Free Microsoft updates

Free Microsoft updates

Free Microsoft updates,  Microsoft is using a three-day conference this week to give people a peek into Windows 8.1, a free update that promises to address some of the gripes people have with the latest version of the company's flagship operating system. A preview version of Windows 8.1 was released Wednesday at the start of the Build conference for Microsoft partners and other technology developers.

Facebook Hashtags

Facebook Hashtag

Facebook Hashtags, Facebook has added support for hashtags, fixing a broken link that prevented its 1.11 billion members from associating themselves with celeb gossip, breaking news, and popular memes.

Bar bans high-tech glasses

Bar bans high-tech glasses

Bar bans high-tech glasses, A Seattle bar bans high-tech glasses is making a buzz on the internet this weekend, as MSN News reported this Saturday, March 9, that bar goers may have to choose between a glass of beer and Google glasses sooner than later, as one dive bar has “banned” the eyewear already.

Apple cuts prices

Apple cuts prices

Apple cuts prices, Apple Inc cut the price on the base version of its 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop with "retina" display by $200 as it revamps its top-end laptops, weeks after the company reported a steep decline in Mac sales in the holiday quarter.

iPhone 6 fingerprint

iPhone 6 fingerprint

iPhone 6 fingerprint, AuthenTec iPhone 6 fingerprint detection is at the heart of new Apple iPhone rumors. Blogger Ed Valdez cites six reasons why we can expect an iPhone 6 announcement by June 2013.  Some analysts and observers are predicting that that the Apple iPhone 5S or 6 release date could be as early as summer 2013, although some say September of 2013 is more likely.

World's First Lumpy Tablet

World's First Lumpy Tablet

World's First Lumpy Tablet, When you can't feel individual keys on a touchscreen device it can be hard to type at speed.

5 new Apple products

5 new Apple products

5 new Apple products, (CNN)How will Apple follow up a 2012 lineup that included two new tablets, a new notebook and a new phone? Analysts Gene Munster and Douglas Clinton of Piper Jaffray took a stab at predicting what used to be unpredictable: Apple's product calendar.

Quinn Emanuel Loses Marvel Law Suit

Quinn Emanuel Loses Marvel Law Suit

Quinn Emanuel Loses Marvel Law Suit, Shares of Marvell Technology plunged Wednesday after the company was hit with a $1.17 billion verdict in a patent case.

Marvell to pay $1.2 billion

Marvell to pay $1.2 billion

Marvell to pay $1.2 billion, Marvell to pay $1.2 billion to Carnegie Mellon University after losing a patent infringement lawsuit. The enormous judgement was handed down by nine jurors on Wed., Dec. 26, 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. Following the judgement Marvell Technology Group shares plummeted more than 10%. The stock opened at 8.25 and closed at 7.40 for the day for a loss of 10.3%. The day's low was 7.19, while the day's high was 8.47.

Potatoes help Wi-Fi

Potatoes help Wi-Fi

Potatoes help Wi-Fi, Filling a plane for a wi-fi test can be expensive. Thankfully for Boeing, potatoes share many of the same properties as passengers. The airplane maker has been using potatoes to help test in-flight wi-fi signals.

$30,000 Hard Drive Could Last A Million Years

$30,000 Hard Drive Could Last A Million Years, The scientists behind an indestructible disk aren’t interested in preserving your photos and MP3s. $30K for a Million Years of Storage, Countries with nuclear power plants have spent decades figuring out the proper place to bury nuclear waste and will spend decades more digging and filling 500 meter holes in the earth where it will live. One of the most the crucial pieces in safely burying the waste is keeping accurate records of where the waste is buried so that future generations don’t accidentally dig it up.

Earlier Computer Advertising

Earlier Computer Advertising, I look at this collection, and keep thinking how many years should be so modern aypady were perceived as an expensive metal? More than three kilobaksa 10 megabytes, but when you consider inflation

iPad 3 Release Date

iPad 3 Release Date, We all know that Apple will unveil the iPad 3 at an event in San Francisco on March 7. We even know about its release date, features, specs, price and more thanks to the Internet - well speculation at least, as Apple has not confirmed rumors nor the name of the newest tablet. But the latest rumor surrounding the next generation iPad is that the "iPad Mini" is being manufactured, as well.

Apple Makes Old iPhones 'Unusably Slow' On Purpose

Apple Makes Old iPhones 'Unusably Slow' On Purpose, New Microsoft mobile head Terry Myerson says that Apple's habit of releasing software updates for current iPhones is really just a way to sell more hardware.

iPad 3 leaked

iPad 3 leaked, In three separate incidences over the weekend, insiders have leaked iPad 3 photos alluding to the design and purported parts for the soon-to-be-released tablet. Here’s a look at the shots, where they came from, and what they tell us.

Another iPhone Explodes

Another iPhone Explodes

Another iPhone Explodes, iPhone explodes Brazil Apple’s iPhones are always among the hottest gadgets of any holiday shopping season, but for one passenger on an Australian flight, the phone was too hot to handle — literally.

Toyota unveils 'smartphone' car

Toyota unveils 'smartphone' car

Toyota unveils 'smartphone' car, Toyota unveils futuristic smartphone car The brand new Toyota Fun-Vii is designed to look and feel like a “smartphone on wheels.”

Hedy Lamarr wireless technology

Hedy Lamarr wireless technology

Hedy Lamarr wireless technology, Imagine that, on Sept. 12, 2001, an outraged Angelina Jolie had pulled out a pad of paper and some drafting tools and, all on her own, designed a sophisticated new missile system to attack al-Qaida. Now imagine that the design proved so innovative that it transcended weapons technology, and sparked a revolution in communications technology over the next half-century.

High-tech contact lenses closer to reality

High-tech contact lenses closer to reality

High-tech contact lenses closer to reality, Cyborgs of the future beware: Humans are working on computerized contact lenses with display technology.

Amazon announces kindle fire 7-inch tablet with android os

Amazon announces kindle fire 7-inch tablet with android os

Amazon announces kindle fire 7-inch tablet with android os, Okay, so it wasn't much of a surprise, but Amazon finally has a tablet, and as expected its name picks up where the Kindle left off: Fire. Of course, rumors of an Amazon tablet date back to this time last year (if not before), but it seems that Jeff and co. have wisely chosen to get this thing out on the open market before having yet another wild and wacky holiday quarter.