Attendees at this year's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. One presenter demonstrated how to completely take over an Android smartphone by injecting code through the game “Angry Birds.”
Hackers and security researchers are exploring vulnerabilities to break through the high-tech security of homes or cause car accidents.
The company said that it was exploring a joint venture or a potential sale of itself, as the faded smartphone maker continues to cast about for a solution to its woes.
Whether from a sense of obligation, responsibility or guilt, the technology elite has taken up the cause of helping print journalism adapt to change.
It may sell one of every three smartphones and one in three TVs worldwide, but Samsung barely registers as a brand in Japan.
NBC News’s acquisition of Stringwire will allow it to stream live video from the cellphones of witnesses to events into its control rooms in New York.
American Express is set to announce a new sponsorship program and prepaid debit card that take aim at the millions of people who play the online video game League of Legends.
The former Soviet republic, a black holes for motorists where reliable map data are held by the authoritarian government, is undergoing a geographic coming out with volunteers’ help.
One of the largest and most famous piracy sites on the Web announced that it was releasing a free browser for people to access its site in countries where it is currently blocked.
By expanding Earth imaging, low-cost satellites could help many businesses keep track of their operations. But frequent updating of those images may also raise privacy questions.
Google’s own Android phone offers five features that no phone has offered before, including a touchless mode.
Google has produced another deeply satisfying tablet and has managed to keep the price reasonable.
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annotated by our staff
Founders of Snapchat end up in nasty legal feud, with lots of juicy (non-disappearing) documents. - Vindu Goel
A fun graphic shows what happens on the Internet in a single second. - Nick Bilton
If you see something, tweet something. The San Francisco Police Department is now tweeting pictures of bike thieves. - Nick Bilton
Susan Gregg Kolger, 28, and Eric Koger, 29, are husband and wife and co-owners and co-founders of ModCloth, a social shopping retailer of independent fashion and décor.
The Leica has little in the way of bells and whistles, and its photography technology dates back to the mid-1950s. But it allows both amateurs and professionals to take pictures that are truly timeless.
The Cloud Factories
A series about the environmental impact of the physical structures that make up the cloud.
Part 1: Power, Pollution and Internet
Part 2: Data Barns in a Farm Town
