All Technology
- A rare spot of good news shines on BlackBerry
BlackBerry sold a million Z10 handsets in the fiscal quarter ending this March, pushing the Canadian company back in the black.
- Google offers same-day delivery service (with a few catches)
Google Shopping Express is a challenge to competitors such as Amazon.
- How the massive cyberattack may have been overblown
Some media outlets labeled Wednesday's internet slowdown the 'biggest cyberattack in history,' but in reality the disruption went largely unnoticed by users. Still, incidents like these highlight the internet's fragility and may prompt necessary fixes.
- Spamhaus targeted by most powerful DDoS strike in history
Spamhaus, a nonprofit that maintains blacklists of spammers, is the target of a massive denial of service assault.
- Flipboard launches personalized, shareable magazine feature
Want to run a magazine? Too broke to afford an actual magazine? Flipboard might have just the thing for you.
- Santa Clara uses smart meters to create citywide free Wi-Fi
Santa Clara, a California city of 118,000, is replacing electric meters with smart meters. In the process, the city is creating a free Wi-Fi network – and a window on the future?
- Ungoogleable? Google tells Sweden 'ogooglebar' can't be a word.
Google asks Swedish Language Council to remove 'ogooglebar' – or ungoogleable, in English – from its list of new 2012 words.
- T-Mobile, dubbing itself the 'un-carrier,' will offer a no-contract iPhone
T-Mobile will sell a range of smartphones, including the iPhone, without any contracts.
- Yahoo scoops up Summly, aims to transform mobile news
Yahoo has partnered up with Summly – a startup that delivers condensed news articles to its readers – to simplify the news-reading experience for its mobile platform.
- Online dating on the go: Apps shake up traditional dating websites
Why users have fallen in love with online-dating apps.
- Could Google Glass be banned for drivers before it hits stores?
A US lawmaker proposes legislation that would prohibit people from wearing products like Google Glass while driving.
- Google Glass already has some lawmakers on high alert
Lawmakers and privacy experts are wary of how Google Glass could be used, whether to snap photos covertly or to let drivers watch videos.
- Windows Blue: Screenshots, whispers, and the promise of a fresher OS
Don't confuse Windows Blue with Windows 9. Still, the OS upgrade may pack some worthwhile goodies, including Internet Explorer 11.
- Bioshock Infinite review roundup
Bioshock Infinite hits shelves in the US this week. Here's what critics are saying about the new alternate-history epic from Irrational Games.
- CSMonitor editors share their favorite people to follow on Twitter Twitter turned 7 this week. In celebration of the social network's birthday, The Christian Science Monitor compiled a list of favorite Twitter accounts. Each is informative and useful in its own way. Find out what each section recommends for you.
- Apple tightens account security with two-factor authentication
After Wired writer Mat Honan was hacked last year, Apple and Amazon amended their security practices to close some loopholes. Now, Apple has added two-factor authentication: an additional layer of security which works by combining something a user knows with something they have.
- Dropped your iPhone? With new Apple tech, it's no problem.
Apple has patented drop protection technology for its handheld devices, including the Apple iPhone.
- YouTube: Eight years in and 1 billion people strong
YouTube's 1 billion monthly users now post 72 hours of video each minute and watch four billion hours of video each month. As YouTube said, "that's a lot of Gangnam Style!"