WikiLeaks breach included secret details on Guantanamo prisoners

18 Jun, 2013, 8:18 am IST General

The soldier accused of the largest release of classified data in U.S. history provided WikiLeaks with secret details of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay... More

US security expert says surveillance cameras can be hacked

18 Jun, 2013, 8:14 am IST General

A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military... More

Snowden hits back against critics of NSA leaks

18 Jun, 2013, 8:11 am IST General

The former National Security Agency contractor who revealed the U.S. government's top-secret monitoring of Americans' phone and Internet data... More

European cloud computing firms see silver lining in PRISM scandal

18 Jun, 2013, 8:08 am IST General

France has its "Sovereign Cloud" project while across the Rhine data firms have created the label "Cloud Services: Made in Germany"... More

China asks US to explain Internet surveillance

18 Jun, 2013, 8:04 am IST General

China made its first substantive comments on Monday to reports of U.S. surveillance of the Internet, demanding that Washington... More

Obama does not feel Americans' privacy violated: Chief of Staff

18 Jun, 2013, 8:02 am IST General

President Barack Obama does not believe the recently disclosed top-secret National Security Agency surveillance of phone records and Internet data... More

Mumbai movie-goers breathe sigh of relief after online Convenience Fees ban

17 Jun, 2013, 9:01 pm IST tech2 News Staff General

Movie-goers can breathe a sigh of relief following a ruling by the Bombay High Court has pulled up online ticket companies for charging extra convenience fees... More

Skype video messaging now a free, full-fledged feature

17 Jun, 2013, 8:21 pm IST tech2 News Staff Web services

Skype video messaging is finally out of preview, and is now a free, full-fledged feature for the VoIP service... More

Netflix signs up Dreamworks for multi-TV shows deal; over 300 hours of programming promised

17 Jun, 2013, 7:42 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Web services

Netflix has just announced its largest-ever multi-year deal for original content with Dreamworks Animation... More

Lava working on a smartphone running Firefox OS, likely to price it below Rs 3,000

17 Jun, 2013, 7:35 pm IST tech2 News Staff Smartphones 1 Comments

Smartphones running the fairly new Firefox OS seem to be the latest fad in the tech space, and several top brands like, LG and Huawei have already joined the More

Goal-line technology makes international debut at the Confederations Cup

17 Jun, 2013, 7:17 pm IST Naveen Peter Smartphones

“Goal line decisions have always been the most difficult one’s to call for a referee. From a distance it’s always hard to say whether the More

HTC Desire 200 leak shows a 3.5-inch display and Android 4.0 OS

17 Jun, 2013, 6:42 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Smartphones

Following the launch of the HTC Desire 600 dual SIM last month, a leaked hands-on video of the company’s latest foray into the budget Android smartphones... More

ibiboGroup to acquire RedBus in Rs 800 crore deal: Report

17 Jun, 2013, 6:07 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Smartphones

RedBus, one of India’s biggest success stories when it comes to internet entrepreneurship, could be acquired by ibiboGroup, a joint venture between Naspers and Tencent. More

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 gets a new black and white avatar

17 Jun, 2013, 5:26 pm IST tech2 News Staff Tablets

Samsung reveals a new two-tone look for the Galaxy Tab 3, which will come with a white band, a fully black body and a white home button.. More

Valve announces August release for Dota 2

17 Jun, 2013, 5:17 pm IST Shunal Doke Gaming

It looks like the closed beta for Valve’s wildly successful MOBA game—Dota 2—is drawing closer. According to Valve news site ValveTime, the More

Anti-social Media: Hell is Other People helps you avoid 'friends'

17 Jun, 2013, 5:09 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Gaming

So, the social media is supposed to bring you closer to friends, family and like-minded people around the world, right? Here’s an experience in social More

Metal Gear Online is being developed alongside Metal Gear Solid 5

17 Jun, 2013, 5:04 pm IST Shunal Doke Gaming 3 Comments

Hideo Kojima wants to take another shot at an online Metal Gear game. The series Director has said that Metal Gear Online is being developed alongside Metal More

Micromax, Karbonn or someone else: Who will be India's enduring smartphone brand?

17 Jun, 2013, 4:56 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Gaming 9 Comments

Indian manufacturers have a tough fight on their hands from here on out as everybody reaps the benefits of the mobile hardware development. But who can step up to become the definitive Indian brand? More

Own a Samsung Galaxy? You could get Jay-Z's new album for free

17 Jun, 2013, 4:20 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Android

Even while Pink Floyd is tying up with Spotify to release its entire catalogue on the service, rapper Jay-Z has announced that he will be giving away his new More

Zombie apocalypse game DayZ might come to the PS4 and Xbox One

17 Jun, 2013, 4:16 pm IST Shunal Doke Android

Indie developer Dean Hall, known for his zombie apocalypse mod DayZ for Arma 2, is interested in bringing the standalone version... More