Say what you like about Windows 8, but before it arrived Microsoft’s presence in the tablet sphere was as small as it was stagnant. By the reckoning of number-crunchers at Strategy Analytics, just 400,000 Windows-running slates were shipped global…
It’s funny how a few tweaks can make a Government program go from completely legal, to questionably so. A new secret authorization puts the US Justice Department on the fuzzy side of the legal line, approving the expansion of a program originally …
A leaked document from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has revealed Apple’s iMessage service is hindering its ability to eavesdrop on drug suspects’ communications. Obtained by CNET, the DEA’s intelligence note — title…
Recently-surfaced documents have led CNET to detail how Apple was able to transform its early products from hobbyist devices into bonafide computers. With the launch of the original Apple I, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak struck a chord…
It looks like the iPhone is finally making its way to T-Mobile. CNET reports that Apple’s flagship device will “play a prominent role” at tomorrow’s “Uncarrier” event, citing an unnamed source familiar with the plans. T-Mo…
Senators have voted 75-to-24 in favor of nationwide changes that would see sales tax levied on a wider range of internet purchases. The decision was purely symbolic — it’s a non-binding vote that indicates the Senate supports su…
Facebook has joined Microsoft in offering a very lukewarm statement about pending legislation in Congress, the recently-reintroduced Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). The goal of CISPA is to allow companies to sha…
Twitter may be working on a standalone music app, and it could be ready by the end of the month. The rumor states that the company acquired music discovery website We Are Hunted last year, and, according to CNET, it plans to integrate…
Spotify has added 1 million paying subscribers since December and has a total of 6 million paying customers, according to a report today from CNET. The news comes as Spotify appears to be setting the pace among streaming music service…
If Mozilla ever does make an iOS version of Firefox, it won’t just be a skin for Safari. Jay Sullivan, the company’s vice president, told an audience at SXSW that Firefox won’t be coming to Apple’s platform unt…
