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If you've ever used Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensing input device for the Xbox 360 game console, you'll have an initial grasp of how Occipital's 3D scanner for mobile devices, called "Structure Sensor," functions ...

Netflix unveiled its SpoilerFoiler app Monday, a tool designed for Breaking Bad fans who want to scan their Twitter feeds without encountering any show spoilers. Twitter users who log in via SpoilerFoiler get a normal view of their Twitter news feed, except that any tweet containing words about the Breaking Bad series finale will be blacked out. F...

After bringing its Steam gaming service to Linux earlier this year, Valve on Tuesday unveiled SteamOS, a new, Linux-based operating system that is designed to deliver PC entertainment in the living room The new OS will connect with the Steam gaming service, offering all of the features PC-based Steam users are accustomed to, and yet is designed wit...

Facebook has set up an eight-person team to look into how artificial intelligence can help it further analyze data it gathers on its members, the MIT Technology Review reported. The team will work with an emerging AI technique called "deep learning."

The Federal Aviation Administration is getting closer to lifting some of the restrictions on the in-flight use of electronic gadgets during takeoff and landing An advisory panel is meeting this week to complete its recommendations on the subject. By the end of the month, the panel is expected to complete a report to the FAA....

LinkedIn responded over the weekend to claims in a class action lawsuit filed against it, maintaining that it does not break into users' email accounts and insisting that it asks for permission before using information from anyone's email accounts. Four LinkedIn users filed the suit, claiming it had appropriated their identities to send promotiona...

China is lifting its ban on a handful of heretofore banned websites within the Shanghai Free Trade Zone Included among those now considered acceptable are Facebook, Twitter and The New York Times' website....

Shoppers today use their mobile devices for a range of retail activities, from couponing to showrooming to finding parking spots at the local mall. Retailers, on the other hand, are being just as aggressive in using mobile to reach out to shoppers What are the hottest mobile marketing techniques we can expect to see this holiday season? Turns out t...

As CEO of AlienVault, Barmak Meftah faces enemies every day who play out their attacks from faraway lands using seemingly unbeatable weapons ...

Oracle on Monday announced an in-memory option for Oracle Database 12c that will accelerate analytics, data warehousing, reporting and online transaction processing for Oracle in-memory applications These applications "deliver extreme performance on Oracle Engineered Systems," the company said....

Twitter reportedly is in talks with television networks and advertisers in advance of its IPO, which is expected later this year. Twitter executives are meeting with TV industry reps during the AdWeek conference in New York City this week, The Wall Street Journal said Monday Twitter wants to strengthen its revenue flow through ad partnerships with...

Microsoft on Monday announced the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets They are faster and have more battery life than their predecessors....

The Chaos Computing Club, a group of German hackers, claimed to have cracked Apple's new iPhone fingerprint scanner The scanner is one of the distinguishing features of Apple's new iPhone 5S, which is otherwise quite similar to the iPhone 5....

Allowing workers to use personal phones and tablets to do their jobs has created security risks in the workplace, but those risks can be minimized if they're managed What should such a risk management program do? "The first step is you have to protect the device," IBM Application, Data and Mobile Security Director Caleb Barlow told TechNewsWorld....

Commence earlier this month debuted version 5.5 of its CRM application with key enhancements including a new internal chat system called Conversations, new Microsoft Word and calendar integrations, and a click-to-dial feature on mobile phones Commence provides an array of CRM tools, including salesforce features and, for a unique twist, a project m...

A couple of years ago, I wrote on the beginning of my long-term plan to eventually retire in Belize. My wife and I just came back from our latest update trip. Our house plans are nearly finished, and we should start building within 12 months if everything goes as expected. There have been a lot of impressive improvements since we started on this j...

Pinterest on Thursday announced that it would begin experimenting with promoting certain pins from a select group of businesses The announcement came via a blog post from CEO Ben Silbermann, who hastened to assure the site's users that this move would not be a descent into ad madness....

Security firm RSA has advised its customers to make a configuration adjustment to its BSafe security software products. [*Correction - Sept. 25, 2013] This follows an announcement issued by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology not to use a security standard it designed and published....

Angry posts spread faster on social networks than those indicative of any other emotion, according to a recent study. Researchers at Beihang University set out to test whether homophily -- the tendency of people to bond with those who are similar -- occurs in social media interactions.

Sony on Thursday went on a media blitz in Tokyo, disclosing more details and outlining ambitious sales targets for its upcoming PlayStation 4 The gaming device is due to arrive on shelves in the United States Nov. 15, and Sony aims to sell 5 million PS4s by March 31, it reportedly said at the Tokyo Game Show....