Emerging Tech

The Wireless Network With a Mile Range That the 'Internet of Things' Could Be Built on

Flutter, a Wi-Fi alternative, offers a glimpse into the future -- or something close to it.

Digital Government

How New Zealand Banned Software Patents Without Violating International Law

The small country has declared that software isn't an invention in the first place.

Cybersecurity

How the Syrian Electronic Army “Hacked” the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post

Unlike previous attacks by the SEA, it seems more likely that this time, the SEA didn’t manage to filch passwords from anyone within the Times itself.

Emerging Tech

Why the Market for 3D Printing Will Triple in Five Years

Wall Street is starting to wake up to the potential of the new technology.

Digital Government

Everything That’s Wrong With Microsoft, as Told by Veterans Who Abandoned the Company

It’s possible, even likely, that Microsoft is about to enter the darkest period in the firm’s history.

Emerging Tech

Google Is Laying the Groundwork to Build its Own Self-Driving Car—Without a Major Auto Manufacturer as Partner

The tech giant wants to have the first self-driving cars available to private citizens in California by 2017.

Emerging Tech

3D Scanners Are Getting Cheap so Fast, the Age of 3D Piracy Could Soon Be Upon Us

MakerBot, the leading maker of desktop 3D printers, is launching its own 3D scanner.

Emerging Tech

Google Is Preparing for Screenless Computers

The tech giant is moving rapidly to enable voice commands in all of its products.

Modernization

America’s Most Profitable Company Per Employee Makes Your Phone Work—and it’s Not Apple

InterDigital has developed many of the technologies critical to our wireless world.

Cybersecurity

Federal Agencies Want NSA Data to Help Nab Copyright Violators

Justice is seeking information on those who abet the sharing of copyrighted media.

Modernization

How Google’s New Moto X Will Transform the Smartphone Landscape—and Threaten Google’s Partners

The new phone will appeal to the masses.

Digital Government

Google Is Taking a Profoundly New Direction, Says One of its Top Execs

"Our goal is to put computing everywhere."

Cybersecurity

A Breakthrough in Cryptography Could Thwart a Favorite Attack of Hackers

A team of researchers have created a method for encrypting software and running it in that encrypted state.

Modernization

If You’ve Ever Wanted Your Phone and Your PC to Merge, This Millionaire Has a Deal for You

It’s time people stopped owning multiple computers, Mark Shuttleworth contends.

Emerging Tech

Forget 3D Printing—3D Subtraction Is Going to Arrive in Your Garage First

The simpler, older technology is already used at automated factories.