Just in case there aren't enough signs pointing towards a larger 4-inch display in Apple's next generation iPhone, information in the iOS codebase now suggests an iOS device with a larger, but not iPad-sized display resolution, could be headed our way.
OpenStack, the open source "cloud operating system," has stirred community excitement and attracted a vendor following, including Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, and Red Hat. But until now one thing has been lacking: A high-profile corporate customer willing to talk about its OpenStack implementation, reports Eric Knorr of InfoWorld.[On Monday, eBay announced] that it's using OpenStack ...
This week's roundup is all about rethinking the function of everyday things. A leather belt does double duty as a drawer pull, a skate deck is taken off road and transformed into a rope swing, and x-mas lights are shaped into illuminated wall art. Have you made variations on these themes? Post photos and earn bragging rights at Wired's Design community!
Back in 2009, Daryl Johnson was an analyst at the Department of Homeland Security focusing on far-right extremist groups. But when a report he wrote about their danger sparked criticism from conservative pundits, DHS shunted Johnson aside and gutted his office. Now, with at least six dead at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Johnson is once again calling on the government to recognize that domestic terrorism isn't just about jihad.
NASA's next-generation blended-wing-body aircraft completed its first flight today at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The X-48C is the latest in a series of designs from the Boeing/NASA partnership to explore the design, using a a large, delta-shaped fuselage rather than a traditional tube to boost efficiency. The new version, which, like the older version, is a scale model with a wingspan of about 20 feet, is designed to evaluate low-speed stability and a low-noise design.
By now, you?ve probably heard about Wired staff writer Mat Honan?s journey through digital hell, in which hackers social-engineered Apple into giving them the keys to his digital life. In the hope of preventing you from experiencing a similar fate, we?ve listed a number of steps you can take to protect your data and your identity online.
As the epic court battle over the Android operating system rolls on, the judge overseeing the case has ordered Google and Oracle to disclose who they paid to comment on the case.In an unusual order, issued Wednesday, Judge William Alsup said that he was concerned that the parties in the case "may have retained or ...
Apple was granted a patent for a shopping-list app on Tuesday, underscoring the company's possible entry into the mobile payment and NFC space.
is the best 3-D racing game on iPhone that nobody's ever heard of, and it was recently updated to support iPads and high-resolution screens. That, plus its $1.99 pricetag, is a reason to buy it.
To celebrate the 2012 Summer Games Wired launched a new Instagram hashtag project. We want you to channel your inner Olympian and share your greatest sports moments with the community.
When Microsoft showed off Office 2013 in July, it told everyone that the company's popular productivity suite would come built into Windows RT devices, including Microsoft's Surface tablet. Now it looks like this might not be entirely true.
It's either the biggest aviation news scoop in the last decade, or the latest in Hollywood fakery. This photo apparently depicts a stealth helicopter similar to those used by the U.S. commandos in the May 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. Emphasis on "apparently."
When the very first iPhone shipped, literally changing the world as we knew it, it carried a little Trojan horse called YouTube. The app for Google's video-sharing site comes standard with every single iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, but all of that ends with the next version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 6.
Handball is a game of breathtaking athleticism, surprising brutality, remarkable momentum and frequent fast breaks. If you aren't tuning in, you're missing some of the best action of the Games.
The federal government may spy on Americans' communications without warrants and without fear of being sued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a decision reversing the first and only case in which anyone had prevailed in a lawsuit challenging President George W. Bush's once-secret Terrorist Surveillance Program.
In the hope of preventing you from becoming Mat Honan and experiencing the same kind of hack he experienced this week, here are a number of steps you can take to protect your data and your identity online.
Wired Business sits down with Rasberry Pi inventor Eben Upton to discuss the state of children's computer science education, and why everyone, whatever their job, could benefit from some coding chops.
Amazon changed its customer privacy policies on Monday, closing security gaps that were exploited in the identity hacking of Wired reporter Mat Honan on Friday.
If you haven't read my colleague Mat Honan's In Mat's case, passwords were clearly the weakest link in the attack. Equally clear, however, is the fact that the password security practices most commonly enforced by cloud providers and corporate IT gave Mat no cover in the incident.
Disney researchers have come up with a system called Botanicus Interactus that can turn a typical household plant into a touch-sensitive computer peripheral. And that means you can make music with a peace lily.
Another stunning shot from space shows NASA's Curiosity rover sitting safely on the surface of Mars. Taken with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera, the picture shows incredible details of the surface along with the robotic components that helped the rover get its wheels on the Martian surface.
VMware paid $1.26 billion to acquire virtual networking startup Nicira. And eBay just provided another reason why this massive purchase makes perfect sense.
Scenes apparently cut from showed glimpses of Bane's horrifying youth and explained more about his supervillain outfit.
In a post-performance dialogue following "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs", co-star Steve Wozniak took to blasting the shift away from hard disks towards uploading data into remote servers, known as cloud computing, reports said. "I really worry about everything going to the cloud," Wozniak said. "I think it's going to be ...
I've been reading Wired since Issue 1 in 1993 and while that may date me, I'm not ashamed to say it since it also means I've been around long enough to witness many IT trends in the workplace.? The most significant is today's surge in mobile and social adoption in the enterprise.In my time at ...
NASA's Curiosity rover shot its first color picture using one of its 17 cameras, the Mars Hand Lens Imager.
GitHub has added a new "stars" feature that makes it easier to keep track of cool projects without the barrage of updates you'd normally get when you "watch" a repository.
They're used to build everything from stealth choppers to lasers and night vision goggles. They're even essential to making smartphones and hybrid cars. They're rare earths, 17 hard-to-find chemical elements with unique physical and chemical properties: some are superconductive, others are amazingly heat-resistant. It makes the rare earths very much in demand -- especially at the Pentagon. The problem is, 95% of their market is controlled by China, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Ceramic mugs discovered outside of St. Louis suggest a vast American trade network flourished centuries before Christopher Columbus landed in the New World. The mugs may have contained caffeinated drinks with Starbucks-like importance and possibly religious significance.
Author Jim C. Hines, who tackled the typical dungeon adventure from a new point of view in his Jig the Goblin series, and demolished damsels-in-distress tropes with his Princess books, kicks off his Magic Ex Libris urban fantasy series with a really entertaining opener: Libriomancer
Rewriting history for political purposes used to be a favorite pastime in the old Soviet Union.
Many obstacles stand in the way of the iPad's march to the enterprise.
Targeting older PCs, this tiny Linux distribution weighs in at just 50MB.
Microsoft Tuesday said users of Windows 8 will be able to change the default setting for the "Do Not Track" privacy feature in Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) when they first run the new operating system.
Verizon Wireless Tuesday revealed that there are five additional data tiers over and above the six tiers announced with its Share Everything plans earlier.
Microsoft is seeking engineers and managers to build the "next generation" of Surface devices.
The judge overseeing the lawsuit between Oracle and Google over the Android mobile OS wants to know the names of any writers who have a paid relationship with...
You'll never forget to pick up the milk after a trip again with virtual grocery stores in airport departure lounges.
The Mars Curiosity Rover sends back its first color image. Here’s what else it can do with its 17 on-board cameras.
South Korea's network carriers raced to become the world's first VoLTE providers Tuesday as they announced plans to offer voice over LTE (Long Term Evolution)...
The latest beta releases of iOS 6 now give a clearer indication of which of Google’s services and features Apple will drop or replace with its own. Look for changes in maps, connectors, SIM cards, and YouTube access in the new iPhone.
A Federal Communications Commission-led initiative has launched a program that will allow U.S. organizations to donate used computers to low-income people.
Online help-desk software vendor Freshdesk is hoping to draw a fresh contrast between itself and rival Zendesk with a new HTML5-based mobile application...
Here’s what you need to know about the company that Microsoft recently acquired for $1.2 billion.
Features are being removed to make the OS perform better and improve the tablet's battery life.
A typical Web application is the target of an attack at least one in three days on average, according to a report released by data security firm Imperva.
The Olympic-themed doodles let you get in the spirit of the games as an armchair, and keyboard, athlete.
The new processors are targeted at media and engineering professionals.
Sprint's move brings the price to $150 for a 16 GB iPhone 4S on Sprint, $250 for a 32 GB model and $350 for a 64 GB model.
Users dealing with social notification overload might get some relief from the latest version of NewsGator's Social Sites enterprise social networking (ESN)...
A short, low resolution video captured the final minutes of Mars rover Curiosity's descent onto the planet. At the beginning of the clip the 15-foot wide heat...
A Gizmodo writer was the victim of an epic hack. Here's what you can do to avoid the same fate.
Users must sign up for a special Bingo Friendzy account, which requires the user's e-mail address and physical address.
U.S. tablet buyers were most influenced by the availability of applications and device price during the second quarter, according to a survey conducted by...
Google has staked some cash on the market for digital signatures on electronic documents with a venture capital investment in DocuSign, the companies announced...
Indian outsourcer Infosys Tuesday unveiled a package of services and technologies that aim to help companies deploying hybrid clouds.
While a significant number of our readers with iOS devices are not happy with Apple’s decision to give YouTube the boot, some see a silver lining.
HTC pays Microsoft $10 per Android device in patent royalties, and Samsung pays between $10 and $12 per Android device in patent royalties, according to an analyst firm.
Windows Phone Dev Center's launch increases the number of countries where developers can sell their applications; what they charge; and how they receive payments.
STMicroelectronics has acquired the intellectual property of Israeli company bTendo, and has hired most of the staff, as it aims to increase the popularity of...
Japan's Elecom said Tuesday it will launch the world's first smartphone keyboard that uses NFC touch-card technology to link with Android handsets.
Networking equipment company Brocade Communications Systems said late Monday that a jury in California had found competitor A10 Networks responsible for...
Chinese search engine Baidu has fired four employees, three of whom are now under arrest, for allegedly accepting bribes to delete content on its popular online...
Use these tips to download books, make phone calls, and get other vital information--all without investing in an expensive, built-in data plan.
Now based on Ubuntu Linux 12.04, this free OS is available in both 32- and 64-bit versions.
Microsoft has apparently done away with shortcuts to the traditional Windows desktop, leaving users with no choice but to use the formerly-known-as-Metro interface.
Maingear's new Vybe 15 laptop ships within 48 hours of order confirmation.
Apple's personal computers remained fixed in fourth place during 2012's second quarter, a spot it's occupied most of the year, a technical support franchise said today.
A trucking and construction business finds an alternate plan for keeping business active during a hurricane -- in the cloud.
Here are a few that investigators can start using now to quickly gather evidence of wrong-doing within their organizations' walls.
Intel's former head of Ultra Mobility, hired Monday to become Qualcomm's chief marketing officer, shows that the San Diego-based chip maker is finally serious about marketing.
Almost half of all smartphone owners in the U.S. use mobile shopping apps, with established online players eBay and Amazon.com leading in popularity, according...
AT&T's shared data plans launch August 23--should you switch?
Apple will not include a native YouTube client in iOS 6. Google will instead provide an app via the App Store.
Never fall for the boy who cried wolf again: This specially designed collar can detect if a wolf is about to attack livestock--and repel it, too.
In a package aimed to mobilize small-business employees, Verizon Wireless has packaged a version of the Microsoft Office 365 online office suite to run on its...
Evidence filed in Samsung's patent litigation with Apple references Odyssey and Marco, two Windows 8 phones in the works.
More than two-thirds of 15 major IT projects completed by Texas government entities in recent years took longer than anticipated and went over budget, according...
NASA’s latest $2.5 billion mission to Mars started with a bang as the rover Curiosity landed safely. Here's what will happen next and how you can follow along.
Attacks on small businesses have doubled this year, primarily on companies in the defense industry.