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BackCountry Navigator Pro GPS, an app from CritterMap Software, is available for US$9.99 at Google Play.With ubiquitous Google Maps installed as standard on smartphone OS market leader Android'sdevices, why anyone would need anything else?...

Research scientists in the UK have demonstrated for the first time a solid-state maser that can work at room temperature ...

Startup game company Goko emerged from its 2011 stealth launch on Thursday, officially unveiling its HTML5-based lineup. The company, which also has released its software development kits to independent developers interested in publishing and monetizing games for the HTML5 platform, has held its cards closely until now Fittingly -- as the company ...

The fixes Sony made to its PlayStation Network last year after its system was hacked may not have made it impenetrable: Reports are circulating that the hacktivist group Anonymous has breached the network again The rumors started with a tweet posted to the group's account that has since been taken down. The tweet apparently claimed the hackers had...

The Ministry of Commerce in China has approved Walmart's bid to buy a controlling stake of Chinese e-commerce company Yihaodian, part of Walmart's bid to increase its global retail presence Prior to the approval, Walmart already possessed a 17.7 percent share in Yihaodian, one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies in China. In February, the r...

The United States Air Force's third test flight of an X-51A Waverider hypersonic aircraft failed spectacularly Wednesday when it crashed seconds after being launched from a B-52 bomber ...

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh is nothing if not persistent. Even though an earlier order for the CEOs of Apple and Samsung to speak to each other to avoid a lengthy trial did not yield anything positive, she is asking the two men to try again With the jury set to begin deliberating over the companies' patent disputes, she wants Apple CEO Tim Cook a...

German data protection regulators reopened an investigation into Facebook's facial recognition technology Wednesday, claiming the social network failed to comply with official requests to alter its policies to match European regulations The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information wants Facebook to delete the facial data ...

Law enforcement agencies may be able to freely track cellphone users without first getting a probable-cause warrant thanks to a ruling handed down by the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Jose on Tuesday The 2-1 ruling in the case of convicted drug trafficker and money launderer Melvin Skinner stated that the police did not breach...

Why does Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak think cloud-based computing will bring "horrible problems" over the next few years? Apple is one of many companies driving the cloud revolution with its iCloud. Sounds crazy, but to tell you the truth I think Woz is correct -- to a point My Pick of the Week is AT&T Wireless Home Phone, a new AT&T Mobility wire...

Henry David Thoreau's quiet wisdom is best exemplified by sayings like, "in allthings, simplicity." That's a nice credo to live by -- but it may be a hard one to fullyembrace if you're trying to provide great customer service these days After all, if you work in service, you have customers coming at you through a widervariety of channels than ever ...

Significant advances in Light Emitting Diodes (LED) technology mean it's now possible to create light approaching that of a car headlamp with just a handheld device If you're in the market for one of these advanced flashlights, you're going to see one word continually appear in the product descriptions. That word is "Cree."

Twitter cofounders Biz Stone and Evan Williams unveiled two new ventures this week, and this time they aren't limiting themselves -- or users for that matter -- to 140 characters. These new projects from Obvious Corporation, the startup headed by Stone and Williams, are Medium, a publishing platform that organizes user-submitted text and photos into collections that can be viewed and edited by the public; and Branch, a Web-based discussion board that will reportedly turn Internet monologues into online dialogues...

A group of major retailers in the United States on Wednesday announced a new mobile commerce platform, Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) Members include 7-Eleven, Best Buy, Lowe's, Sears Holdings, Target, Walmart, Shell Oil and Sunoco....

Wall Street has been in a foul mood over Internet stocks, and online professional recommendation company Angie's List has not escape the market's wrath. Its stock fell 15 percent on Tuesday -- a selloff that appears to be largely related to the end of a 90-day lockup period for shares issued in a secondary offering earlier this year This alone is n...

Microsoft's upcoming Surface, the company's first in-house tablet PC, is scheduled to launch later this year. Microsoft hasn't confirmed how much the Surface will cost, but a recent Engadget report pegs its price at US$199, greatly undercutting presumed rival iPad and matching the price of much smaller tablets like the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 W...

It's no secret that Sony Computer Entertainment sees mobile gaming as a large contributor to its bottom line in the future. That vision became clearer Tuesday when Sony revealed more details about its PlayStation Mobile service The skeleton of the program was revealed earlier this summer at the E3 conference in Los Angeles, but at Gamescom in Colog...

Barnes & Noble has dropped the prices on its Nook tablet product line with the Nook Color, the 8 GB Nook Tablet and the16 GB Nook Tablet now retailing for (US)$150, $180 and $200 respectively. That amounts to a $20 reduction from the Color's original price and $50 the 16 GB device ...

Barnes & Noble has dropped the prices on its Nook tablet product line with the Nook Color, the 8 GB Nook Tablet and the16 GB Nook Tablet now retailing for (US)$150, $180 and $200 respectively. That amounts to a $20 reduction from the Color's original price and $50 the 16 GB device ...

Kaspersky Lab is reaching out for help to crack the security of the Gauss malware, which it discovered recently It's still not known how people get infected with the malware, Kaspersky Lab said. The purpose of the "Palida Narrow" font Gauss installs hasn't been figured out, either....