November 20, 2013 Enhanced Sound, With Wi-Fi and Android by ROY FURCHGOTT By ROY FURCHGOTT The Sceptre Speaker SoundBar has advantages in sound quality, but also a few drawbacks. Published: November 21, 2013 at 12:00AM from…
November 20, 2013 Play Services is suddenly a severe battery drain, but nobody knows why Google Play Services has been up to some strange stuff lately. Over the past day or so, the normally innocuous app/service has been juicing…
November 20, 2013 Adobe Hacking Attack Was Bigger Than Previously Thought by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The company said a tally of stolen usernames and passwords now tops 38 million records. Published: October 29, 2013 at 12:00AM…
November 20, 2013 A Gift From Steve Jobs Returns Home by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD An Apple II that spent the last 33 years in Katmandu, Nepal, most of it packed away in a hospital basement…
November 20, 2013 Calico, Google Health Venture, Names New Hires by ANDREW POLLACK By ANDREW POLLACK The two-month old company said it hired Hal Barron as president for research and development and David Botstein as the chief…
November 20, 2013 Researchers Work to Add More Anonymity to Bitcoin by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Are people who buy and sell illegal wares online really anonymous? Some people say most online transactions leave a trail of…
November 20, 2013 Engineered for Sound, at a Price by GREGORY SCHMIDT By GREGORY SCHMIDT Shure’s SE846 Sound-Isolating Earphones have a transparent shell that shows off the technology inside, and a $1,250 price tag. Published: November…
November 20, 2013 Start-Up Founders Look Beyond the Usual Options of Selling or Going Public by THE NEW YORK TIMES STAFF By THE NEW YORK TIMES STAFF Start-up founders are finding new ways to remain independent, like recapitalizing their companies or bootstrapping them. But while…
November 20, 2013 Salesforce.com and HP Buck Common Wisdom of Cloud Computing by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Why is a leading cloud-computing company joining with one of the world’s largest makers of computer gear? It’s either smart business…
November 20, 2013 Emotion at Final Shareholder Meeting for Microsoft’s Ballmer by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD A nearly full house showed up at this year’s event, the last one with Steven A. Ballmer as the company’s chief…