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Come next month, NTT DoCoMo users won't be the only ones to benefit from a water-resistant version of the Optimus G. Similar to the L-01E for Japan, LG has introduced the Optimus GJ for Taiwan, which carries IPX7 certification that allows for worry-free…

Driven by falling prices and a major initiative from Intel, shipments of touch-enabled mobile PCs are expected to enjoy rapid growth in 2013 and the coming years, rising to about 25% of all notebooks by 2016. Global shipments of touchscreen-equipped notebooks…

After being made aware of a large and potentially costly privacy breach exposing more than 170,000 records containing Social Security numbers and financial information, the two companies responsible for the blunder are threatening legal action against the…

The Android handset that's PC can be yours When is a phone PC? When it's a Fairphone, the smartphone “that puts social values first” and has a rather politically-correct (PC) attitude.…

NEWS ANALYSIS: Google Chrome keeps gaining ground on competing Web browsers, such as Internet Explorer. This is due to its strong set of features and Google’s patient support.

Google on Wednesday announced that Raytown, Missouri will receive the company’s Fiber Internet service. Just like for the last few expansions, Google says it doesn’t have an estimate for when the service will be available in the city, merely noting it…

NEWS ANALYSIS: Over the past 40 years, Ethernet—a standard that a bunch of tinkerers at Xerox PARC created to run a printer—continues to deliver as it grows bigger and faster.

Are your apps reading your texts and sharing your contact information? Clueful for Android makes clear what's going on in the background.

Unless you've been living under a proverbial rock, you've at least a passing familiarity with Twitter's #Music service, and today the platform given us another reason to check it out, thanks to the addition of genre charts. When #Music launched a month ago, it…

'Kill chains' are long and attack-stopping weak links are many AUSCERT 2013 First the good news: for all the known vulnerabilities that exist in the SCADA world, exploiting them in a way that can actually “shut down a power plant” is harder than most…

CIOs have a tough gig. They’re besieged by the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) boom; have to keep up with the latest cloud services; they have to assess the value of the latest big data innovations; and often deal with CEOs and subordinates who think they could…

Following changes to its homepage design, profile layout, and recently a mobile app revamp, LinkedIn is rolling out another new change to its service today – a new navigation bar. The professional social network has been stepping up efforts to simplify its…

Slick new pixel-pushing hardware is only part of the plan. Xbox One is a gateway to some major Microsoft services.

Whoever thinks that brains and beauty don't mix clearly hasn't heard about these 30 executives in the tech industry. They're intelligent, successful, and not bad to look at.  Some of the people on this list are worth millions, or even billions of dollars.…

Music streamers on Rdio for iOS are used to getting novel features quite often -- but hey, as they say, the more the merrier, right? Keeping up with that tradition, Rdio announced earlier today it's introducing a few new tidbits to the application with version…

A group of anonymous hackers sympathetic to the regime of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is causing havoc with the world's media. They call themselves the Syrian Electronic Army, and they're devoted to attacking sites they deem defamatory to the Syrian…

Following Microsoft’s 60-minute press conference yesterday, where the Xbox One was revealed to much anticipation, an unfortunate feeling of melancholy grew inside me. It was immediately and painfully clear that I am no longer Microsoft’s target audience.…

Hours after Twitter rolled out support for two-step verification, Kim Dotcom has claimed credit for inventing the security feature. In a series of tweets, the embattled Megaupload founder points to a patent dating back to 1997 as proof for his claim, and…

Just as CEO JK Shin predicted, Samsung has announced its new Galaxy S 4 has topped 10 million units sold in record time. That bets the 50 days it took the Galaxy S III to top the mark, along with 5 months for the Galaxy S II, and 7 months for the original…

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away VIDEO The European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory has beamed home pictures of two galaxies inexorably moving towards each other and boffins offered simulations of what happens next.…

Although ASUS recently delivered the $150 7-inch MeMo Pad and PadFone Infinity combo device, it's been a while since a premium Android tablet graced the lineup. A recent FCC filing from the company, however, reveals an unannounced K005 model equipped with the…

Samsung has announced the Galaxy S4 has reached 10 million global channel sales less than a month after its commercial launch. The figure sets a new record for Samsung's line of smartphones; the Galaxy S III took a full 50 days to reach the same figure, while…

Tesla's early repayment is mainly due to last week's announcement regarding its plan to issue more stock and pay off the energy loan with the proceeds     

Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft is one step closer to serving the Navy in reconnaissance and surveillance missions, having just completed its first flight. The drone spent 80 minutes in the air, reaching an altitude of 20,000 feet. That's…

Born overseas and educated in the United States, workers in the heart of the tech industry are in a kind of suspension as the Senate considers the immigration bill.     

The Bad Astronomer writes "A Minuteman III missile launch from California early Wednesday morning created a weird, expanding halo of light seen from the CFHT observatory on Hawaii's Mauna Kea. The third stage of the missile has ports that open and dump fuel…

Michał Kasprzak / flickr One of the most damning accusations against copyright-trolling operation Prenda Law is that the attorneys who manage it engaged in identity theft. Corporate papers on Prenda shell companies were signed by Alan Cooper, the former…

Samsung co-CEO Shin Jong-kyu  told media last week that he expected the company’s new flagship smartphone the Galaxy S4 to pass 10 million channel sales this week, and that has proven to be true as the electronics giant announced the milestone (via Yonhap…

NASA dials up dollars to invent 3D printing for astronaut food A small company in Austin, Texas, has received a $US125,000 grant from NASA to develop 3D printed food for astronauts.…

It's certainly been a long time coming, but the latest version (2.2.1) of Twitter for Mac finally brings support for Notification Center in OS X Mountain Lion. Aside from the side-pane pings for your @replies and DMs, a number of fixes have been implemented…

Carl Esposti is CEO of crowdsourcing advisory firm massolution. If you think that participating in crowdfunding simply means investing in smaller companies that launch games and devices on Kickstarter, think again. With crowdfunding volumes reaching $2.7…

Citrix unveiled its XenMobile Enterprise edition software, an ambitious, comprehensive offering that combines secure app and data management, a corporate apps store, mobile productivity apps and live support. The news comes at a time of increased competition…

It's apparent to anyone by now that startups serving enterprise customers have become the darlings of investors. On Friday, two of them had very successful initial public offerings: Tableau Software's stock was initially priced at $31 a share, rose 60% that…

Stricter security testing, sanctions and legal counterhacking needed China is responsible up to 80 per cent of US intellectual property theft, which a government report has estimated accounts for $300bn in lost exports, roughly the equivalent of the current…

Last year The New York Times unleashed its vision of digitally native storytelling with "Snow Fall." The piece broke away from standard newsprint-transplanted-to-Web design, offering interactive graphics, videos, and other multimedia integrated into an overall…

We still haven't actually touched the redesigned DualShock 4 destined to ship with Sony's PlayStation 4, but we're getting another look at it in this FCC filing. Appearing in wireframe form to show off where its FCC label will be placed, what's available…

Yext is a quiet giant in the business of local marketing. You don't go on its site to find a business. Instead, through its PowerListings service, Yext makes sure that when you search for a business on Yahoo, Yelp, Foursquare, or Patch, you get the right…

Mega-patent from Megaupload baron Kim Dotcom has claimed the invention of two-factor authentication, and says he has the patent to prove it.…

Report finds utilities vulnerable, threatened The US electricity grid is under near constant attack from malware and cyber-criminals, yet most utility companies implement only the barest minimum of security standards, according to a new report released by…

Larry Page just picked up another bird for his flying craft collection, and this plane doesn't even carry passengers. In fact, it's not used for transportation at all -- the aircraft is tethered to the ground. Google X, the tech giant's experimental arm,…