Cards hopeful Carlos Martinez learns
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez was taught a valuable lesson just two weeks into spring training: Watch your step on social media. Martinez, a 22-year-old right-hander who is vying for a spot in the team’s rotation, found himself in the middle of a Twitter firestorm this week after pornographic…
Microsoft rallies Windows for price war with Android
Dirt-cheap Windows PCs and tablets are coming, and it’s all thanks to Google’s growing low-price threat. Android tablets are eating the world, Chromebooks have been gobbling up market share in both the commercial and sub-$300 segments, and once-loyal PC builders are even dabbling with "Droidbooks" and Android-based all-in-ones. On the…
Another iOS 7 Bug: This One Could Let Somebody Secretly Track You
Researchers have discovered a new security flaw in iOS 7 that could allow a malicious app to monitor and track a user’s touch and button inputs while quietly running in the background. The flaw, according to research firm FireEye, buries itself in the multitasking functionality of iOS and automatically transmits To…
5 Reasons the Samsung Galaxy S5 Will Crush the iPhone
Samsung is firing its latest shot at Apple with the launch of the Galaxy S5 on April 11. The Galaxy was once one of many also-rans in a market that Apple dominated, but Samsung’s persistence (and deep pockets) have made the Galaxy line into a worthy competitor to Apple’s most The…
First contagious WiFi computer virus goes airborne, spreads like the common cold
Computer science researchers have demonstrated for the first time how a digital virus can go airborne and spread via WiFi networks in populated areas at the same pace as a human diseases. The "Chameleon" virus, designed by a University of Liverpool team, showed a remarkable amount of intelligence by avoiding…
Soldiers, machines and the rise of battlefield robotics
Fearless: A TALON 3B robot approaches a land mine. Photo: US Defence Department For a glimpse at the future of human-robot interactions, it might be better to look at what’s happening in the United States military than analysing Her, in which Joaquin Phoenix’s character falls in love with an OS…
Why is Nokia making Android phones?
Relations between Microsoft and Google are as icy as Nokia’s hometown of Espoo, Finland, which made it a bit of a shocker when Nokia by far Microsoft’s largest mobile partner dropped an Android-shaped bomb on Windows Phone this week with the introduction of its X handsets. Just weeks away from…
Samsung Weans Itself From Android
Wrist action: Samsung’s updated smart watch features a different operating system, perhaps signalling a broader move away from Android. As Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona Monday, one major question is whether Samsung will abandon Google’s Android operating system for the custom Tizen OS, truly tearing apart the most…
TiVo Inventors Are Back with Qplay, a New Way to Watch TV
An awful lot has changed about TV since TiVo ushered in the age of the DVR in 1999. Back then, watching television was something you did on a television, and you got your programming via cable, satellite or bunny ears. If you wondered what other people were watching, you asked Fast…
Microsoft Confirms Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8 Updates
Microsoft plans to update Windows 8.1 to make it friendlier to mouse-and-keyboard customers and launch initiatives to make Windows and Windows Phone devices more affordable. Windows XP Shutdown: 10 Facts To Know(Click image for larger view and slideshow.) Microsoft on Sunday confirmed that updates to Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone will The…
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