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In an effort to steer viewers away from torrents, the MPAA has just launched Where to Watch, a site to help you find legit streaming TV shows and movies. To distinguish itself from services like Flixster, the group is offering the site ad-free in the US only. It searches options from major streaming

With the Oculus Rift release mere months, away the tech world is gearing up for a potential virtual reality revolution. Earlier this week, as part of Mozilla’s 10th anniversary, the organization launched MozVR.com, an experimental site to promote and assist in tailoring web experiences for vir

Legislation in the US Congress that would allow states to collect sales tax on Internet sales will not pass before the end of the year because of opposition from Speaker of the House John Boehner. Boehner’s opposition to the Main Street Fairness Act means the bill, which would allow states and

When Apple first introduced the iPhone 4 with its metal band around the frame of the device, it led to numerous complaints of poor reception and users losing reception entirely when they gripped their phones in a certain way. While Apple downplayed the issue, they eventually got around to changing i

You would think that maybe Samsung would launch Tizen with a bang and a high-end device, but it seems that for now, the company is concentrating on low-end devices, perhaps to help capture the emerging market, and probably to help save money from having invested in a high-end device that no one real

Yahoo is acquiring the video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million, in a move that could help to offset declines in its traditional display ad business. The deal was announced Tuesday and is one of Yahoo’s largest acquisitions since it bought Tumblr last year for just over $1 billio

When Samsung announced the Galaxy Note Edge, they also revealed that the device was more of a proof-of-concept and that it would be a limited device. We’re guessing Samsung was just testing the waters and didn’t think that many customers would be willing to drop money for such a device. That being s

Last week we learned that pop star Taylor Swift decided to remove all her music from Spotify because she felt that it doesn’t “fairly compensate the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music” and that she couldn’t “agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and shou

Yesterday, the Tor Project announced that it will be teaming up with Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, and the Center of Democracy & Technology, an advocacy group for digital rights, as part of a new initiative called Polaris. The partnership helps both Mozilla and Tor. The Firefox brow

With 3D printing fast becoming “normal”, we’re seeing a huge sampling of those who think they’ve got it right. Some offer quick printing, others a platform. Others, still, just plain try to get in at the lowest cost, betting you just want to print a toy or trinket to show off for friends. The FLUX [

DARPA or the Defense Advanced Research Products Agency, otherwise known as the folks with all the futuristic weapons, are now tinkering with an idea that you might already be familiar with if you have seen the Avengers movie. The agency has put out a request for ideas on how to go about building a f

The Nexus 6 is next to impossible to get, as both the Google Play Store and Motorola are sold out. If you’re an AT&T or Sprint customer, you now have hope of actually buying one. AT&T is taking pre-orders on its website starting November 12, while Sprint already has a dedicated sign-up page

Quirky is making a huge leap beyond cute, but not-so-useful smart home gadgets, like its infamous intelligent egg tray, into connected gadgets that could actually make your life better. At a press event today, the company unveiled seven new smart home gadgets produced together with its partner GE, r

In a monumental e-commerce splurge, Chinese consumers bought a whopping US$9.3 billion in goods on Alibaba Group’s sites on Tuesday, as part of a major online shopping festival that took the country’s Internet market by storm. Local e-commerce giant Alibaba tallied the final figure Wednesday at midn

Amazon Cloud Drive provides users with online storage for photos, music, and other files. Anyone can get 5GB of cloud storage for free and Amazon recently began offering unlimited photo storage as part of Amazon Prime Photos. Now Amazon is offering developers a way to tap into its cloud storage with

Don’t count on AT&T to make faster in-flight internet, as the carrier has just announced that it’s no longer working on a Gogo competitor. Ma Bell first revealed its plans to develop an air-to-ground network that has comparable speeds to LTE in April this year. Unfortunately, the com

Authorities can’t keep the entire Pirate Bay crew under lock and key, it seems. Just days after the arrest of Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde has been released from prison; he spent only five months behind bars rather than the originally intended eight, albeit in a high security wing. Sunde is focus

Does your cat need entertainment? Why not? You can check out the sheer number of toys that are available in pet stores for both felines and canines alike, but most of the time, those happen to be old school toys that do not really have plenty of technology infused within. With this Kickstarter proje

It was announced yesterday that the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) computer networks experienced a breach some time in September, and it remains to be seen as to the exact moment when the attack actually happened. According to the Washington Post, they claim that the government of China shoul

It is a deal that could see the face of Australian television change forever. Time Warner has reportedly got its eye on the struggling Australian television channel Network Ten in a potential $588 million takeover bid. The Australian Financial Review reported on Monday that the American media compan

Little is known about how US and European law enforcement shut down more than 400 websites, including Silk Road 2.0, which used technology that hides their true IP addresses. The websites were set up using a special feature of the Tor network, which is designed to mask people’s Internet use using sp

We’re not sure how many of you guys have actually thought that wouldn’t it be cool if you had a MOBA that you could play on your phone? Given that most MOBAs tend to be rather drawn out affairs and requires a lot of scrolling around on the screen, a phone really doesn’t seem to […]

Sprint will begin selling LG’s new G Watch R on Friday, November 14, the carrier has confirmed. The device is already available through Google Play for $300, but Sprint will let you spread the cost of the device out over a year on its Easy Pay plan. The G Watch R is widely regarded as […]

AT&T has agreed a deal to expand into Mexico with the acquisition of local carrier Iusacell. The $2.5 billion move will create the first ever “North American mobile service,” AT&T says, and it will serve more than 400 million people across the U.S. and Mexico. As part of the deal, AT&T w

Big stores of data and the intelligent algorithms that underpin them can inform everything from your Netflix recommendations to your Facebook news feed, and now a new system being developed by software firm Workday can bring the same kind of data-crunching approach to the office. The company says it

DARPA is funding a new project by Rice University called PLINY, and it’s neither a killer robot nor a high-tech weapon. PLINY, named after Pliny the Elder who wrote one of the earliest encyclopedias ever, will actually be a tool that can automatically complete a programmer’s draft, and y

This month is not starting very well for technology enthusiasts. Most of us have fond memories of Zalman, a company that has been producing advanced cooling solutions since 1999. Some are old enough to remember the fan-like CNPS6000 Socket 370 coolers and the first Reserator liquid cooling kits. Zal

A new campaign hammers home the brutal reality of sex trafficking in Ireland — with Tinder profiles telling victims’ stories and inviting users to swipe left on sex trafficking. Irish ad agency eightytwenty used models to create Tinder profiles for three characters, Natalia, Ana and Kim. As a

One of the frequently-cited problems with electric cars is a lack of places to charge up when you’re away from home. Rather than create an entire standalone network, BMW is looking to combine charging docks with another common, electricity-powered street fixture: lampposts. According to a Reut

DARPA, the military’s mad science division, is also a master of PR, we all cheer them on, even though they may be building a robot army that one day hunts us down. But the robots have become a cliche, of course. DARPA was actually founded to “prevent technological surprises” of any

Elon Musk has already made rockets and amazing electric cars. Next on his plate are mini satellites that provide Wi-Fi connections, according to sources speaking with the Wall Street Journal. Musk isn’t the first person to go after the worldwide Internet dream. Facebook and Google are also devising

Avicii’s song Wake Me Up has been played more than 168 million times in the last year and a half, making it one of the most streamed songs, ever. You wouldn’t be blamed, therefore, for thinking that co-writer Aloe Blacc has made some serious bank from his labors. Unfortunately, in an edi

The announcement of Amazon Echo came as a surprise earlier this week and left some scratching their heads, wondering what in the world Amazon is thinking. While Amazon has been shy about disclosing product details, here’s what we know: similar to Siri, you’ll be able talk to the cylinder

The earth is right now creaking under the weight of close to 7 billion people, and it goes without saying that the more one consumes, the more there is a need to be able to dispatch of such trash in a prime and proper manner. Landfills are fast running out of space, and with the […]

The hackers that got into Home Depot’s computers didn’t only steal 56 million credit card details, the company has recently discovered that they also got away with 53 million email addresses. According to the retailer, no passwords were stolen along with the email ads, but it still wants

Lytro and their light field photo technology is an interesting combination to say the least. Well, what good is there if you were to keep all the good stuff just to yourself? Lytro intends the other companies to make use of its light field photo technology so that they will be able to introduce impr

SparkLabs, one of the leading incubators in Seoul’s rapidly growing startup ecosystems, announced today that it will launch its Internet of Things Accelerator in Songdo International Business District in early 2015. A $35 billion private real estate development that will contain 80,000 apartments, 5

Lenovo outed its financial report for the quarter ending in September 2014 and the news is great for the Chinese manufacturer. Out of $10.5 billion in revenue, the company made $262 million in profit. As of September 30, the company has $3.2 billion in net cash reserves. Compared to last year, the c

There are more options than ever if you’re in the market for a wearable fitness tracker that will encourage you to get off the couch and get active. But what if you really enjoy the couch? For those who want to get healthy minus all the physical fitness, researchers at the University of Alabam

Sony’s new Xperia Z3 flagship has been spreading itself in the United States, while Verizon also come out with their own variation. The device has so far been locked down to carriers, but the Japanese company has now made it available completely unlocked via its Online Store. That means you ca