Articles by Ural Garrett
Vine app beats Instagram to hit Windows Phone store first
Vine, the social video-capture app owned by Twitter hits Microsoft's mobile operating system first before Facebook-owned Instagram.
New Roomba promises to keep your floor dirt-free
iRobot's Roomba 880 is faster, quieter and more efficient than its predecessor. iRobot revolutionized the home vacuum-cleaner market eleven years ago after releasing its Roomba.
Patent Infringement: Apple, Samsung head back to court with money and pride at stake
Both smartphone makers head back to court to reexamine the damages Apple won against Samsung in the patent infringement case last year.
GCHQ used fake LinkedIn, Slashdot pages to spy on Belgian telecom giant
British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) identified and spied on Belgacom network engineers, according to documents obtained by Edward Snowden.
Amazon joins hands with USPS to offer Sunday delivery
Amazon customers in Los Angeles and New York can now get packages seven days a week. Amazon shoppers in Los Angeles and New York will soon get USPS packages delivered on Sundays after the mail carrier and the online retailer announced a partnership, Monday.
Smartphones eating into DSLR camera sales
Shipments of high-end cameras including ones from Canon and Nikon could fall 9.1 percent by the end of 2013.
FCC announces mobile broadband speed test app for Android
The app by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a broad-based effort to gauge actual download and upload speeds against advertised speeds of providers.
Martin MacNeill murder trial Jury finds doctor guilty of murdering wife
Utah doctor Martin MacNeill has been convicted of drowning wife Michele MacNeill after convincing her to get plastic surgery and drugging her.
Don't look up now but satellite debris may crash on your head
European Space Agency's Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer is getting closer to earth's atmosphere after running out of fuel. And, it's all set to crash onto terra firma on Sunday.
Microsoft gives more details on Xbox One ahead of launch
The house that Windows built gives more insight into its next-gen console - XBox One - as the November 22 launch date nears.
Samsung shows foldable phone prototypes
South Korean electronics giant Samsung showed investors prototypes of foldable mobile devices at Analyst Day in Seoul.
PS4 teardown: Here's a look at the innards (VIDEO)
Sony’s Yasuhiro Ootori strips the next-gen console - PlayStation 4 - bare. Wii U aside, the next-gen console wars will officially begin next week when Sony launches its Playstation 4 (PS4) on Nov.
Google backtracks on its search banner ad promise
Search engine giant goes back on its 2005 promise of no banner ads on Google's home or web search results pages.
Icahn urges Apple to buy back $150 bn in stock
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sent an open letter to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, urging the company to launch a $150 billion buyback in hopes of jumping stock price.
Automatic Link hits Apple store
Automatic Labs' vehicle data collection device is available for purchase at Apple's U.S. stores and online.
Corning stock soars on Samsung Display buyout deal
A complex deal between Gorilla Glass maker and Galaxy S4 maker could potentially add a new layer to the mobile market.
PBS app comes to Xbox 360
America's Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) hits Microsoft's current-gen console. Those looking to catch episodes of Downtown Abbey between Halo 4 deathmatches will appreciate America's Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) launching an app for Xbox 360.
Netflix beats HBO in US subscriber base, net income jumps 315 percent
Now that Netflix has dominated online streaming media, it takes the cable movie crown away from HBO.
Monday blues: Facebook bug prevents users from updating status for 'brief period of time'
Social network king Facebook experiences issues while performing network maintenance. "Okay, let me tell you the difference between Facebook and everyone else, we don't crash EVER! If those servers are down for even a day, our entire reputation is irreversibly destroyed!" Actor Jesse Eisenberg's remark as he played the character of Facebook founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2010's drama Social Network comes to mind as the site experienced technical problems Monday morning which prevented users from updating their status.
I'm not a traitor: Snowden says Russia, China did not get secret documents
Facing charges under the Espionage Act, Edward Snowden denies supplying Russian and China with NSA secrets.
BART strike leaves over 400,000 SF Bay area commuters paralyzed and in fear
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) operators walked off for second time in four months, leaving hundreds of thousands without truly reliable transportation.
Google shares blow past $1000-mark first time ever on back of strong Q3 results
Mobile and video advertising surge helped Google stock surge beyond $1,000. Over the past decade, Google has gone from being search engine king to playing smartphone rivals with Apple and controlling the video sharing market through YouTube, among other power moves.
Angry Birds takes to kart racing in new game Go!
The next Angry Birds game will have developer Rovio Entertainment trading slingshots for motor engines.
BlackBerry Update: Cerberus mulls bid, KPMG migrates
KPMG's purchases 3,500 new BlackBerry 10 smartphones and plans on migrating to the smartphone maker's Enterprise Service 10, even as Cerberus mulls making a bid on the struggling company.
Watch Dogs release delay hurts Ubisoft
Hacker themed open-world game Watch Dogs is being pushed back along with next-gen racer “The Crew.”
Oreo cookies more addictive as cocaine (at least to rats)
Study conducted at Connecticut College reports that the famed snack Oreo cookies activated more neurons than cocaine or morphine.
Star Wars: Rebels villain Inquisitor unveiled at New York Comic Con
Inquisitor, the bad guy for series set between Star Wars franchise prequel and original trilogy has been tasked with hunting down remaining Jedi Knights by Darth Vader.
HTC One Max out: What you need to know
HTC One Max is finally out. Can the Taiwanese high-end Android phone maker prove that it can still compete against Samsung and Apple?
LG G-Flex curved smartphone looks delicious in leaked renders
With G-Flex, LG takes a shot at Samsung's Galaxy Round screen, curved at its horizontal axis. Samsung became one of the first smartphone manufacture to announce a device with a curved screen through its Galaxy Round last week.
Science publication calls blogger 'urban whore', whips up internet storm
Biologist and science blogger Dr. Danielle N. Lee gets nasty response from editor from Biology Online for refusing free gig; science blogging community erupts.
