The technological way to launch a business on cocktail napkins
They say that the easiest way to launch a business is to do it over casual conversations at a bar. Okay, so nobody actually says that but it makes for...
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WoW movie got pushed
The avid fans of World of Warcraft will have to wait a little longer before they get to see their movie. The already long-in-development World of Warcraft film has been...
Syrians hijack TIME’s Person of the Year poll
The Syrian Electronic Army has been making the biggest splash of any of the organized hacking groups, this time going after the oft-hacked TIME Person of the Year award. Time...
ASUS and Canonical make a cheap Ubuntu notebook
There just aren't enough cheap Ubuntu devices out there, but another player just entered the fray. A couple of weeks ago, we talked about Dell's latest Ubuntu notebook, the XPS...
DDoS through flash SMS makes Nexus vulnerable
It shouldn't be this easy, but apparently as few as 30 text messages sent to a Google Nexus phone at once is enough to make it restart or "act strangely"....
The continued evolution of Box
For a company that doesn't do a whole lot outside of their niche, Box keeps innovating through both technology as well as acquisitions. Cloud storage vendor Box has acquired the...
#FreeAlaa is hitting social media hard
Egypt has been a hot spot demonstrating the power of social media for three years now. The latest activism is coming in the form of an attempt to have one...
Germany’s anti-cartel office drops Amazon inquiry
Third-party sellers in Germany no longer have to agree to "price parity" clause. Germany's antitrust regulation authority announced earlier this week that it is dropping an inquiry into Amazon's pricing...
Speed-of-light ‘nano-camera’ produces 3D translucent objects
A $500 "nano-camera" that can operate at the speed of light has been developed by researchers in the MIT Media Lab. The three-dimensional camera, which was presented last week at Siggraph Asia...
Police need bomb squad robots but don’t have the money to acquire them
The National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board has deemed small robots a high-acquisition priority for bomb squads throughout the country. However, despite the necessity for bomb squad robots, police squads across...
New privacy-centered social network encrypts all of its users’ content
Syme is a new privacy-centered social network that encrypts all of its users' content so that only people invited to a group can view it. The social network was created by three...
U.S. military has been caught using pirated software for over a decade
Apptricity, the maker of logistics software that is used to track down the location of soldiers as well as shipments in critical missions, is claiming that the U.S. Government has unlawfully...
European Parliament’s network has been hacked
The news comes not long after leaked documents showed the NSA was bugging and spying EU offices around the world. But the U.S. agency can likely be ruled out as...
Young adult readers prefer printed books to e-books
Sixteen to 24-year-olds are known as the super-connected generation, obsessed with snapping selfies or downloading the latest mobile apps, so it comes as a surprise to learn that 62% prefer print books...
British man accidentally dumps $7.5 million Bitcoin fortune
A British IT worker has launched a frantic search of a landfill site after realising he accidentally threw away a computer drive holding $7.5 million in the online currency bitcoin.James...
People who have mobile devices with large screens tend to use more data
A new study has shown that the monthly Wi-Fi and data consumption for people who use large screen phones is actually higher compared to those using smaller devices. According to the numbers,...
EA’s VP admits that Battlefield 4 and the company’s other games need better bug testing
Since EA released Battlefield 4 there have been countless bugs and issues that have plagued the game. EA has been receiving a never-ending storm of complaints from players. EA’s VP acknowledged this in...
New generation of game consoles may only last 5-6 years
Video game console generations have usually lasted about 5-6 years in the past but this last generation of consoles managed to last 7-8 years before the next generation came in....
Tongue piercing allows patients paralyzed from the neck down to control their wheelchairs
An experimental device is letting paralyzed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction. Users have their tongue pierced with a magnetic stud that resembles jewelry and...
ZTE smartwatch will reportedly be able to make phone calls on its own
ZTE, a Chinese manufacturer, announced earlier this year that it would be entering the smartwatch market. It is believed that the ZTE smartwatch will be able to make phone calls as...