MORE FROM Tech

NASA launching twin moon probes

tech

NASA launching twin moon probes

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Four decades after landing men on the moon, NASA is returning to Earth’s orbiting companion, this time with a set of robotic twins that will measure lunar gravity while chasing one another in circles.

tech

Amazon reworks website before tablet

tech

Amazon reworks website before tablet

Amazon.com Inc is testing a major redesign of its familiar online store as it moves to offer a $250 tablet device to rival Apple Inc’s iPad, industry blogs and the Wall Street Journal said.

tech

Is web anonymity such a good thing?

tech

Is web anonymity such a good thing?

Recent moves by social networking firms to crack down on web anonymity, including the use of pseudonyms, have met with strong protests but, significantly, there are some who have backed these actions.

tech

Google pulling plug on Fast Flip

tech

Google pulling plug on Fast Flip

WASHINGTON — Internet giant Google said Friday that it is pulling the plug on its online news reader Fast Flip and closing Aardvark, a “social search” service it bought last year.

tech

HTC unveils new Windows phones

tech

HTC unveils new Windows phones

Taiwan’s HTC unveiled two new smartphones on Thursday based on Microsoft’s Windows operating platform, aiming to tap into continuing strong smartphone demand in the holiday sales-fuelled fourth quarter.

tech

US moves to block AT&T, T-Mobile deal

tech

US moves to block AT&T, T-Mobile deal

The Obama administration sued to block AT&T Inc’s $39 billion acquisition of wireless rival T-Mobile on concerns it would harm competition, launching its biggest challenge yet to a takeover and dealing the carrier a potentially costly blow.

tech

Sony joins crowded tablet market

tech

Sony joins crowded tablet market

NEW YORK/BERLIN - Sony Corp took the wraps off a new tablet that functions as a universal remote, and another one that folds like a clamshell, hoping to distinguish its devices from scores of others already on the market.

tech

Sony sets date for mobile 3D headset

tech

Sony sets date for mobile 3D headset

TOKYO - Spider-Man leaps from the top of a building and swings out towards you, cloak fluttering so close you can almost touch it — at work, on a train, in a car, or wherever you are.

tech