Articles by Katherine Noyes

Sprint's HTC Evo 4G smartphone may have enjoyed a successful launch on Friday, but not quite as successful as Sprint originally claimed, the company admitted Tuesday. The total number of HTC Evo 4G devices sold on launch day was three times the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first three days on the market combined,...

There are multiple underwater oil plumes in the area surrounding BP's broken wellhead off the coast of Louisiana, but so far their concentrations seem to be "very low," according to a report released Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA analyzed water samples collected by the University of South Florida's R/V Weathe...

Open source software is often considered more secure than proprietary counterparts by virtue primarily of the many sets of eyes that can find and patch any vulnerabilities, but a new report suggests otherwise In fact, the broad visibility of open source code serves to make it more easily exploitable, according to Sam Ransbotham, assistant professor...

Starting this week, people who use both Yahoo and Facebook can link their accounts and share updates with friends across both networks, Yahoo announced on Monday Representing the next phase of a partnership Yahoo forged with the social networking site last December, the newly tightened integration also means that users who connect their accounts ca...

AT&T on Wednesday announced new wireless data plans that let customers choose the price they pay based on how much data they use Beginning June 7, two new data plans will be available: the DataPlus option, which supports 200 MB of data, beginning at US$15 per month; and the DataPro plan, which accommodates 2 GB of data, starting at $25 monthly....

AT&T on Wednesday announced new wireless data plans that let customers choose the price they pay based on how much data they use Beginning June 7, two new data plans will be available: the DataPlus option, which supports 200 MB of data, beginning at US$15 per month; and the DataPro plan, which accommodates 2 GB of data, starting at $25 monthly....

AT&T on Wednesday announced new wireless data plans that let customers choose the price they pay based on how much data they use Beginning June 7, two new data plans will be available: the DataPlus option, which supports 200 MB of data, beginning at US$15 per month; and the DataPro plan, which accommodates 2 GB of data, starting at $25 monthly....

Apple, Dell and HP are all investigating the working conditions at a major Chinese supplier, following a rash of suicides at the plant, including one on Tuesday Li Hai, a 19-year-old employee at Foxconn Technology Group in Shenzhen, China, took his life on Tuesday after working there just 42 days, the Associated Press reported.

Pandigital, the company best known for its digital photo frames, on Monday entered the e-book reader fray with an Android-powered device featuring a US$199 price point and a 7-inch color display ...

Yahoo and Nokia on Monday announced that they have forged a strategic partnership designed to leverage their respective strengths in email, instant messaging, maps and navigation across PC and mobile devices As part of the deal, Nokia will be the exclusive global provider of Yahoo's maps and navigation services, integrating Ovi Maps across Yahoo pr...

Google on Thursday took the wraps off "Froyo," the next version of Android that's been bolstered with new speed, tethering capabilities and Flash support Announced at Google I/O, version 2.2 of Android -- the seventh platform release since it was launched in 2008 -- includes a raft of new features for both users and developers. It will arrive soon,...

Google on Wednesday announced plans to open an app store for its Chrome browser to make it easier both for users to discover Web applications and for developers to reach a large potential audience Chrome users who find apps in the Chrome Web Store will be able to create shortcuts in Chrome for easy access, Google said. Developers, meanwhile, will h...

Google's Android Market website got a face-lift sometime in the past few days, but the update has many scratching their heads over the continuing lack of search and other capabilities Layout changes have resulted in a simpler, more straightforward desktop interface, with incrementally easier browsing of the market's top applications....

Roughly four months after it began selling its Nexus One "superphone" online, Google announced on Friday that it would halt Web sales and begin selling it through retail stores instead "While the global adoption of the Android platform has exceeded our expectations, the web store has not," Andy Rubin, vice president of engineering, wrote on the com...

Linux fans tend to be a loyal bunch, showering their favorite operating system with rightfully deserved praise at every opportunity When they do complain about Linux, however, the topic is often gaming. Lack of games on Linux, that is -- a factor many consider crucial to Linux's ultimate mainstream acceptance....

A mind-controlled robotic arm is bringing new independence to an Austrian man who lost his arms, even allowing him to drive a car, the arm's maker announced earlier this week ...

Lending further credibility to reports that circulated about a month ago, Google has apparently partnered with Verizon Wireless for work on a new tablet device that may run Android That news was delivered by Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam in an interview published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal, though no specifics or timetable were given...

Speed, power and user control are Mozilla's top three goals for Firefox 4, according to early product plans released Monday Specifically, the browser will be fast -- "super-duper fast," according to Firefox director Mike Beltzner -- while also enabling new open-standard Web technologies such as HTML5 and putting users in full control of their brows...

Linux aficionados gained a new option Monday, thanks to the release of Peppermint OS Checking in at under 512 MB, Peppermint is a Linux-based operating system that's designed to be cloud/Web-centric, ready to use and "insanely fast," its makers said. As a fork of Lubuntu, the system is based on -- and compatible with -- Ubuntu 10.04 and its reposit...

President Obama on Sunday delivered a commencement address that included warning graduates of the "distraction" posed by technologies like Apple's iPod and iPad devices Delivered at Virginia's Hampton University, Obama's speech began by reflecting on why "people went to such trouble to found Hampton and all our historically Black colleges and unive...