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Anyone who's ever made a presentation with data knows that making data presentable isn't always easy. That's part of the rationale behind Databoard, a new tool from Google that's designed to help users do just that Announced on Tuesday, Google Databoard gives users a new way to share data insights.

NASA is gearing up for a 2020 Mars rover mission designed to search for signs of past life, according to a 154-page report released Tuesday. The unnamed 2020 mission's search for life is the "next logical step" for Martian exploration, NASA said. ...

France has abandoned a law that called for copyright infringers' Internet connections to be cut off upon a third offense The law stipulated that letters be sent the first and second time people illicitly downloaded copyrighted material; the third time around, an offender's Web access would be disconnected....

At DBX, Dropbox's first-ever developer conference, the company on Tuesday announced a suite of new tools designed to make it easier for developers to bring its file-syncing technology to new devices and platforms. "We want to be sure that stuff is always available, no matter if you're on your laptop at work, a tablet on a plane or a smartphone on ...

Mobile advertising revenue skyrocketed by 82.8 percent in 2012 to reach US$8.9 billion globally, according to a report released Tuesday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, IAB Europe and IHS North America, in fact, saw an even bigger leap, with a 111 percent surge over 2011 figures to $3.5 billion, or 39.8 p...

Nokia is expected to bring its monster 41-megapixel camera sensor to its line of Windows Phone 8 handsets Thursday at its "Zoom Reinvented" event in New York City Nokia's 808 PureView technology has been in one of its Symbian phones for a while with little notice given to it, but the company apparently hopes that will change with the expected intro...

The policy debate that has been raised by the Obama administration's healthcare reform program continues to smolder -- and even break into heated rhetoric when political supporters and critics of "Obamacare" get into the fray. However, in the three years or so that the program has been under way, its information technology gears have been turning right along.

I still see far too many examples of content confusing the ideas of data and information. Sometimes it seems a writer is simply trying to avoid being redundant when using data and information in the same sentence to mean the same thing. Of course, they are different, and the result is unnecessary confusion. I just wrote a paper for a European l...

The latest release of Linux Mint 15, nicknamed "Olivia," tries really hard to reach new design goals but is marred by a series of petty flaws.

The desktop environment can be the spot where you need a bit of humor the most. During a hard day pounding away at the contraption, a little light relief may be in order In today's All Things Appy, TechNewsWorld takes a look at the top five must-have free humor add-ons for your Firefox browser....

Lumbering like the old-school technology firms it sometimes derides, Google has finally issued a patch for a master key vulnerability in Android that Bluebox called to its attention back in February "Is Google eating their own dog food?" asked Randy Abrams, a research director at NSS Labs....

Gamers eagerly awaiting the September launch of Grand Theft Auto V got a sneak preview on Tuesday with the release by maker Rockstar Games of the first gameplay trailer for the upcoming title Due Sept. 17 for the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, Grand Theft Auto V promises to deliver a massive world along with seemingly limitless options ...

Samsung could be launching as many as four unique versions of its Galaxy Note III when the smartphone debuts later this year, according to ETNews.com. The company reportedly will release versions that offer the same applications, processors and hardware platforms but will come with a variety of displays, cameras, cases and price points to appeal ...

Barnes & Noble's board of directors on Monday announced changes in the company's executive ranks that extend all the way to the top echelon First and foremost, William Lynch has resigned as CEO and director effective immediately....

Barnes & Noble's board of directors on Monday announced changes in the company's executive ranks that extend all the way to the top echelon First and foremost, William Lynch has resigned as CEO and director effective immediately....

Assuming he can get there, it looks as though leaker/hero/traitor Edward Snowden has options as he seeks a place to take up asylum Venezuela and Bolivia have now both offered asylum to Snowden, who is believed to be holed up in a Moscow airport. Snowden reportedly submitted a formal asylum request with Venezuela and Nicaragua, which has not offered...

Google's so-called driverless car has sparked speculation that it will bring about drastic changes in our cities Some prognosticators foresee new cities with narrower streets, fewer parking spaces, and hidden sensors instead of traffic lights, while others fear there might be a new flight to the suburbs like the 1960s exodus. It's a battle between...

Shopping for groceries might not be top of mind for many rail commuters -- at least, not until they see one of Peapod's virtual supermarkets in a train station Peapod, which has long been at the forefront of online grocery sales, has pushed its virtual offerings into the real world, and its strategy appeals to people who otherwise might not have c...

The issue of mobile privacy has been simmering for years, and it's long been apparent that there will be some movement at the government level sooner or later This week, sooner would probably be the better guess -- especially if the European Commission is included....

Hollywood may be all about lights, cameras and action, but the current trend in video games seems to be simply action -- followed by even more action That was one of the biggest takeaways from the recent E3video game conference in Los Angeles, where Microsoft and Sony went head-to-head with an array of action-packed games that came in stark contras...