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Texas court rules that police cannot search your phone after you’re jailed

Feb 28, 2014

Expanding the notion of privacy rights in the digital age, Texas' highest criminal court ruled Wednesday that police improperly searched...

NASA reveals insane mission that could have saved space shuttle Columbia

Feb 26, 2014

In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia was lost when an accident at launch conspired to destroy it upon re-entry. It was a...

Twitter returns a $50,000 username to its original owner

Feb 26, 2014

A coveted and allegedly valuable Twitter handle that was reported stolen last month has been reacquired by its original owner. Naoki...

Hands-on with Samsung’s three Tizen-powered Galaxy Gear successors

Feb 25, 2014

Samsung was so excited about its new Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches that the company couldn’t even wait for its Mobile World Congress...

14-month-old boy’s life is saved by a 3D-printed model of his heart

Feb 23, 2014

3D printers are really going to change the world, with the technology being used more and more in the healthcare...

Comcast and Netflix may have made peace with each other

Feb 21, 2014

With net neutrality in flux, disputes over the path of web traffic have taken on an unexpectedly high profile —...

Samsung wants $9.4 million from Dyson for making it look bad

Feb 17, 2014

Samsung  has filed a lawsuit demanding $9.4 million in compensation from the British appliance maker Dyson because it claims it...

J.P. Morgan concludes that Bitcoin is not a solid investment

Feb 12, 2014

JPMorgan Chase thinks investing into Bitcoin is an audacious idea. The financial services goliath wants its forex investors to know...

Florida prosecutors charge three men who used Bitcoin in illegal operations

Feb 10, 2014

State authorities in Florida on Thursday announced criminal charges targeting three men who allegedly ran illegal businesses moving large amounts...

Apple has faced nearly 100 lawsuits from patent trolls in the last three years

Feb 10, 2014

Turns out that for Apple Inc., being one of the most innovative companies on the planet does have at least one...

Why Google needs to license its gigabit network knowledge to municipalities

Feb 7, 2014

Building a gigabit network is unfortunately not a fast proposition. It takes time and money to dig trenches or string...

Google must pay 1.35% of AdSense revenue to some tiny company

Jan 29, 2014

Google could end up paying out 1.35 percent of the money it makes off AdWords in the US after losing...