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So far, so good - no sign of any database breach, says US goliath The US Secret Service is helping to hunt for evidence of a possible computer security breach at retail giant Sears, it was claimed today....

Manfrotto today launched its new X-pro 3-way head for photographers who want maximum precision from a compact size.

lpress writes "I was at a Time Warner Cable (TWC) store returning a router, when I asked what my new monthly bill would be. The answer — $110 — surprised me, so I asked a few questions and ended up with the same serv...

No joke: Stephen Colbert's not a fan of Edward Snowden's whistleblowing, the political satirist tells a packed house at the closing RSA Conference keynote speech.

The evolution of 3D printing has moved quickly and it is now poised to alter every aspect of our lives and health.

A German court dismissed a lawsuit against Apple on Friday that was brought on by a well-known patent troll. IPCom, a company that licenses patents, wanted $2.2 billion in damages for infringement of a feature that is no...

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Mac, long-time Apple fan Kurt Merki Jr. has imagined a new Apple computer that would incorporate some of the best features of the iMac, Cinema Display and the Mac Pro. The iPro all...

Google on Friday urged a US appeals court to let it repost an anti-Islamic movie on YouTube, pending a re-hearing of the copyright case that got it removed.

When announcing iOS 7 last year, Apple previewed an upcoming featured called iOS in the Car that will allow automotive manufacturers to integrate iOS-powered mobile devices into the media centers in their cars. The featu...

Year-over-year growth of Twitter's monthly active users is declining quickly, both globally and in the U.S. At its peak, within the past three years, Twitter grew internationally by more than 140%. However, as of Q4 2013...

Who would thought that a former online Magic Card market wouldn’t be a safe place to invest your money? The Wall Street Journal reports that Mt. Gox, which until last week had been the world’s largest Bitcoin exchang...

The HAV304 took the crown of "world's longest aircraft" with its inaugural flight today. The gargantuan spans a football field and towers just over two stories in height, owing its construction to pure metal. It sacrific...

In a bit of contrast to the RAW Beauty Talks portraits featured yesterday, today we have an interesting before and after Photoshop comparison of the hosts of the TODAY show With the help (if you can call it that) of Cosm...

This week in Tech Reads: experimental energy, polar bears on Google Street View, how movies and TV portray tech, and lots--tons!--more.

Apple has made strides towards being more a environmentally friendly company, and plans to eventually have its facilities completely powered by renewable energy — but those plans aren't sitting well with some sharehold...

Fabrizio Fracassi left Final Cut Pro when Apple made a left turn back in 2011 with the release of Version 10. Happily, Apple addressed the criticism it received from that release and Fabrizio is back in the fold. He expl...

Nokia unveiled its X Android phones less than a week ago, with plans to use the handset to promote Microsoft services and not Google’s. After just a few days, hackers have managed to gain root access to the Nokia X and...

[From In-Car Tech] Right PSI Kickstarter Campaign

With the help an antique-looking mirror from her aunt's house, a tripod - it's a safe assumption since she admitted doing the self-portraits all on her own, and some postproduction, Laura Williams skillfully created some...

The side effects of ingesting too much caffeine - restlessness, increased heart rate, having trouble sleeping - are well known, but recent research has shown that the stimulant also has a good side. It can kill cancer ce...

South Africa has been financing domestic rainwater harvesting tanks in informal low-income settlements and rural areas in five of that nation's nine provinces. But pathogens inhabit such harvested rainwater, potentially ...