(Credit: Eric Franklin/CNET) Life in the tablet category used to be simple. There were 7-inchers and 10-inchers and comparisons only occurred within each tablet’s size category. This year however, Apple, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble have successfully muddied the once-clear waters by respectfully releasing 7.9-inch, 8.9-inch, and 9-inch tablets. So how do they compare? Let’s find … Continue reading
Apple sells 5 million iPhone 5 phones in first weekend
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Apple sold more than 5 million iPhone 5 phones since the highly anticipated device went on sale on Friday, setting a new sales record for the device, Apple announced Monday. Over the weekend, the company outpaced the 4 million iPhone 4S units that it sold during last year’s opening weekend, though the numbers … Continue reading
IPhone 5 journal: LTE performance and photos
The iPhone 5 is the first 4G LTE iPhone. Click the map for a look at which markets have 4G LTE service on each major carrier. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Reviewer Rob Pegoraro is putting the new iPhone 5 through its paces and keeping a running journal of his impressions. Have any questions about the phone? Leave us a comment about what … Continue reading
Tecnology
At a time when consumers are flocking to tablets and laptops, HP has decided to push strongly into the all-in-one (AIO) PC market. The company on Monday announced four new consumer AIO PCs: the Envy 20 and Envy 23, the SpectreONE and the HP Pavilion 20. HP’s new line of all-in-one desktops: the Envy 23, … Continue reading
Holding Your Community Together During a Disaster
The fires raging across western U.S. states this summer, at times plowing through residences and other structures, might have gotten you thinking: “What if?” That is, what if one of my buildings were destroyed in the 44-square mile California Pondorosa fire in August, which leveled more than 80 structures? Or what if my community were … Continue reading
Privacy Advocates: Who’s Watching the FBI Watchers?
The FBI soon will begin offering client software for its nationwide facial recognition database at no charge to law enforcement agencies in the United States. This is the fourth element in its seven-increment Next Generation Identification Program. The facial recognition system was deployed as a pilot in February, the FBI’s Jerome Pendertestified … Continue reading
How Amazon Stole the Tablet Market
As Apple demonstrated itself with the iPod and iPad, the way to take control of a market is to redefine it around a model that favors your products. Last week, Amazon took a page from Steve Jobs’ book, both in how it presented the new Kindle line and in how this line shifts the market dynamic from … Continue reading
Court Gives Microsoft License to Kill Botnet
Microsoft won court approval to pursue cybercriminals infiltrating its supply chain as part of an ongoing investigation into malware-infected computers. The company’s Digital Crimes Unit bought computers from PC malls in China only to find brand-new laptop and desktop computers infected with preinstalled malware that may have spread to millions of PCs around the world. … Continue reading
Court Gives Microsoft License to Kill Botnet
In a nod to the increasing pressure to root out online piracy, Google has expanded its list of censored phrases related to searches for the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, according to Torrent Freak. Google has not entirely removed The Pirate Bay from its search results index, but it has nixed alternate Pirate Bay domains from … Continue reading