John McCarthy, best known for coining the term “artificial intelligence” over five decades ago and inventing the programming language Lisp, died on Oct. 23. He was 84 years old.
Apple now may have more cash and securities available than any other company, at least $81.5 billion at the end of its fourth quarter ended Sept. 24.
ThinkGeek has unveiled a new, incredibly geeky addition to the Siri app on Apple's iPhone 4S: a docking bay and speaker system called the IRIS 9000, equipped to look exactly like the HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Learn what IRIS 9000 can do and watch ThinkGeek's promo video for the eerie iPhone companion, running for $59.99 and already sold out at thinkgeek.com.
An Apple TV prototype is supposedly already in the early stages of development in China and could be available for a late-2012 or early-2013 release date.
Guns and bloodshed may be the perfect gifts to ensure a merry Christmas for Target Corp.
Target Corp's TGT.N> website crashed for the second time in six weeks on Tuesday, interrupting online shopping for the discount chain.
A senior Japanese lawmaker demanded a probe of outlandish advisory payments at Olympus and its ousted chief executive said he was in contact with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation , piling pressure on the embattled company.
Last Friday, Blizzard officially unveiled the Mists of Pandaria, the fourth expansion for its video game juggernaut World of Warcraft. The release of Mists - which could come as early as next year - comes during a crucial time for the franchise, which has lost almost 10 percent of its subscriber base in recent months.
In a sold-out theater in downtown Manhattan, two miles from the square where anti-Wall Street demonstrators daily use iPhones, iPads and other devices to mobilize their forces, a performance artist named Mike Daisey is mounting a subversive attack on Apple Inc.
Several Steve Jobs profiles suggest that he was interested in conquering TV. We investigate the possibility.
Electronic Arts' first person shooter Battlefield 3, released on Tuesday, has been a hit with video game critics.
Former Apple executive Tony Fadell, who oversaw 18 versions of the iPod and the first three versions of the iPhone, has unveiled his latest invention. The Learning Thermostat uses a simple design to save consumers money on their heating bills.
The former chief executive of Olympus Corp said on Tuesday he was in contact with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation , which is probing massive advisory fees linked to the Japanese company's takeover of a British company.
Tony Fadell, known as the godfather of the iPod, has made a new gadget with the help of a small army of engineers and designers from Apple Inc and other tech giants including Google Inc and Microsoft Corp.
Shares of entertainment provider Netflix plunged 35 percent after the company reported 810,000 subscribers had fled and expectations of a 2012 loss.
Diversified manufacturer 3M Co sounded a warning on Tuesday, telling Wall Street that Europe's brewing debt crisis and weakening consumer demand were taking a toll on profit.
Hutchison 3G, the mobile phone operator of Hutchison Whampoa, is in talks to buy the Austrian assets of France Telecom's Orange, a banking source said on Tuesday, as part of its efforts to expand its footprint overseas.
Julian Assange is now announcing a temporary suspension of the website's publishing efforts. By the end of the year, WikiLeaks could face shut down due to financial blockades from several major banks and credit card companies, some of which include Visa, Western Union, MasterCard, and PayPal.
Shares of entertainment provider Netflix plunged 35 percent even before the market opened Tuesday after the company reported 810,000 subscribers had fled and said it expects to record a loss in 2012.
Zynga Inc is currently planning to price its initial public offering and have its shares begin trading the week before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday on November 24, two sources briefed on the offering said on Monday.
The N9 is the one and only MeeGo based smartphone from Nokia
The long-awaited biography, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, was made available Monday. Isaacson briefly mentions that Jobs wanted to create a television with a simple user interface, rescuing consumers from multiple confusing remotes.
Fans of Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber looking for more than their 140-character tweets may soon be able to follow and hear their idols chatter over a new online service.
Less than 24 hours after Apple launched its newest mobile operating system - the iOS 5 - a number of tools to help jailbreak the software emerged. However, until now, the only tools available provide a tethered jailbreak.
Canon Inc on Tuesday became the first major Japanese firm to cut its annual outlook due to Thai flooding and the strong yen, two problems that are clouding the outlook for many of its rivals ahead of the lucrative year-end shopping season.
Siri is currently facing problems of misunderstanding what the user actually wants to say.
Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp, the world's No.4 LCD maker, posted a worse-than-expected loss in the third quarter, citing falling panel prices, and said it does not see a speedy recovery in the industry in the coming one to two quarters.
The biography of Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson does deliver some key information that will perhaps disappoint even those who have followed Jobs closely during his career. One such episode is regarding Lisa Brennan-Jobs.
Britain's ARM Holdings reported strong licensing of its chip designs in the third quarter, helping it beat market expectations and offset current weak demand in consumer electronic markets ahead of the holiday season.
Canon Inc posted an operating profit of 122.5 billion yen for the July-September quarter, compared with 104.4 billion yen in the same period the previous year, and it cut its annual forecast.
