Amazon.com Inc. is releasing two new models of its Kindle e-reader. Both are smaller and lighter than the current Kindle, and one is cheaper because it shuns 3G cellular network access in favor of Wi-Fi for downloading books on the fly.
It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.
When a mobile-phone security firm scanned nearly 300,000 free applications for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and phones built around Google Inc.'s Android software, it found that many of them secretly pull sensitive data off users' phones and ship them off to third parties without notification.
Jeff Bezos isn't just confident you'll want a Kindle e-book reader. The CEO of Amazon.com is bracing for a future in which you'll also want ones for your kid heading to college, your spouse in a book club and perhaps even Grandpa.
Your smart phone applications are watching you _ much more closely than you might like.
Your smart phone applications are watching you _ much more closely than you might like.
Apple Inc. unveiled the latest update to its line of desktop computers Tuesday, promising faster speeds and offering the option of multi-touch controls similar to those used on the iPhone.
Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple Inc. under government rules announced Monday.
Does that smart phone in your pocket contribute to rape and murder in the depths of Africa? Soon, you'll know: A new U.S. law requires companies to certify whether their products contain minerals from rebel-controlled mines in Congo and surrounding countries.
