The correlations between classic arcade games like Centipede and popular mobile games like Angry Birds are undeniable: they’re simple, fun, and addictive. Seamus Blackley has hired a slew of old-school game developers to try to cash in on that fact w..

Changes are a-foot again for Firefox. The beta channel can now sync add-ons, the Aurora channel completes a smoother update process, and work on the faster native UI for Android continues.

Scammers are using automated techniques to generate tons of fake profiles to trick users into joining scams and clicking on malicious links, Barracuda Networks found. – CANCUN, MEXICO – Cyber-crooks on Facebook are creating fake profiles on the socia..

CNET tracks all the iPhone 5 rumors–from the likely to the crazy–that we’ve heard so far in 2011 and 2012.

CNN reports that U.S. civilian and military officials are testing the use of secure Android smartphones that could be capable of transmitting confidential documents.

A “worrying number” of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, security firm Sophos said Friday.

Apple’s quietly removed a number of iOS games that could readily be mistaken for their popular counterparts, and had climbed up the charts as a result.

By building a wind turbine to power a hydrogen production and fueling station, a little hamlet in Long Island is positioning itself a bellwether for carbon-neutral transportation.

Mozilla’s gestating a new project that takes its cues from the mobile world: site-specific push notifications. Could this be a next-generation RSS?

At its GoingNative 2012 event, Microsoft announced a new, open specification to help C++ developers tap into the compute power of graphics processing units (GPUs). – Microsoft is making it easier for C++ programmers to take advantage of the computing..

The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools, each with different strengths and weaknesses. One expert says the difference between the two is that innovation is coming out of the open source pro..

Robb Godshaw, an industrial design student at Rochester Institute of Technology, demonstrates a haptic weather forecaster called the Cryoscope.

Economic Development Administration has disabled its website and email while attack is investigated.

An Internet outcry forced Rep. Lamar Smith to delay a vote on SOPA. Opponents of Smith’s ISP snooping bill are hoping they can repeat the process.

iPhones, iPads, and most other small electronics are assembled in vast factories in China. Reports on working conditions at these plants are not favorable. We talk with New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg and monologuist Mike Daisey.

The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas.

Zoho Writer is an online (with offline and syncing functionality) word processing application that offers a nice amount of functionality, especially given the limitations of the Web as a platform for productivity tools. After creating a free account ..

Micron CEO Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash in Boise. The Idaho-based semiconductor company is a significant player in the hardware space. – Micron Technology chairman and CEO Steve Appleton apparently died in a plane crash at the Boise air..

By entering the codes “1984″ and “31337″ in iRandomizer Numbers, you can create a sharable Internet connection using your iPhone.

Robots are evolving faster than humans. Check out a wheeled robot that can also sprout legs and walk on some serious terrain.

EU regulators want Google to delay its plan to combine privacy policies. But Google doesn’t like that idea.

A Hungarian hacker who attempted to extort money from Marriott International Inc. by stealing confidential data from its computers and threatening to expose it was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Despite request, Google tells concerned European Union advisers that it will stick to its March 1 date for privacy policy modifications.

Microsoft on Friday wrapped up a three-day campaign against rival Google by claiming its newest browser, Internet Explorer 9, is superior in stopping users from being tracked by online advertisers.

Steve Appleton, chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor maker Micron, was killed in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, on Friday. “Our hearts go out to his wife, Dalynn, his children and his family during this tragic time,” the company said..

Fueled by a firestorm of outrage on Twitter and Facebook, the people behind the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Friday backed off their decision to cut funding of Planned Parenthood programs.

What the heck is “frand”? No, not “fraud” but “frand.” CNET breaks down what this obscure legal term means, and why it’s so important to companies such as Apple and Samsung.

Dell's formation of a new software group, which was announced Thursday, could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with some observers predicting a focus on systems management and cloud services provisioning.

NSA is piloting secure smartphones now and plans broader adoption of commercially available devices that can access classified networks.

The software giant narrows its claims against Barnes & Noble, saying it hoped to streamline its case before hearings on the dispute begin on Monday.

Apple has changed a controversial section of its iBooks Author end user license agreement, saying that users who want to sell outside of Apple’s digital stores can do so, as long as they save in a different format.

Check out these telltale characteristics of the phony Facebook ‘Friend,’ courtesy of Barracuda Networks.

Researchers in Singapore create a robot that can remove early-stage stomach cancer, and it’s all thanks to a chili crab dinner.

New tool uses interface based on Google Earth plus modeling and simulation to predict how car or truck bombs would impact the streets of lower Manhattan. Goals include safer buildings and better escape routes.

Hackers follow release of recording of FBI call on Anonymous with attack on lawyers in Iraq massacre case.

Companies need to think about educating users about security, the threats and the risks alongside traditional data-leak protection. – CANCUN, MEXICO Companies invest in security to protect their networks and data. But sometimes, they are not thinking..

In what’s turning out to be quite a busy Friday for the hacking collective, Anonymous today said it has broken into the website of a law firm that represented a U.S. Marine accused of killing civilians in Haditha, Iraq.

Tablets see most growth, but PC category overall can’t compete with nearly half a billion phones shipped worldwide in 2011, according to a research firm’s estimates.

Ater implementing a lottery system for ordering the iPhone 4S, Apple’s online store has resumed selling the device online and will ship by March 2.

Lync Online, the instant messaging, online meeting and PC-to-PC voice and video communications tool in Office 365, will gain interoperability with non-Microsoft IM networks.

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Researchers have cracked two common voice encryption protocols, enabling low-tech interceptions of satellite calls.

At the HIMSS12 conference in Las Vegas, telehealth vendor Consult A Doctor will introduce new cloud-based virtual exam models that hospitals and clinics can implement and customize to suit their requirements. – Telehealth provider Consult A Doctor pl..

IT managers at healthcare organizations say tablets pose challenges for entering data into enterprise healthcare applications and can raise IT support costs.

FBI confirms legitimacy of 16-minute call, posted by hacktivists, that discussed sentencing and future arrests of LulzSec and Anonymous participants.

Details about Windows Phone 8 are bustin' out all over. And while those technical details are devastating for Windows Phone 7.5 “Tango” sales, there's a bigger picture.

Granite, the latest acceleration technology from Riverbed Technology, is designed to speed up storage across the WAN and drive the consolidation of data centers. – Well-known for its application acceleration products, Riverbed Technology delves into ..

RIM hopes new government security certifications and a device management platform will bolster the platform’s position against iOS, Android.

SimView captures video, audio, data logs, and simulated patient responses for live observation or retroactive review of medical simulations.

IT leaders are funny–even when they don’t mean to be.