TECHNOLOGY

Tracking drones in the U.S. airspace has become much easier thanks to the interactive map constructed by the Electronic Frontier Federation (EFF) using data obtained from the Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Along with stopping Megaupload the MPAA hopes to now take down The Pirate Bay, Kat.ph, isoHunt, and other major torrent sites, almost all of which are hosted internationally.

Fortunes are changing for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, whose file-sharing website and servers were raided illegally in January by New Zealand police. A new court ruling from New Zealand’s High Court has confirmed that the country’s spy agency illegally spied on him and must make public the details of their Dotcom surveillance.

Metallica and Sean Parker ended their feud over music-sharing as the metal band announced it would add its catalog to the popular streaming service.

Shares of GPS specialist Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN) rose 6 percent Thursday ahead of the company's inclusion in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, seems to be the winner in 2012 cybershopping gains, said Eric Best, Mercent CEO.

Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) has begun to apply with state regulators in Nevada to license its online and mobile games for real-money gambling.

Microsoft plans to release its Surface Pro tablet in 2013, but it won't be cheap.

A mall Santa Claus in Maine was fired after being more of a Scrooge than a St. Nick.

A new study from W3i found that microtransactions only contribute a small amount to the overall revenue of mobile games, calling into question the presumed success of freemium business models.

While the release date for Samsung's rumored Galaxy S4 may be a little far off, rumors about its features have begun to gain momentum. Speaking with Reuters, an analyst has said that the next-gen Galaxy S handset may include flexible display technology.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company may return some manufacturing to the States, hasn't lost its moxie and still has momentum.

Shares of bankrupt Eastman Kodak (PINK:EKDKQ) rose 5 percent Thursday after reports it had finally sold about 1,100 imaging patents.

Keek was released in March and has exploded in popularity in the ensuing months, receiving 250 million page views and 21 million visits in August alone.

A little over a year since introducing the Subscribe button, Facebook decided to take a page out of Twitter's book and change the name of the feature to "Follow."

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled its own social network, known as Socl, to allow users to create visual posts in a manner similar to Pinterest.

A photo depicting the back panel of what is believed to be Apple's rumored iPhone 5S has surfaced online.

In the past week, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) have raised $9 billion in bonds. Neither needed the cash.

Six days after Apple released iTunes to the public, an update is already on its way to fix several issues with the newly redesigned multimedia platform.

Egenera is acquiring the cloud software firm Fort Technologies to expand its front-end enterprise cloud services.

Nokia has unveiled a new Windows Phone 8 handset, the Lumia 620. No release date has been specified for this lower-end device, but it is expected to launch in January 2013.

Samsung is believed to be producing a quad-core processor based on the Cortex-A15 chipset that may appear in its highly rumored Galaxy S4 handset.

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) fell another 4 percent in Wednesday trading, bringing their loss since their record high to 21 percent.

Apple's iWork may not be as popular as Microsoft Office, but a new update to Apple's platform makes switching between the two platforms much easier.

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), the No. 1 social networking website, got a boost when its shares were added to the Nasdaq 100 Index.

Get to know Ellen Grossman, the New York artist seen in Jay-Z's documentary video who admits during a ride on the subway that she has no clue who he is.

Leading companies aren't living up to their potential because management isn't properly yoking technology, a new study found.

Yahoo Tuesday announced that it bought out the video chat startup OnTheAir as part of its mobile/web development talent acquisition plan.

T-Mobile is rumored to announce a release date for Apple's iPhone 5 on its own network later this week, an analyst from Merrill Lynch has indicated.