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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has blasted The New York Times' negative review of the company's Model S electric sedan, which claims the vehicle ran out of electricity well before it was supposed to. ...

Those who like to cut the cords but still get the best sounding audio with every note and chord will soon have a new mid-priced option, as Sonos has officially unveiled its long rumored soundbar. The Sonos Playbar, which will be available in March for around US$700, is designed to provide all of a listener's audio needs in a single sleek package that can even be wall-mounted beneath a TV...

Periodically we are reminded that the Federal Trade Commission plays a major role in regulatingthe Internet. For instance, the FTC is in charge of protecting privacy on the Internet in the U.S. andcontinually starts new privacy initiatives as the use of the Internet evolves. Unlike the EU, which hasstrict data privacy rules, the FTC has decided th...

A Federal Trade Commission investigation of the U.S. credit reporting industry turned up some dismal findings for consumers. The comprehensive study found that 5 percent of consumers identified errors on one of their three major credit reports that were significant enough to affect their eligibility for loans and insurance, as well as the rates they would pay...

The ZE Rescue Diskis a very handy rescue tool to fix damaged or missing hard drive sectors that prevent a computer from booting into its operating system. It runs automatically as a boot-repair rescue tool at startup from the optical drive....

Reference is the perfect genre for app and extension exploration. Web page pop-upsand on-the-fly search results are all possible. This week, TechNewsWorld's All ThingsAppy takes a look at the best in this category....

Rembrandt Social Media is suing Facebookfor its use of the Like button, according to the BBC Rembrandt claims that Facebook's success is owed, at least in part, to patents belonging to Dutch programmer Joannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer, who died in 2004....

Landsat 8, loaded with several technological advancements for better data-gathering, blasted off Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California using an Atlas V rocket. The latest satellite in the 41-year-old Landsat program has enhanced capabilities to record the changes happening on the planet ...

Dell's plan to go private in what would be one of the biggest leveraged buyouts in recent years appears to be in jeopardy. Some of the company's largest shareholders have come out against the move. Southeastern Asset Management filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a letter it sent to Dell's board of directors warning them that it will...

It has been a week since the Super Bowl, but its lessons for marketers are becoming increasingly clear. At the top of the list: The synergy between the mobile channel and the overall campaign is getting tighter. Another lesson gleaned from this year's big game, courtesy of the New Orleans' Superdome's short-lived blackout, is that old fashioned qu...

eScholar's only business is helping state and local education agencies get the best bang for their buck from collecting and using educational data to drive better school performance results That sometimes involves helping its customers work with data gleaned from a variety of commercial and open-source enterprise databases. Other times, it becomes ...

The tablet computer craze that has users of all ages launching Angry Birds and making Temple Runs is profoundly influencing toy makers as well "We are moving into a new realm of toys that the industry finds quite exciting," said Jackie Breyer, editor-in-chief of The Toy Book, The Licensing Book and The Toy Insider. "We've seen a big push with what ...

Raytheon has developed software capable of quickly mining social networks for information that can reveal where particular individuals have been and where they may be going, The Guardian reported. The Rapid Information Overly Technology reportedly can track check-in posts and geotagged photos in social media. Further, it can chart social connecti...

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt might sell as much as 42 percent of his shares in the tech giant, according to an SEC filing At the stock's current price of around US$785 per share, the sale could yield about $2.5 billion for Schmidt. He currently owns about 7.6 million shares of Class A and Class B common stock....

Apple, Microsoft and Adobe have been summoned by the Australian Parliament to explain why their products cost so much more in Australia than elsewhere, according to TechCrunch The tech trio was called by the House Committee on Infrastructure and Communications, which is overseeing an inquiry into why hardware and software ranging from e-books and m...

While many Americans watched the wrap-up of the Super Bowl Feb. 3, the band of hackers called Anonymous broke into a Web-facing server at the Federal Reserve and pilfered a list of some 4000 people who work in the banking industry -- many of them ranking executives at banks and credit unions Later in the week, the Fed acknowledged the break-in. "Th...

NextPrinciples has launched Insight-To-Action, a social analytics and engagement product that integrates with a handful of CRM applications. ...

I'm not asking the question, "Could Apple follow?" because the amount of cash that would need to be raised would be mind-boggling. Most thought that taking Dell private was impossible, and once you get past "impossible," degree doesn't make that much difference. With Apple stock down sharplyand at least a 20 percent potential level of headroom, wh...

Mobile messaging -- which includes SMS, MMS and rich media messaging (RMM) -- has quickly become a staple in the world of marketing campaigns for many large brands. Mobile messaging, although still in its infancy, has drastically impacted the marketing landscape and is vital to any program Mobile messaging creates a very personal link between a bra...

Microsoft scrapped plans for Friday night's launch of its Surface Pro tablet at the Best Buy store in New York City because of an impending blizzard meteorologists have dubbed "Nemo." "Surface Pro launch activities in NYC have been canceled due to weather," Microsoft spokesperson Dani Reese told TechNewsWorld. "Our best wishes to everyone impacted ...