Sarah Silbert

The Federal Trade Commission just sent a strong message to app developers hoping to cull personal information from minors. Yesterday the organization ordered W3 Innovations, an iOS app developer, to p...

Spotify's been teasing a "new direction" leading up to its press event, and today it revealed exactly what that entails. At an event in San Francisco, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced that third-party ...

When word that Apple will launch a new tablet in 2012 somehow counts as an iPad rumor, we understandably have to pick and choose what's truly worth reporting. But instead of rehashing the obvious—th...

LAS VEGAS -- We maximized our time at Gigabyte at CES by checking out another new system, the 14-inch M2432. This multimedia notebook has a second-gen Intel Core i5 CPU under the hood and Nvidia GT440...

Today marks the official release of Firefox 10, which adds new developer tools and changes the design of the navigation bar to show the forward button only in instances where it can be used. Mozilla...

We're wrapping up a visit to Seoul, Korea, where we got a chance to tour Samsung's Digital City, home to the company's Digital Imaging department (stay tuned for more on that note). While getting a cl...

Though the showroom has yet to open, IFA has already taken off, with big announcements from some of the most high-profile companies around.It's safe to say that Samsung is the star of this year's co...

We know that the next generation of the iPad arrives today, March 7, but  the internal specs and software remain a mystery. Will it have a Retina display? 4G? Quad-core power? And what about Siri?W...

Remember last week's rumor about an upcoming iPhone 4S and and iPhone 5? Now Digitimes has some numbers that make the iPhone 5 an even more certain reality. The news outlet reports that Pegatron Techn...

It may be just a refresh, but Gateway's ID47H07u (a follow-up to the ID47H02u) is an improvement on an already-solid budget notebook. For the budget-conscious price of $699, you get a slick design, go...

Another highlight on the IFA accessory front: Rocstor's pocket-sized hard drives that manage to put a pretty face on a traditionally rather drab device. The Rocport ID 9 drives--available in 250GB, 32...

It’s becoming harder and harder for a superphone to get noticed. In a market flooded with handsets boasting dual-core processors, 4G connectivity, and hi-res displays, one surefire way to stand out ...

Foursquare and Yelp can place you on a map and show you the nearest dining, drinking, and entertainment options, but what if you're looking to make some money rather than part with it? We recently lea...

LAS VEGAS -- Protect your eReader or small tablet with simple style with help from Targus. At CES 2012, the company unveiled new cases customized to fit the latest devices from Amazon and Kobo along w...

Online dating has long escaped its stigma as a last resort for geeks lacking social skills—thanks in no small part to the popular appeal of such sites as Match.com and OKCupid. But just as Internet ...

Qualcomm, like Nvidia with the Tegra 3, was demoing the power of its quad-core chip, the Snapdragon S4, at Mobile World Congress this week. And while the CPU manufacturer was quick to point out that f...

Acer's Aspire TimelineX series of thin-and-light notebooks has earned fans for its compelling mix of processing power and attractive design. Now, it looks like the company is improving on that already...

What was long an exercise in wishful thinking is now a reality. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple will be releasing the white iPhone 4 in the spring. There's no official word on which carrie...

Last year at CES, case maker Ballistic stood out with its LS iPhone case with interchangeable protective corners. A new year brings a new version of the case, this time dubbed the LS Smooth.The LS Smo...

This is Audi's first CeBIT with an exhibition booth of its own, and the German automaker made quite a statement with all that dedicated space. Under a mirrored ceiling decked out with LEDs, visitors c...

Brick-and-mortar Microsoft stores may be few and far between, but the company is taking a page out of Apple's book to amp up its tech support profile. It just pushed live a new site called Answer Desk...

Prior to CES next week, accessories maker iLuv has announced a new smartphone/MP3 case that will be on hand at the show. The SmashBox Pro (iSP123) Portable Stereo Speaker Case is one-size-fits-all, so...

Where there is tech to buy, there is money to save. Whether you’re looking for a new tablet, smartphone, laptop or set of speakers, buying directly from a big-box retailer or Amazon is hardly the on...

In Kingpin, Wired senior editor Kevin Poulsen follows the true story of Max Butler (Max Vision), a talented hacker who turned to the dark side of the law by becoming a major figure in the cybercrime i...

There's been no shortage of news about the next iPhone, but things have been quite on the iPad rumor front lately. Now, This is my next reports that, in addition to an iPad 3, Apple may be coming out ...