November 1, 2013 Social Network for Opinions Gets a Dose of New Money by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Knotch gives people an opportunity to express nothing but opinions, and to do it in a way that leaves little ambiguity…
November 1, 2013 Starting Windows 8.1 in Desktop Mode by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Start your computer in the familiar Windows desktop environment, and how to safely upgrade to OS X Mavericks. Published: November…
November 1, 2013 Angry Over U.S. Surveillance, Tech Giants Bolster Defenses by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER What began as a public relations predicament for American technology companies has evolved into a moral crisis that threatens the…
October 31, 2013 Google Announces New Phone and Updates Operating System by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON In an announcement at the company’s San Francisco headquarters Thursday, Google showed off an updated version of its latest mobile operating…
October 31, 2013 Revenue at Sprint Drops on Subscriber Defections by REUTERS By REUTERS Investors shrugged off the results because they do not expect big improvements at the company until the second half of 2014. Published:…
October 31, 2013 Storage in the Cloud, Kept at Home by GREGORY SCHMIDT By GREGORY SCHMIDT Western Digital’s new external hard drive, My Cloud, has a faster processor and a smoother setup than its predecessor. Published: October…
October 31, 2013 Sony Blames Box-Office Trouble for Its Quarterly Loss by ERIC PFANNER By ERIC PFANNER After showing signs of a financial turnaround in the spring, Sony said Thursday that it had swung back to a loss…
October 31, 2013 No U.S. Action, So States Move on Privacy Law by SOMINI SENGUPTA By SOMINI SENGUPTA Lawmakers in 10 states have passed more than two dozen privacy laws this year as support for the bills has grown…
October 31, 2013 Wrangling Data From a Huge Variety of Fitness Gadgets by ERIC A. TAUB By ERIC A. TAUB Measuring and tracking your body’s functions and activities has never been easier — but what to do with all that…
October 31, 2013 Bitcoin Pursues the Mainstream by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Advocates of the digital currency bitcoin say it is ready to emerge from its fringe status and become a common method…