Technologies - Page 764

December 3, 2015

Mozilla is thinking about ditching Thunderbird email client

Although the Firefox browser is the flagship product at the Mozilla Foundation, it's far from the only one.

December 3, 2015

Cyber Monday deals on PCs, tablets, and TVs extend into Cyber Week

Cyber Monday and Black Friday deals have, in some cases, become rolling deals that extend beyond two designated days at the end of November.

December 3, 2015

Errant drone slices toddler's eyeball

A toddler has lost an eye in an "awful accident" with an errant drone in the UK.

December 2, 2015

Russia may block YouTube over anti-Islam film

Russian Cabinet minister says authorities will block access to YouTube if it refuses to take down an anti-Islam film that has sparked violence around the world.

December 2, 2015

Google changes Palestinian location from 'Territories' to 'Palestine'

Google is de facto recognizing a state of Palestine -- at least on its local home page in the Palestinian territories.

December 1, 2015

Popular smartphone app causes traffic jam uproar in California neighborhoods

When the people whose houses hug the narrow warren of streets paralleling the busiest urban freeway in America began to see bumper-to-bumper traffic crawling by their homes a year or so ago, they were baffled.

December 1, 2015

NSA chief says agency tested tracking US cellphone locations, but leaves that to FBI

National Security Agency chief Gen. Keith Alexander is telling Congress that his agency once tested whether it could track Americans' cellphone locations, but he says the NSA does not use that capability.

November 30, 2015

Military grooming new officers for war in cyberspace

Students at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies are taking more courses and participating in elaborate cyberwarfare exercises as the military educates a generation of future commanders in the theory and practice of computer warfare.

November 30, 2015

Black Friday: $905 million in sales came from smartphones and tablets, iOS led the way

When it comes to mobile shopping on Thanksgiving, e-commerce sites probably saw nearly 80 percent of purchases come from iOS devices, according to a report from online retail analytics company Custora.

November 30, 2015

Amazon shows off drone delivery prototypes

Amazon has showcased some of the prototypes for its ambitious Prime Air drone delivery plan.