October 22, 2015 Why your next T-Mobile smartphone may cost a fortune T-Mobile USA has become the first major wireless carrier in the U.S. to drop smartphone subsidies, moving away from a model that has helped companies like Apple bank large profits at a steep cost to carriers' margins.
October 22, 2015 Google chairman urges Myanmar to embrace free speech and private sector telecom development Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Friday urged Burma's government to allow private businesses to develop the country's woeful telecommunications infrastructure, emphasizing the importance of competition and free speech.
October 22, 2015 BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins says iPhone is outdated Apple's iPhone is outdated, according to the chief executive of Blackberry.
October 22, 2015 Reuters' Matthew Keys charged with aiding hackers Anonymous in 2010 A prominent social media journalist allegedly fed Tribune Company server logins to the Anonymous group of hackers in 2010, and authorities say at least one of the hackers used the information to sabotage part of the Los Angeles Times' website.
October 22, 2015 What do women really want? Pinterest knows A closer look at Pinterest shows that the interests of women have remained relatively unchanged over decades.
October 22, 2015 Internet still under attack by UN, FCC commissioner says At a UN conference in December, 89 countries voted in favor of international government regulation of the Internet. Now, the FCC fears the UN may look to further regulate in 2014.
October 22, 2015 Virtual coins can buy real pizza Looking to capitalize on hungry computer users that collect Bitcoins, a new online startup called PizzaforCoins launched a simple site that allows consumers to order pizza and pay with the digital Bitcoin currency.
October 22, 2015 Underwater robots used to find endangered whales Torpedo-shaped underwater robots called gliders can read calls from four types of endangered whales and relay their locations in real time. And they can do it in weather too harsh for the plane and boat surveys now relied on to find the whales.
October 22, 2015 Gadget graveyard: What tech is doomed? CD-ROMs and radios are the gadgets most likely to go extinct, as determined in a "Gadget Graveyard" voting contest.
October 22, 2015 Review: Microsoft Surface Pro: more power, more everything Microsoft had been quiet on the Surface Tablet Pro, a version of the Surface RT tablet that raises the bar on specs. At CES 2013 that changed.