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TiVo was one of the first to enable consumers to time-shift their TV viewing via DVRs, and now the company is targeting place-shifting capabilities as well with out-of-home streaming via the TiVo Roamio Pro and TiVo Roamio Plus DVRs The two Roamio devices were launched earlier this year, but on Thursday the company announced that the functionality ...

AT&T on Wednesday posted third-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations with increases in revenue and net income, thanks largely to solid subscriber growth It reported net income of US$3.8 billion, or 72 cents per share, a 4.9 percent increase from the $3.6 billion, or 63 cents per share, it reported in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue w...

AT&T on Wednesday posted third-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations with increases in revenue and net income, thanks largely to solid subscriber growth It reported net income of US$3.8 billion, or 72 cents per share, a 4.9 percent increase from the $3.6 billion, or 63 cents per share, it reported in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue w...

LinkedIn on Wednesday announced three new mobile apps designed to increase users' productivity and mobile reach First and foremost, LinkedIn Intro is a brand-new mobile app for iPhone Mail that gives users a preview of the credentials of people who send them email from popular email accounts. With support for Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Ma...

The United States District Court for the District of Idaho has ordered the seizure of data from the computers of white hat hacking firm South Fork Security in response to a lawsuit brought by Battelle Battelle alleges Southfork's cofounder, Corey Thuen, copied an application called "Sophia" that he helped develop while working at Battelle, and then...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called President Obama to protest after she received information that U.S. intelligence was perhaps spying on her mobile phone Obama assured Merkel that the U.S. "is not monitoring and will not monitor" her communications, but the White House reportedly stopped short of denying that it had done so in the past....

Executives tasked with deciding which technologies their companies should buy said a year ago that they didn't think Windows 8 would work for them. Consumers didn't like it either. It doesn't appear that any of them have changed their minds. The vast majority of companies and consumers are staying as far away from Windows 8 as they can. It is too different and confusing in their view. So what's going to happen next? Can Nokia help? ...

There's a lot going on right now that bodes well for next year. It's amazing to even say this in October, but the evidence I've seen points to a busy new year. Companies are spending money on marketing and sales like they have not in the last several years. Venture capitalists are putting their capital to work, and some emerging companies are telling me they've taken money because it was offered and the valuations were good -- but not because they actually needed the cash...

In a computing world distracted by distro overload, Linux Lite is a lightweight Linux OS that has no trouble handling a heavy workload.Long gone are the days when it took hours to install and set up Linux on a computer, but most Linux distros still need a bit of configuration to adjust the massive desktop options to your liking....

Many of us are about to face higher winter heating bills this winter. Some suppliers, like the predominant British Gas in the UK, are raising prices by up to 8 percent. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, meanwhile, reckons on a staggering 13 percent increase this year for those using mainly natural gas to heat homes in the U.S There's not ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday unanimously voted to propose new rules that would allow entrepreneurs to sell securities through crowdfunding portals such as Kickstarter The new rules, which are part of Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, are now up for comment over a 90-day period in the first step of a proces...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology on Wednesday released a preliminary cybersecurity framework for improving the cybersecurity of the United States' critical infrastructure The Institute will soon open a 45-day public comment period on the framework, seeking input from reviewers on a series of questions. The dates will be announced ...

There has been no shortage of questions and concerns about BlackBerry's ongoing viability in recent months, but this week brought some good news for the once-dominant mobile phone maker at last. Specifically, just 24 hours after releasing its BlackBerry Messenger chat app for Android and iOS devices, downloads had already topped 10 million Followin...

Jeroen de Vries, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Twente, has developed a prototype storage system that might last for up to 1 million years This might be needed if the planet were devastated by a natural disaster, or as a reference for future intelligent life on Earth -- or for visiting aliens....

eBay on Tuesday announced a set of initiatives -- including the acquisition of Shutl -- designed to help it offer speedier deliveries and a more personalized shopping experience Shutl uses couriers to deliver goods within a few hours of their online purchase. The company is currently operating in Chicago and New York, as well as throughout the UK....

Nokia on Tuesday announced a slew of new products, including its first Windows tablet, the Lumia 2520 ...

A Swedish court reduced the fine for a teenage boy who uploaded a pornographic video of his unwitting then-girlfriend The original fine was going to be about US$20,000 but was reduced to less than $4,000 after the ruling....

Facebook has introduced Stories to Share, a tool to help media outlets -- from online publications to TV broadcasters to music startups -- maximize value. Appearing in the media panel of a publisher's Facebook page, Stories to Share makes recommendations based on the number of shares a post has received. When an article gets a certain number of Likes, it will appear in the list...

The only upside for the Obama administration in the troubled launch of the health insurance marketplace is that it is still early days for the program On Oct. 1, the government rolled out its vehicle for providing health insurance to persons currently without coverage. The rollout featured the launch of HealthCare.gov -- a website where consumers c...

A desktop is a fine spot for browsing the world's spoken-word media, and the Chrome browser is a fine tool to do it with This week's All Things Appy takes a look at the top must-have, free apps for the Chrome browser environment. We include some for Internet radio, some for podcasts and one for quickly grabbing a podcast feed....