The Note 7 is dead: What Samsung must do now
Samsung formally stopped production, sales and exchanges of its Note7 smartphones early Tuesday, after several weeks of reports that the…
Buggy Windows 7 cumulative update? Just tell us, says Microsoft
Microsoft has told business customers that when they run into problems with Windows 7’s new patch maintenance regime they should…
Supreme Court wrestles with size of damages for Apple design patents
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, hearing arguments in a long-running Apple and Samsung patent dispute on Tuesday, seemed to…
Ford engineer called MyFord Touch infotainment system 'a polished turd'
Documents in a class-action lawsuit against Ford and its original MyFord Touch in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system reveal that the company’s…
Second group of hackers found also targeting SWIFT users
A second hacking group is also trying to rob banks by exploiting the SWIFT money transfer system, following a $81…
Why Project Fi's new group plan is a no-brainer for families
Google’s weird wireless service just keeps getting better. You’ve heard of Project Fi by now, right? It’s an experimental cell…
Hardware makers unite to challenge Intel with Gen-Z spec
After years of being offered as separate technologies, storage and memory are beginning to merge. It’s already happening, for example,…
Wi-Fi vs. LTE could be the start of a mobile rollercoaster
The long fight over LTE networks sharing frequencies with Wi-Fi may be just the first of many battles as device…
Is tape storage dead … again?
Much like the mainframe, tape still has its place. It’s a veteran technology that is heralded for being cheap, reliable…
Encrypted communications could have an undetectable backdoor
Researchers warn that many 1024-bit keys used to secure communications on the internet today might be based on prime numbers…