world of eyewear on Wednesday when it introduced its experimental wraparound eyeglasses that can put the worldwide web on your face. The glasses, described as augmented reality lenses, can start videochats, display... More of this article »
Yahoo Lays Off 2,000
Yahoo announced on Wednesday it was be laying off 2,000 workers as the new CEO tries to turn around the company in a broad restructuring of the often-troubled Web company. The layoffs amount to over 14% of the entire Yahoo workforce.... More of this article »
New Satellite System Will Be Tested
A new air traffic control satellite system will be tested in June at the Seattle Tacoma Airport by Alaska Airlines. The airline will be using a satellite system to land in hope that it will help in reducing delays and save on fuel. Alaska... More of this article »
iPad Rating Recalibrated By Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports said they did like some things with the iPhone 4, it also warned people that the iPad 3 could get too hot. However, the publication it turns out is a fan of the new tablet from Apple. The consumer protection publication... More of this article »
MIT Increases Power Via Stacking Panels
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stacked a number of photovoltaic solar cells on top of one another to produce as much as twenty times the output of conventional installations of solar panels. MIT... More of this article »
Nokia Set To Begin Selling Lumia Smartphones In China (NYSE: NOK)
Nokia will begin selling its new line of Lumia phones in China next month. The company is hoping that the product introductions will build momentum for Lumia Windows phones in China and other countries. The Lumia phones will be... More of this article »
Sony Entertainment Shakes Up Executive Ranks
As of Thursday, a shift at the top of Sony became official. Michael Lynton was named Sony Corp. of America CEO, effective on June 27. Starting the same date, the video game and electronics units of Sony will report to its Japanese... More of this article »
Oracle Beats Estimates For Third Quarter Earnings (NASDAQ: ORCL)
Oracle exceeded estimates for quarterly profit for the third quarter. Oracle’s profit, excluding certain one-time costs, increased to $0.62 per share. The average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News was $0.56. Oracle... More of this article »
Tim Cook In China
Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, Inc. is in China to discuss problems with government officials in the biggest growth market the company has. The problems range from the treatment of local workers to the contested trademark of their iPad... More of this article »
FTC Wants Net To Stop Invading Users’ Privacy
On Monday, the FTC officially put the user tracking and online advertising industry on notice. The regulatory agency told the industry it had to clean up and start respecting users’ data. It laid out a broad set of guidelines that... More of this article »
Microsoft Take Zeus Down
Software giant Microsoft said its Digital Crimes Unit helped to takedown servers that were powering some of the worst operations of cybercrime today. The family of malware known as Zeus is responsible for a great deal of the online... More of this article »
To Cut Costs, Hewlett-Packard Merging Units (NYSE: HPQ)
Hewlett-Packard has announced that the company will merge its personal computer and printing divisions in an effort to cut costs. R. Todd Bradley, who currently runs H.P.’s personal systems group, will run the new combined division. ... More of this article »
Senator Calling For Ban on Requesting Passwords
Senator Richard Blumenthal said he would introduce a bill that would make it illegal for companies to ask job seekers for their Facebook account passwords. The Democrat from Connecticut and the state’s former attorney general said... More of this article »
Zynga Acquires Omgpop
Zynga is the Facebook leader for games, but is not as popular with mobile games. The company wants a huge market presence in the mobile game industry. To help them accomplish that, they acquired Omgpop, the developer of Draw Something... More of this article »
Space Travel To Exceed $1 Billion Says FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it feels that space tourism will exceed $1 billion within the next 10 years. The FAA’s director for the office of commercial space said the Obama Administration was preparing... More of this article »
HTC To Buy MOG
Beats, a unit of HTC, will purchase MOG a music subscription service say people close to the deal. MOG has had discussions for quite some time with Beats and a deal between the two could become public within the next two weeks. A Beats... More of this article »
Cisco Announces $5 Billion Purchase (NASDAQ:CSCO)
Cisco Systems Inc. has announced that it is buying digital video technology company NDS Group Ltd. for about $4 billion and paying off $1 billion of debt owed by NDS. NDS is based in the United Kingdom and is jointly owned by News... More of this article »
Linux 3.3 Now Available
Linux 3.3 has been launched by Linus Torvalds. Linux 3.3 is an updated version of the Linux kernel. This is an important update since it includes key components that merge from the Android Linux kernel. The thought is this will help... More of this article »