iPhone 4 Siri port made legally possible by Apple with iOS 5.0.1 update today

Earlier today we reported that Apple’s iOS 5.0.1 update today was the first iPhone 4S firmware build that’s both official and has an accessible encryption key for its main file system, thus meaning that browsing the device’s main file system with your PC is now possible. From a later tweet by iOS

Man illuminates electromagnetic waves using coffee cans and LEDs, Christmas-colored science ensues

Electromagnetic radiation is all around us, but we’re largely unaware that our bodies are constantly bathed in waves of the stuff because our eyes aren’t equipped to see it. Dr. Gregory Chavat decided to give us a glimpse of an EM waveform, however, by using a coffee can radar system, a couple of LEDs,

Bill Gates confirms that he’s not returning to Microsoft

Bill Gates today squelched all rumors (that have surfaced in the last week or so) that he was considering a return to being the head of Microsoft. During an interview with Fairfax Media in Australia, Gates stated that “I made the transition to work full-time on the [Bill & Melinda Gates] Foundation,

iTunes Match rolls out to international community, makes music lovers flinch

Thought you’d have to wait until 2012 to snag an international iTunes Match account? Think again. It seems Apple ended its negotiations with British record companies earlier than expected, as the outfit prematurely launched the music matching service on Wednesday, pulled it and refunded early subscribers,

Una nueva cámara que captura la luz en movimiento

El sistema graba 0,6 billones de fotogramas por segundo, lo suficiente para seguir el recorrido de un haz de láser cuando rebota sobre los objetos.

¿Deberíamos ser los primeros en disparar en una ciberguerra?

Defenderse de un ataque es tan difícil que algunos creen que hay que ser más ofensivos.

Fight Against SOPA Intensifies Surrounding House Debate

The House Judiciary Committee met to debate changes to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) on Thursday as the public debate between players with d…

Buffer App Lets Users Schedule Shares Directly From Twitter

Twitter app Buffer introduced a new feature this week allowing users to schedule retweets directly from Twitter.com. By installing Buffer with t…

Senator Al Franken gets answers regarding CarrierIQ, still not satisfied

It’s been two weeks since the CarrierIQ story caught the eye of Senator Al Franken, who swiftly put his fist down and began demanding answers from the companies that admitted to allowing the tracking software on their handsets, as well as CarrierIQ itself. The deadline for the companies to respond is

Facebook’s Timeline now available on Android and mobile web

Coming off the release of Timeline worldwide this morning, Facebook has also announced Timeline’s launch on both the mobile web (at m.facebook.com) and the Android Facebook app, downloadable from the Android Market here. This ties in to Facebook’s strategy to permeate not just the desktop