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Wi-Fi Alliance announces 802.11ac certification program
The Wi-Fi Alliance is finally kicking off a certification program for routers, adapters, and other wireless networking gear based on the IEEE 802.11ac draft standard. The organization has a strong track record when it comes to ensuring that networking products will be interoperable even when the standards they’re...
pcworld.com (57 seconds ago)
Sony pulls PS3 update after complaints it bricks consoles
Sony's gaming division pulled its latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 Wednesday, after widespread reports that installing it could render the console useless. Gamers took to Twitter and online forums such as Reddit to spread word that PS3 firmware update version 4.45 "bricks" consoles and warn their peers...
pcworld.com (38 minutes ago)
Five surefire ways to maximize your laptop's battery life
You adore your laptop. It lets you get down to business wherever you happen to be-airport lounge, coffee shop, your home office. It’s the key to your competitive edge. That is, until its battery croaks. Just as you’re putting the final details on your PowerPoint presentation. At the airport. Two hours before...
pcworld.com (2 hours ago)
Microsoft partners with Samsung, HP to help stop Windows piracy
Hewlett-Packard and Samsung Electronics will now ensure that their PCs in China are installed with licensed Windows and Office software as part of new agreements signed with Microsoft meant to fight piracy. Microsoft announced the agreements Wednesday as the company brought its latest anti-piracy campaign to the...
pcworld.com (2 hours ago)
Alcatel-Lucent hopes shift to IP networking and ultra broadband will lead to profit by 2015
Alcatel-Lucent will refocus on IP networking and ultra-broadband access in mobile and fixed-line networks as it seeks to return to profitability by 2015. Announcing the company's "Shift Plan" in Paris on Wednesday, CEO Michel Combes said the company now recognized that the markets for core networking equipment and...
pcworld.com (3 hours ago)
Dell committee says Icahn's new proposal is not 'actionable'
A Dell special committee has rejected a new proposal from a key shareholder Carl C. Icahn, and said it will continue to support the proposal by founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners to take the company private. Icahn's proposal in its present state is not a transaction that the committee...
pcworld.com (8 hours ago)
Steve Jobs' draft email plays pivotal role in antitrust case
An email composed, but never sent, by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs may prove instrumental in the Justice Department's case that Apple, along with the five largest book publishers, colluded to fix prices for electronic books. In a draft email intended for Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue about negotiations with...
pcworld.com (9 hours ago)
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 is a speed demon, but battery impact remains unknown
Your current smartphone's processor may be fast, but Qualcomm is hoping to show you a whole new definition of mobile performance. On Tuesday, the company staged a benchmarking exhibition in San Francisco to demonstrate the raw speed of its Snapdragon 800 chip, designated for "premium" smartphone deployment later...
pcworld.com (11 hours ago)
Dish won't make new bid for Sprint, clearing path for SoftBank
Dish Network won't try to beat SoftBank's US$21.6 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, apparently clearing the way for the Japanese service provider to buy Sprint. Dish set off a bidding war for the third-largest U.S. mobile operator in January, and in April its offer for Sprint rose to $25.5 billion. But last week, when...
pcworld.com (12 hours ago)
GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the cloud
Internet tools are just starting to be applied to industrial tasks such as maintaining equipment and optimizing operations, but the wealth of data being produced by industrial systems could make this a major focus of development in the coming years. On Tuesday, General Electric increased its bet on this proposition...
pcworld.com (13 hours ago)
Nvidia to license its graphics cores
Nvidia is to start licensing its graphics cores more widely in a bid to cash in on the need for powerful graphics in smartphones, tablets and other devices. Nvidia will start by licensing graphics cores based on the Kepler architecture, which is used in its latest graphics cards, the company said Tuesday. Kepler...
pcworld.com (13 hours ago)
Microsoft Dynamics ERP software now available on the Azure cloud
Microsoft is upping the stakes in the growing market for cloud-based ERP, with its Dynamics GP 2013 and NAV 2013 products now available for deployment on its Azure service. The launch, announced Tuesday, gives customers another option for cloud-based ERP (enterprise resource planning) services besides NetSuite, SAP...
pcworld.com (14 hours ago)
Google asks to make surveillance orders public, citing First Amendment
Google has asked the court overseeing terrorism-related surveillance programs at the National Security Agency to allow the company to publish information on the number of surveillance requests it receives. The Internet company, in a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court , asked the...
pcworld.com (14 hours ago)
Icahn acquires larger stake in Dell, proposes new buyout deal
Carl Icahn has acquired a larger stake in Dell and called for a better buyout offer than the proposal of $13.65 per share from Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners. Icahn has proposed that Dell commence a tender offer for around 1.1 billion shares at $14 per share, with a maximum value of $16 billion. “Our...
pcworld.com (14 hours ago)
BioShock Creator Ken Levine Tackles Logan's Run Remake
Levine, who began his career as a screenwriter and playwright, now returns to his writing roots after a time of immersing himself in the videogame realm.
pastemagazine.com (14 hours ago)
US states' attorneys general to take aim at Internet 'safe harbor' law
Frustrated by their difficulty prosecuting cases involving online content that is illegal or damaging to individuals, a group of state attorneys general are taking action. They are circulating a draft letter that they plan to send to the U.S. Congress, pressing for an amendment to the federal law that currently...
pcworld.com (15 hours ago)
States tackling Google on human trafficking, drugs
The attorneys general of several states are turning up the heat on Google, concerned that the search engine giant makes it easier for criminals to sell illegal drugs online, engage in human trafficking and peddle pirated intellectual property. At the summer meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in...
pcworld.com (15 hours ago)
Nvidia's GPU neural network tops Google
A year ago, Google constructed a “neural network” of servers that eventually learned how to recognize cats. On Tuesday, Nvidia said that a team of Stanford researchers had used its own graphics cores to create another approximately 6.5 times more powerful, using just 16 servers. The Stanford and Nvidia...
pcworld.com (16 hours ago)
US officials: Surveillance programs helped stop 50 terrorist plots
U.S. law enforcement agencies have disrupted more than 50 terrorist plots in the U.S. and other countries with the help of controversial surveillance efforts at the U.S. National Security Agency, government officials said Tuesday. NSA surveillance programs recently exposed by NSA contractor Edward Snowden have...
pcworld.com (18 hours ago)
AT&T’s Street Charge Provides Free Power For Your Smartphone
AT&T kicked off their Street Charge program today, opening solar-powered public charging stations across New York’s five boroughs. The Street Charge program grew out of the aftermath Hurricane Sandy, which devastated a huge chunk of the East Coast last fall. Many New Yorkers were left without power, and when...
pcworld.com (19 hours ago)
Microsoft seeks entry to the education market via the Surface RT
Consumers may not be buying Surface RT tablets, but that isn’t stopping Microsoft. The company will offer $199 Surface tablets for K-12 schools and higher-education institutions, according to the company. The deal isn’t live yet, though, according to Microsoft. It will be offered on June 24. Educators will need...
pcworld.com (19 hours ago)
Source code for Carberp financial malware is up for sale at a very low price, researchers say
The source code for the Carberp banking Trojan program is being offered for sale on the underground market at a very affordable price, which could result in additional Carberp-based financial malware being developed in the future, according to researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB. A...
pcworld.com (19 hours ago)
Acer updates its $199 C7 Chromebook, adds SSD
Acer has announced that a new version of its C7 Chromebook will be available at Walmart stores and online at Walmart.com for $199. The refreshed model includes a 16GB SSD. The model C710-2856 Chromebook has an 11.6-inch LED-backlit LCD panel with native resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels. It's powered by a 1.1GHz...
pcworld.com (20 hours ago)
Google Glass privacy concerns raised by international data protection authorities
The Canadian privacy commissioner and 36 other data protection authorities on Tuesday raised privacy concerns about Google Glass in an open letter to CEO Larry Page. Jennifer Stoddart, Canada's privacy commissioner, signed the letter. Co-signers include Europe's privacy watchdog the Article 29 Working Party and as...
pcworld.com (20 hours ago)
EU institutions' sites move toward compliance on cookie-tracking laws
Europe's top law-making body is working to bring its websites into line with the cookie-tracking laws it enforces on other entities. Legally, the European Commission and the other European Union institutions, such as the Parliament, are not bound by the same data protection rules that apply to commercial companies....
pcworld.com (20 hours ago)
Review: Keeper keeps your passwords safe, but it can be pricey
As a password manager, Keeper has the basics covered. It captures login info and passwords for you as you browse the Web, securely stores them in a neatly organized vault that's easy to access, and generates passwords for you on the fly.
pcworld.com (20 hours ago)
HP shakes up management team of PC division
Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets. HP said that top executive Todd Bradley will step down from his role as executive vice president of the Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) group to become executive vice president of Strategic Growth...
pcworld.com (21 hours ago)
Swedish court OKs Pirate Bay co-founder Svartholm Warg's extradition to Denmark
The Swedish Nacka District Court has ruled that Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg may be extradited to Denmark to face hacking charges, the court confirmed Tuesday. The green light to extradite Svartholm Warg was given Monday, said Josefin Holmgren, a law clerk at the Nacka District Court. The...
pcworld.com (22 hours ago)
Huawei's Ascend P6 smartphone has 5-megapixel front camera to watch you with
Huawei Technologies' much-leaked Ascend P6 smartphone is the world's thinnest at 6.18 millimeters, and has the highest-resolution front-facing camera at 5 megapixels, the company claimed at the phone's London launch. In comparison, Apple's iPhone 5 measures 7.6mm and has a 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera. The...
pcworld.com (22 hours ago)
Jive boosts mobile capabilities of its enterprise social suite
Jive Software is making a mobile push with new and enhanced mobile applications that have an emphasis on helping users of the enterprise social networking (ESN) suite create, not just view, content from their tablets and smartphones. Responding to a significant increase in mobile usage of its product, Jive has...
pcworld.com (1 day ago)
