Microsoft removes always-online requirement from Xbox One

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

In response to all the complaints from gamers and Sony’s policies about DRM on the PlayStation 4, Microsoft has announced that its next-gen More

John McAfee resurfaces as ranting video star, mocks McAfee software

20 Jun, 2013, 8:33 am IST General

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 General

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 General

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 Smartphones

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 Smartphones

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 Smartphones 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

Zuckerberg meets with Samsung to discuss all things mobile

19 Jun, 2013, 5:44 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made a quick stop by the Samsung office in Seoul that has sent the rumour mills working overtime about a potential partnership More

Overview: Intel Haswell platform

19 Jun, 2013, 5:30 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Desktops

Intel’s latest CPU architecture represents a "Tock" in its "Tick-Tock" upgrade cycle. Instead of going for faster performance at the cost of power, Intel has focused its efforts on lowering the TDP of the CPUs and in doing so, has expanded their SKUs to benefit mobile chipsets. More

Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome lets you clip from Gmail

19 Jun, 2013, 4:40 pm IST tech2 News Staff Web services

Popular note-taking service Evernote has added some more goodness to its Web Clipping feature that lets you save anything you see online to your account... More

Google Search will now take you on a 'carousel' ride

19 Jun, 2013, 4:13 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

The next time you search for Italian eateries in your area, Google will sweep you off for a carousel ride of sorts. Google is giving its search results page an More

Sony shows off PlayStation 4's interface in new video

19 Jun, 2013, 3:59 pm IST Shunal Doke Web services

Sony has released a new video of the PlayStation 4 that gives us a close look at how the console's interface will work. The video shows three people More

PC version of The Witcher 3 to get free DLC

19 Jun, 2013, 3:50 pm IST Naveen Peter Gaming 1 Comments

PC gamers as in for some good news as Rock, Paper and Shotgun, an American all-gaming website has reported that the action role-play video game, Witcher 3 More

Google Drive gets support for 18 new languages; Urdu, Nepali included

19 Jun, 2013, 3:39 pm IST tech2 News Staff Gaming

Google Drive has been updated, with the addition of 18 new languages. Now considering how widely ... More

Microsoft's social network Socl updated with GIF creator amongst other tools

19 Jun, 2013, 3:33 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Gaming

Microsoft’s fledgling social networking website has been fixed with stronger wings. Socl has received tools that let you create short animated GIFs as More