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'Perfect privacy'? In Internet communication, that doesn't exist 27 Aug 2013 | 12:39 pm
Your communications are private — mostly. Your next-door neighbor can't hear you send an angry email or a saucy text, and even talking on a cellphone is more secure than using the century-old tech in ...
3-D scanning technique recreates stroke-perfect Van Goghs 27 Aug 2013 | 05:40 am
Have you always wanted a Van Gogh in your living room, but never seem to have a spare $20 million to pick one up? A new technique from Fujifilm could give you the next best thing: a 3-D printed reprod...
Judge OKs $20 million Facebook privacy settlement over targeted ads 27 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. judge on Monday granted final approval to Facebook's $20 million settlement of a lawsuit over targeted advertising despite objections that the deal did not go far enough to prot...
Bitcoin advocates meet with US regulators, law enforcement 27 Aug 2013 | 03:38 am
WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators and law enforcement agencies met on Monday with an advocacy group for Bitcoin, a digital currency that has been under fire for its purported role in facilitating anonymous...
Samsung 'Galaxy Gear' may ignite smartwatch wars next week 27 Aug 2013 | 02:54 am
The next year or two will be a battleground for the new device everyone's talking about, even if no one is sure they want one: the smartwatch. And Samsung is hoping to get a jump on the competition by...
Miley Cyrus twerks her way to top of Twitter at 300,000 tweets per minute 27 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
The unwritten (and arguably unreasonable) rule against spoiler alerts was ignored en masse Sunday night, when East Coast viewers of MTV's Video Music Awards took to Twitter, not only letting their Wes...
Sony apologizes to fans for 'Grand Theft Auto 5' hack 27 Aug 2013 | 12:04 am
Sony issued a public apology to "Grand Theft Auto 5" developer Rockstar Games and to fans of the blockbuster video game franchise over the weekend after copies of the game that were downloaded from th...
'Sleep-texting' is a nightmare for some cellphone addicts 26 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
Remember sleep? You know, it's the activity that involves lying in bed and doing nothing for hours. For a growing number of cellphone users who "sleep-text," however, a good night's rest is a thing of...
Toy story: Interactive action figures are the latest video game craze 26 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
Technology may not have been sophisticated enough to bring your G.I. Joe toys to life when you were young, but kids now get the next best thing: toys that come to life inside a video game.
Snowden suspected of bypassing electronic logs 25 Aug 2013 | 01:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S.