November 3, 2015 Even more people are using Windows 7 as of last month Not only is Windows 8 still strongly unpopular, but its predecessor, Windows 7, actually gained some fans as of last month, according to one firm.
November 3, 2015 Carriers reject kill switch idea for stolen smartphones Samsung Electronics, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, has proposed installing a built-in anti-theft measure known as a "kill switch" that would render stolen or lost phones inoperable, but the nation's biggest carriers have rejected the idea, according to San Francisco's top prosecutor.
November 3, 2015 Review: New Kindle is strong challenge to iPad Air On the heels of Apple's new, lighter iPad, Amazon has come out with a full-size tablet that weighs even less yet sports a sharper display and a lower price tag.
November 3, 2015 Google: NSA spying on data centers is ‘outrageous’ Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt called reports of the U.S. government spying on the company's data centers "outrageous" and if proven true, potentially illegal.
November 3, 2015 NSA denies website was hacked, cites internal error The National Security Agency website went down for hours Friday as a Twitter account affiliated with the hacker group Anonymous appeared to claim responsibility.
November 3, 2015 Samsung fined for fake comments about rival HTC Corp. Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission on Thursday fined the local unit of South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. for undermining the reputation of Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corp.
November 3, 2015 Fish.net? Researchers test 'underwater Internet' Researchers from the University of Buffalo in New York are working on an underwater Wi-Fi system, a sort of deep sea Internet using sound waves rather than radio waves.
November 3, 2015 Google smartwatch reportedly coming ‘sooner rather than later’ The smartwatch market is beginning to heat up, with several major tech companies already in the game. Two big hitters – Apple and Google – are yet to enter the space, although a report this week suggests the latter could be launching a device soon.
November 3, 2015 Bill Gates confesses: 'Control-Alt-Delete' was a mistake Bill Gates has confessed that it was a mistake to set 'Control-Alt-Delete' as a way to log in to Windows.
November 3, 2015 You can use WHAT to unlock an iPhone 5s? This is your Megabyte -- for gadget geeks who love their gizmos
