Yes, Google Glass can be modded and hacked

Barring any last minute changes, it seems as if Google's upcoming Glass tech will be hacker and modder friendly, just like Mountain View's Nexus indigenously designed phone and tablets.

Nokia Lumia 521 runs Windows Phone 8 for $150, sans contract

You might be thinking $150 for a smartphone running Microsoft's mobile Windows Phone 8 operating system isn't really all that cheap.

GV-17 is a set-top box with a dual-core SoC and front camera

The GV-17 Android TV Box is powered by an AllWinner A20 dual-core Cortex A7 paired with an ARM Mali-400MP2 GPU.

Video: Model car controlled by Raspberry Pi and WebSphere

It seems like every time we turn around there's another incredibly cool project involving the uber-mini Raspberry Pi development board, like the retro gaming cabinet, Pi-to-Go, the Pi terminal and the Raspberry workstation.

Google forced into an antitrust corner

Google, forced into compromise with the European Commission, has released a list of proposals to satisfy worries about it breaking antitrust laws - but these are likely to be rejected by rivals.

Microsoft to pay peanuts in patent ruling

A Seattle judge has ruled in favour of Microsoft in one of two patent trials putting Redmond up against Google and its Motorola Mobility unit, leaving it with a substantially smaller royalties bill to pay.

Cyber warriors in training

Military academies catering to all three major service branches in the US are stepping up efforts to train a new breed of cyber warriors for the 21st century. The Army, Navy and Air Force academies are piling more tech courses on their students, including elaborate cyber warfare exercises.
Intel's Dadi Perlmutter

Cheap Intel-based Android notebooks on the way

Intel is working on $200 notebook designs, powered by cheap chips and Google’s free Android operating system.
Apple CEO Tim Cook

Apple losing market share to Samsung

Apple continues to lose ground to arch-rival Samsung at an alarming rate.

Mathematical genius dies

Shakuntala Devi, an Indian mathematical wizard known as "the human computer" has died in Bangalore, India. She was 83.
Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Bell comes back from the dead

Scottish inventor Alexander Bell has earned the distinction, somewhat late in his career, of having his voice preserved in the world's oldest recording.
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Amazon goes slower

Amazon's revenues slowed in the first quarter as the world's largest Internet retail struggled overseas.

CISPA bill is on its last legs

A US cyber security bill which gave all sorts of power for private companies to share data with the government seems set to die in the senate.

Samsung gets boost from extra smartphone sales

Growing sales of its smartphones have helped Samsung reach a record quarterly profit.

Artificial skin becomes real possibility

A team of US and Chinese scientists has managed to come up with an experimental sensor array that can sense pressure like a human fingertip.   

Is Chrome OS headed to tablets?

Google exec Eric Schmidt has reiterated multiple times that Mountain View's mobile Android operating system and web-centric Chrome OS will remain two distinct entities, at least for now.

Toshiba rolls out detachable Windows 8 tablet

Toshiba has officially launched a Windows 8 tablets with an 11.6 display and keyboard dock, allowing the device to be easily used like a notebook.

Report: Viber Android app exploit allows lock-screen bypass

Viber can best be described as an Android messaging app designed to compete with Skype.

Claim: Intel's Core i7-4960X Ivy Bridge-E SoC is only 10% faster

Hardcore tech enthusiasts are often quite excited when hardware benchmarks tip up before they are officially available.

Touch-based interfaces created with a wave of the hand

Researchers have previously demonstrated how a depth camera system, such as Microsoft's Kinect, can be combined with a projector to turn almost any surface into a touchscreen.