Nokia war 14 Jahre der grösste Handy-Hersteller. Apple prägte den Smartphone-Markt. Jetzt aber ist Samsung am Drücker - und die Südkoreaner sind weiter auf Expansionskurs.
Ein guter Jahrgang für Gamer: 2013 ist mit der Ankündigung der Next-Gen-Konsolen zu rechnen - und für Spielfutter sorgen eine Reihe wegweisender Titel. Ein Blick in die Kristallkugel.
Die Familie der Smartphone-Betriebssysteme bekommt 2013 Zuwachs. Mit BlackBerry 10, Tizen, Firefox OS, Sailfish und Ubuntu machen fünf neue Herausforderer Jagd auf Apple und Google.
Der Online-Händler Amazon darf den Namen «Appstore» weiter für seinen App-Store verwenden. Ein US-Gericht lehnte eine Klage von Apple ab.
Mit Sommersprossen, schwarzhaarig, in Jeans und vergeben: Eine Infografik zeigt, wie die Durchschnitts-Mac-Userin ist und sich kleidet.
Google muss seinen Konkurrenten Zugriff auf gewisse Technologien gewähren. Doch den Vorwurf, Google habe andere Websites bei der Internetsuche benachteiligt, liess die Wettbewerbsbehörde fallen.
Games wie «Assassin's Creed 3» oder «Medal of Honor» basieren auf geschichtlichen Tatsachen. Ersetzen sie bald die Geschichtsstunden? «Leider nein», sagt die Wissenschaft.
Bislang ist Nordkorea auf Googles Weltkarte noch ein weisser Fleck, nun will der VR-Präsident des weltgrössten Suchmaschinenbetreibers dem Land einen Besuch abstatten.
Super Mario bleibt Nintendos Goldesel. In den letzten 30 Jahren gingen 500 Millionen Mario-Spiele über die Ladentheke - vom NES über den N64 bis zur Wii U. Das Ende ist noch lange nicht in Sicht.
Böse Erinnerungen werden wach: Am 31. März 2013 steht die Umstellung auf die Sommerzeit an. Kommt kein Update, dürften sich einige iPad-User grün und blau ärgern - ausser sie kennen den richtigen Trick.
Beim Apfel-Konzern steckt der Wurm drin - genauer gesagt der Datums-Wurm. Bereits beim Jahreswechsel 2010/2011 versagte der iPhone-Wecker, jetzt zickt die «Nicht stören»-Funktion.
Der Grafik-Designer Martin De Pasquale fotografiert Alltagssituationen und verarbeitet sie zu faszinierenden Bildkompositionen. Wie das geht, verrät er auch gleich.
Wann kommt das neue iPhone? Muss ich für WhatsApp bezahlen? Keine anderen Digital-Themen brannten den Lesern 2012 mehr unter den Nägeln. Das sind die zehn meistgelesenen Storys.
Verspätete Updates sind bei Android-Smartphones ein dauerndes Ärgernis. Zahlreiche Hersteller verkaufen gar Handys, ohne sich später um die Aktualisierungen zu kümmern. Besonders knausrig ist Samsung.
In reading the coverage of the FTC announcement that it was not going to pursue any real action against Google for favoritism of its own products in the web search market, I was surprised to see how few commentators have raised the point that there can?t be a search ?market? when no one pays for ...
This week on the Gadget Lab show, the gang kicks into high gear in preparation for this year's CES. We look at what to expect from CES, and how Gadget Lab will be covering the show this year.
The latest red-band trailer for the
The stats are in and last year will go down as the safest year for airline travel since the dawn of the jet age more 50 years ago.
Google and Yahoo were among the top advertising networks servicing the most ads on pirate sites, according to a new study unveiled Thursday. The analysis by the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California found that Pasadena, California-based OpenX was the leader in placing ads on pirate sites. Google ranked second and Yahoo, sixth.
The Staten Island Ferry will convert a boat to run on liquified natural gas sometime this year, a move that will halve fuel consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent.
The makers of one of the world's most advanced missile interceptors aren't worried about shrinking defense budgets. These are boom times for Patriot missiles.
While most people spent their holiday playing with toys, Irish maker Conor O'Neill was busy daisy-chaining a Raspberry Pi, MaKey MaKey invention kit, and slices of cheese?yes, cheese?to create the world's tastiest RC car.
It's 2013. You just got a new tablet, smartphone or smart TV for the holidays. With just a
It's a bit rich for Jose Rodriguez to have a beef with the accuracy of
The connected vehicle is leading the automotive industry to its most significant innovation phase since the creation of the automobile itself.
A new study suggests that oviraptors -- feathered but flightless dinosaurs -- may have shaken their tail feathers during courtship displays.
Futuristic Ice Age thriller
That impressive home theater you spent the majority of your child's college fund on is being hampered by a single piece of technology. Instead of evolving, the remote control has become the most inefficient piece of technology in your home.
Physicists have created a quantum gas capable of reaching temperatures below absolute zero, paving the way for future quantum inventions.
As photographic careers go, Jonas Bendiksen's has been pretty barnstorming. A member of the prestigious Magnum photo agency, awards, international solo shows, big clients such as National Geographic. Why on earth then would he choose to take a job at a local newspaper with a circulation of only 8,000 in a small town in the northern reaches of Norway?
Want to know how the VFX team on
Almost all of Iran's "new" weaponry -- including jet fighters, copters, warships, tanks and missiles -- is a copy of an older American, British, Russian, Chinese or North Korean design. But that doesn't mean Iran's weapons suck.
This past summer, General Motors announced an initiative to bring 90 percent of its information-technology positions back inside the company. The decision was newsworthy for its creation of US jobs at a time when the country's economic recovery remained anemic and unemployment sky-high. Even more notable was GM's plan to grow its own payroll instead of handing the work to subcontractors. In truth, though, the auto giant's latest move was following, not bucking, a trend: For all the focus on outsourcing, economic forces are actually pushing corporate giants to grow larger.
For one week each January, Las Vegas becomes the epicenter of the tech world. Tens of thousands of people descend on Sin City for CES, an event with more gadgets than you could ever fondle, more announcements than you could ever hear and more schmoozing than you could ever stand. The event has gotten big -- maybe too big -- but it still serves an important purpose for the tech industry.
The past year was an excellent one for movies and 2013 is shaping up to be just as good, if not better. Here's why.
In March 1965, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk in space. The Soviet Union, eager for propaganda victories, portrayed his spacewalk as a rousing success. NASA took the Soviets at their word, unaware that Leonov had nearly died during his spacewalk. The U.S. space agency abandoned its plans for a gradual build-up in spacewalk complexity and planned elaborate Gemini spacewalks. When it tried to test an Air Force rocket pack in orbit, however, everything went wrong, so NASA scrapped its plan for complex Gemini spacewalks. Beyond Apollo blogger David S. F. Portree describes the Gemini spacewalks that never were.
Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
A new test is expected to upend how prenatal screening and diagnosis are done?as well as create a financial windfall for the labs that perform it.
The leader of the in-theater camcording gang known as the IMAGiNE Group was handed a 60-month prison term Thursday in what is the nation's longest sentence in a file-sharing case.
A federal appeals court?s August ruling in which it said the federal government may spy on Americans? communications without warrants and without fear of being sued won?t be appealed to the Supreme Court, attorneys in the case said Thursday.
Chatter that Twitter might be worth $11 billion shows a widespread "need for a new hero of tech," says a noted startup skeptic.
Santa wasn't the only one sneaking around on Christmas Eve this year. Google says that someone was caught trying to use an unauthorized digital certificate issued in its name in an attempt to impersonate Google.com for a man-in-the-middle attack.
Scientists have identified a never-before-seen type of meteorite from Mars that has 10 times more water and far more oxygen in it than any previous Martian sample.
Google wants to turn your Android phone or tablet into a YouTube remote, and Sony, LG, Panasonic and Bang & Olufsen are helping it do just that.