Chick-Fil-A has the pleasure of starting off the new year with a possible credit/debit card breach. The popular fast food chain has issued a statement announcing that it “recently received reports of potential unusual activity involving payment cards used at a few of [its] restaurants.”
Pay-per-use cellphone plans are sometimes befuddling — the rates can change depending on whether you’re calling or texting, or how much cash you put on your account. T-Mobile thinks it can end this confusion with its new, much simpler Pay as You Go plan. As long as you plunk down at leas
Kogan, the Australian reseller, in association with BenQ has introduced its Agora 4G smartphone in the United Kingdom. The latest offering from company is said to be designed to offer high-end hardware experience at an affordable price tag. Kogan Agora 4G sports a 5-inch IPS LCD display with a resol
In some very strange news, Motorola has announced on its homepage that it will allow people to try out the Moto X in a very unique way: you’ll be able to customize your own contract-free Moto X and use it for two weeks while only paying a single cent. There are no details on this […]
Broadcom has announced it is looking for an exit from the baseband chip market. The company released a statement saying that they are “exploring strategic alternatives for its cellular baseband business, including a potential sale of wind-down.” Leaving the baseband business could mean a
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said Thursday he is seeking to file a lawsuit against the contractor who built the state’s failed ObamaCare exchange, but the company says it isn’t to blame. The Democratic governor asked the state’s attorney general to sue Oracle Corp., the main technology contractor for
Patent applications from Samsung suggest the company is looking at moving beyond the touchscreen for its next wearable device. Spotted by blog SammyToday, the eight patents draw a picture of a smartwatch that uses a wide array of different sensors to accept interface options. These include a touch s
Intel has a couple of interesting processor SKUs set to hit the market soon, and while the company itself is keeping mum on them for the moment, the rumormill, as always, refuses to keep quiet. For enthusiasts, the dual “Devil’s Canyon” models will be of most interest, while for budget builders, the
Just like HTC with its doomed movie service, Samsung is apparently starting to realize that its in-house efforts can’t compete with specialist alternatives. While Spotify has been busily publicizing its rapid growth, the Korean manufacturer has been quietly warning Galaxy phone and tablet owne
Microsoft Silverlight vulnerabilities are increasingly being exploited in drive-by download attacks to infect computers with malware, especially through malicious ads. Attackers have been adding exploits for Silverlight vulnerabilities to their exploit kits, tools that are commonly used to launch We
If you’re in the market for a 3D printer, you can now buy one from one of the Web’s favorite discount vendors. Monoprice has announced its Dual Color Extrusion 3D Printer. Available for preorder now, the $1,200 unit is available to ship by the end of the month. It’s the Web retaile
Have you ever reformatted a computer and then immediately realized you shouldn’t have? Well, an “accident” at Emory University this week will make your mistake look like a brilliant, carefully considered decision. Here’s the crux of what happened: “A Windows 7 deployment image was accidently s