Mobile messaging, calling and video service Skype was forced to turn off the ability for users to reset their passwords on Wednesday. The move came about after a Russian hacker posted a method for easily stealing user accounts. The hack was posted on a Russian forum nearly two months ago... Read more

Microsoft has really been busy changing their image from being the company that was left behind to being the company that is leading the way. The latest rumor for Microsoft sounds more like something you would expect from Apple. The company is supposedly working on a small tablet that will... Read more

Remember when Apple released one new smartphone each year? Those days may be over. Apple is rumored to be preparing test production for its iPhone 5S, a device some experts believe could launch in early 2013.   Chinese-language publication The Commercial Times was the first to report the rumor. While the source... Read more

Rumors say that Apple is designing a service to compete with Pandora.  The goal is to control the music people listen to in the car and make new releases available that much sooner.  Considering the huge success of iTunes, it stands to reason that Apple would branch out into this... Read more

Does anyone remember the days when email was mentioned using its “full name”, electronic mail? How about the times when email was practically synonymous to Hotmail or Yahoo? Then Google entered the email scene, and the rest, as they say, is history. Sure, other webmail platforms still have a good... Read more

Now that the election is history, analysts can move onto other things. Like why the election went the way it did. Was it a stronger campaign, better ads? Or maybe it was the use of social media that made the difference. One thing is clear from this election: the presidential... Read more

Hot off the heels of its Samsung patent lawsuit loss in the UK, Apple on Wednesday morning was ordered to pay $368 million to patent firm VirnetX. A U.S. court in the Eastern District of Texas ruled that Apple FaceTime technology has infringed on four patents held by VirnetX. The... Read more

As the whole world followed the news about Hurricane Sandy, the Americans who were actually affected hunkered down and got ready to face a beating from nature. Something that is not all that common in that particular part of the world. One element of the preparations and disaster response that... Read more

Microsoft on Tuesday officially announced the retirement of Windows Live Messenger. The legacy system will be fully phased out for all users in the first quarter of 2013. In a company blog post Microsoft President of Skype Division Tony Bates said the program would phase out everywhere but mainland China.... Read more

Apple walked away with bragging rights over the weekend as holiday shopping sales propelled its line of legacy, 4th generation and iPad mini devices towards more than three million units sold. The tech giant started its weekend with the iPad mini which now adds Wi-Fi + Cellular data connection options... Read more

Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb but he didn’t invent all of the components that ultimately made it work. In fact Edison “borrowed” from fellow inventors who had experimented with vacuum tubes and other aspects of bulb creation. Ultimately his “tweaks” to those technologies helped bring about the first generation of... Read more

If you have a skill or ability that you would like to share with others, now you can do it – for free. Guide Central is a free app that works on both iPhones and Android devices that allows users to create a how-to guide for anything they are able... Read more

eBay is radically changing its image this year to try and capture more of the ecommerce market.  While eBay has been a giant in the online shopping industry for years, its fanfare has quieted down as new stars like Amazon have taken center stage.  All of that is changing as... Read more

It’s been a month since Apple released the iPhone 5. Over the past four weeks or so, the hype and hullabaloo surrounding the smartphone has died down to a great extent. Like all Apple devices, the iPhone 5 was also released amid much fanfare and glowing reviews. The sales seemed... Read more

A visionary like Steve Jobs doesn’t come along every day. In fact, you could say he comes along once in a lifetime. However, that doesn’t mean that someone else won’t step to do what he did and create more than just a winning company. He created an intricate part of... Read more

It’s been said that if you’re not the customer, you’re the product that is being sold. Since you don’t pay for the Internet, you are what companies are clamoring to buy. So, how much are you worth? Companies make money showing products and ads to people who are likely to... Read more

Rumors have abounded for some time that Microsoft would be adding a version of their ever-popular Microsoft Office product to the Android tablets and the iPad with Office 2013.  The Microsoft Office portfolio manager in the Czech Republic was quoted as stating that it would be released early next year.... Read more

Microsoft is the latest brand to jump on the tablet bandwagon. Lured by the huge sales of handheld devices and having to deal with falling PC sales, the corporation is entering the market with its own gadgets. Seeking to appeal to the consumers of today, Microsoft is looking towards their... Read more