Sony announces free PlayStation Plus games for July

20 Jun, 2013, 9:31 am IST Shunal Doke PlayStation 3

Sony has announced the next line-up of free titles for PlayStation Plus subscribers on the official PlayStation Blog... More

Facebook has never been stronger since IPO, Sandberg says

20 Jun, 2013, 9:13 am IST Social Networking

A year after Facebook Inc's fumbled IPO, Wall Street remains slow to recognize what Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg argues has been an across-the-board improvement in its business... More

Microsoft considered buying Nokia's devices unit

20 Jun, 2013, 9:08 am IST Shunal Doke Smartphones 1 Comments

A lot of companies seem to be keeping an eye on Finnish phone maker Nokia. According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has talked to the company... More

Dotcom 'in tears' after Megaupload files deleted

20 Jun, 2013, 9:01 am IST General

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says he's "in tears" after a European company announced it had deleted all the data it was hosting from the shuttered file-sharing site... More

Leading 3-D printer firms to merge in $403M deal

20 Jun, 2013, 8:57 am IST Science and Technology

Stratasys, a leading maker of 3-D printers, is buying another 3-D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock. Stratasys Ltd. says the acquisition will enable it to offer affordable desktop 3-D printers. More

3D-printed tiny batteries developed

20 Jun, 2013, 8:49 am IST Science and Technology

US researchers announced they have successfully used the three-dimensional (3D) printing technique to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand... More

LG to start mass producing flexible displays later this year

20 Jun, 2013, 8:48 am IST Shunal Doke Science and Technology

It has been quite some time since we got our first look at flexible displays, and so far, it looked like Samsung would be leading the way... More

Head of revived watchdog pledges open look at US surveillance

20 Jun, 2013, 8:41 am IST Science and Technology

The head of a newly revived federal privacy oversight board pledged on Wednesday to be "as transparent and public as possible" as the board reviews recently exposed U.S. government secret surveillance programs... More

Microsoft removes always-online requirement from Xbox One

20 Jun, 2013, 8:39 am IST Shunal Doke Console 1 Comments

In response to all the complaints from gamers and Sony’s policies about DRM on the PlayStation 4, Microsoft has announced... More

John McAfee resurfaces as ranting video star, mocks McAfee software

20 Jun, 2013, 8:33 am IST Console

Eccentric former software pioneer John McAfee is back in the spotlight - lashing out at the anti-virus software that bears his name in a profanity-laced video... More

Microsoft offers hefty bounties to thwart hackers

20 Jun, 2013, 8:30 am IST Console

Microsoft Corp is looking to recruit computer geeks in its ongoing efforts to protect Windows PCs from attacks, offering rewards of as much as $150,000... More

U.S. has struck right balance on Internet surveillance: Obama to Merkel

20 Jun, 2013, 8:24 am IST Console

The United States has struck the right balance between the need to gather intelligence and safeguarding civil liberties, U.S. President Barack Obama said... More

Microsoft to use Qualcomm chips on refreshed Surface RT: Report

19 Jun, 2013, 9:20 pm IST tech2 News Staff Tablets

Sources familiar with the development revealed Microsoft's refreshed Surface RT will use Qualcomm Snapdragon chips along side Tegra. More

Researchers are now able to get inside iOS Wi-Fi hotspots in under a minute

19 Jun, 2013, 8:48 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Tablets

iPad and iPhone users have always felt reasonably safe while using their devices as a personal Wi-Fi hotspot, but new research suggests it is possible to get inside any iOS hotspot within a minute... More

Indian music service Gaana gets Android app update, adds online SingAlong app

19 Jun, 2013, 8:36 pm IST tech2 News Staff Apps

Indian company Times Internet has updated its music streaming service, Gaana, which is now being called Gaana+, for the Android and has also added an online SingAlong app.. More

Concerned data protection officials write to Google CEO to discuss privacy on Glass

19 Jun, 2013, 8:05 pm IST tech2 News Staff Apps

Google Glass is undoubtedly, among the search giant's most ambitious projects in recent times and in addition to innumerable reports in the past about how More

Nvidia to license its GPU, visual computing portfolio to target bigger market

19 Jun, 2013, 7:26 pm IST tech2 News Staff Graphics Cards

Nvidia is set to take on the likes of Qualcomm and ARM as the GPU maker, in its blog, has stated that the company will be licensing its GPU and the visual computing portfolio. More

LG working on always-on voice commands for 2014 smartphones

19 Jun, 2013, 6:53 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Graphics Cards

LG is bringing the game to S-Voice, Google Now and Siri with its own implementation of voice search and commands that will be always-on. More

Huawei Ascend Mate: A specifications review

19 Jun, 2013, 5:55 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Graphics Cards

Priced at Rs 24,900, the 6.1-inch Ascend Mate may face stiff competition from smartphone manufacturers like Samsung and LG... More

Vodafone India slashes 2G rates by 80 percent in some circles

19 Jun, 2013, 5:48 pm IST tech2 News Staff Graphics Cards 1 Comments

Vodafone India has announced an 80 percent price cut in charges for its data customers - all its prepaid and postpaid customers using 2G network on a More