by David Kravets | Mar 25, 2013 | Technology, Wired
The Multimedia Messaging Service is not an illicit file-sharing protocol, a federal appeals court ruled, setting aside Monday a complaint from an MMS-greeting-card supplier that claimed the nation’s largest telecoms helped consumers infringe via MMS texting. Luvdarts,...
by Scott Gilbertson | Mar 5, 2013 | Technology, Wired
The latest version of Chrome for Android — available in the Google Play Store — features an updated version of Google’s V8 JavaScript engine, which has finally been optimized for mobile devices. That means Chrome for Android should now be faster than the old, stock...
by Nadia Drake | Feb 26, 2013 | Technology, Wired
Spider-Man might be a fictional superhero, but at least two of his tricks exist in the real world. Now, scientists have shown that it’s possible spin silk strong enough to stop a train, and are crafting a new super-sensory suit that warns its wearer when someone — or...
by Laura Hudson | Feb 12, 2013 | Technology, Wired
Regardless of your feelings about Jedis, George Lucas, or J.J. Abrams, the announcement of new Star Wars films is a big deal. Since the release of the first film in 1977, Star Wars has been an unavoidable part of American film culture, not only directly for millions...
by David Kravets | Jan 31, 2013 | Social Media, Technology, Wired
The file-sharing site Mega, introduced two weeks ago by infamous file-sharing kingpin Kim Dotcom, just became a lot more useful to content pirates, thanks to a community-fed search engine of links to content hosted on Mega’s servers. The search engine doesn’t crawl...
by Christina Bonnington | Jan 30, 2013 | Technology, Wired
Samsung’s infringement of Apple’s design and utility patents was not “willful,” a federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting Apple’s bid for bonus damages in the Apple v. Samsung smartphone lawsuit. Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California reasserted that...
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