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White House Admits 4 Americans Killed in Warrantless Middle East Drone Strikes

Jason Mick — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:00 GMT

Admission comes after months of denials, obfuscation, and silence

HTC One Hits 5 Million Sales in First Month, Despite Issues

Jason Mick — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:04:00 GMT

Sales are roughly half the first-month sales of the Samsung Galaxy S IV, and a third of the Apple iPhone 5's

HTC First's Arrival in UK Canceled, Facebook Assesses "Home" Feedback

Jason Mick — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:02:00 GMT

Sales in the U.S. of device have been nonexistent

NVIDIA's Cut-Down Titan-Based GTX 780 Launches, Priced at $649 USD

Jason Mick — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:40:00 GMT

NVIDIA adds an interesting new price point, but does it release Titan demand, or simply create confusion?

Microsoft Expands Windows Azure in Asia, Mocks iPad in New Commercial

Tiffany Kaiser — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:06:00 GMT

Windows Azure will expand in China, Japan and Australia

Google Engineer Finds Microsoft Security Flaw, Says Company is Hostile About It

Tiffany Kaiser — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:51:00 GMT

Tavis Ormandy said Microsoft is difficult to work with regarding these issues

Lenovo Reports Solid Fiscal Q4, Full-Year Financials

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:00 GMT

Lenovo has a solid Q4 despite sluggish industry

Chevrolet Prices Spark EV at $27,495 Before $7,500 Tax Credit

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:08:00 GMT

Chevrolet Spark pricing gets official

Tesla Repays $465 Million DOE Loan 9 Years Early

Tiffany Kaiser — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:20:00 GMT

Tesla's early repayment is mainly due to last week's announcement regarding its plan to issue more stock and pay off the energy loan with the proceeds

MSI's AMD Richland (A10)/Neptune (7/8xxxM) Gaming Notebooks Start at $1,299 USD

Jason Mick — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:15:00 GMT

New laptops expected to approach Ivy Bridge performance, but come up a bit shy of it

Apples Tries to Use Decade-Old Patents to Ban Samsung Galaxy S IV

Jason Mick — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT

Unable to compete, the Cupertino company claims that Google and Samsung stole features from Siri

Survey: 94 Percent of Teens Use Facebook

Tiffany Kaiser — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:53:00 GMT

Twitter came in second place with 26 percent of teen users

Congress Looks to Force Extra Protection on Utilities to Combat Cyberattacks

Jason Mick — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:24:00 GMT

Utilities confirm attacks, but say their protections are sufficient and gov't report is overblown

Amazon to Launch "Kindle Worlds" for Fan Fiction Writers

Tiffany Kaiser — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Fan fiction writers can get the licenses they need and royalties

HTC is on the Brink of Ruin as HTC First Flops, Employees Flee the Sinking Ship

Jason Mick — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:23:00 GMT

HTC First flop is another painful loss for struggling Asian OEM

Intel Shake-Up to Focus on Mobile, New Devices

Tiffany Kaiser — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:04:00 GMT

Krzanich wants to focus on smartphones and tablets as the PC market slows down, but also start working on future devices beyond the smartphone/tablet era.

Cure For Baldness Could Be on Store Shelves within Two Years

Shane McGlaun — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:00 GMT

A cure for baldness could be the golden egg for big pharmaceutical companies

Sony May Consider Spinning Off Entertainment Division

Shane McGlaun — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:19:00 GMT

Sony Entertainment spinoff likely

Senator Rand Paul Calls on Congress to Apologize Over Making Apple Feel Unwelcome

Jason Mick — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:59:00 GMT

Ireland also blasts U.S. criticism of "tax sheltering"

Rosewill Releases 3 New Powerline Networking Adapters

Tiffany Kaiser — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:00 GMT

The line is being expanded thanks to the success of the RPLC-200KIT and RPLC-500KIT adapters

NASA Awards $125,000 Grant for 3D Printed Food on Long-Term Space Travels

Tiffany Kaiser — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:32:00 GMT

Items on the menu include cricket pizza

German Researchers Test 40 Gbps Wireless Broadband

Jason Mick — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:00 GMT

High frequencies allow transmitter to be printed on special IC

U.S. Military Cuts Guantanamo Bay Wi-Fi After Alleged Threat by Anonymous

Tiffany Kaiser — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT

Anonymous launched a global online protest to mark the 100th day of the hunger strike by Guantanamo Bay prisoners

Ford Expects Four-Cylinder Engines to Significantly Increase in Popularity

Shane McGlaun — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:56:00 GMT

Ford says 66% of new cars we use four-cylinder engines by 2020

Qualcomm, Samsung Push AMD to Fourth Place in Processor Market

Shane McGlaun — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:00 GMT

AMD plummets in microprocessor market ranking