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Are we finally about to learn more about the “Steam Box”? Mastermind Gabe Newell dropped hints that next week is the time when we’ll finally get a taste of the gaming system that could combine the flexibility and power of PC gaming with the ease and simplicity of console gaming. Va
Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington’s widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous first step toward fracturing a global network built with minimal interference by governments. President Dilma Rousseff ordered
Most business owners sued by patent trolls don’t talk about it to anyone other than their lawyer; a typical response is to cross one’s fingers and hope the problem goes away. It won’t, of course. Often they do the next best thing—hope it will go away for as little money as possible
Samsung may have just unveiled its Galaxy Gear smart watch with much fanfare two weeks ago, but it may already be working on the next generation of the device, according to a new report. As reported by CNET, Korean news site Digital Times says the Samsung is hard at work on the Galaxy Gear 2, [&hell
Twitter has lots of users. It wants a lot more. That is, in part, why it is planning a massive overhaul of its mobile apps, designed to make the service more appealing to mainstream users. You should get a first glimpse of Twitter’s new look in the not-too-distant future. Sources say the company is
It may be official that Twitter plans to go public, but let’s not forget there’s nothing official at all about its revenue model. It is still very much a work in progress. Agencies and brands say they’re impressed by the ad opportunities and features the company has put together so far, but they’re
From dropping your smartphone in the toilet to spilling coffee on your keyboard, most have experienced that sinking feeling associated with wasting money on technology. The U.S. government is no exception. Three federal agencies may have wasted as much as $321 million on information technology inves
It’s a physics issue. Signals in modern devices are extremely high speed; the easiest and cheapest way to combat this is to bring components closer together. For example, the wireless radios, RAM, and processor in all modern phones exist as one chip. They essentially put the CPU and wireless m
The entire connected device market, which includes smartphones, tablets and PCs, will grow about 27.8% this year, but not because businesses and consumers are snapping up new laptops and desktops. Growth for traditional PCs continues to slow, while smartphones and tablets are picking up the slack, s
The city of San Francisco wants to give its residents the ability to propose, debate, and vote on budget items online — now all it has to do is figure out how to bring this concept into reality. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and city Supervisor David Chiu announced at a conference this week that [&hell
With the iPhone 4S launch nearly two years ago, Apple introduced the Siri voice control system to its customers. At launch, Siri was a gimmicky feature at best, being released with bugs, a highly-computerized voice, sluggish content loading, and unreliable servers. In addition, Siri of 2011 was shor
In 2001, a pair of Italian programmers wrote a program called Ettercap, a “comprehensive suite for man-in-the-middle attacks” — in other words, a set of tools for eavesdropping, sniffing passwords, and remotely manipulating someone’s computer. Ettercap was free, open source, and quickly
