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The Pirate Bay offline following ‘quite big’ DDoS attack, says Anonymous is not to blame

The Pirate Bay has been offline for over 24 hours thanks to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, according to the torrent site's Facebook page. Though its operators aren't quite sure who's behind the front, they seem to ...

Facebook approved to trade on Nasdaq days ahead of rumored Friday IPO

Facebook today inched closer to a long-awaited debut on Wall Street after its stock was approved for listing on the Nasdaq exchange. Form 8-A — signed by Chief Financial Officer David A. Ebersman — was filed with the U...

Adobe Lightroom 4 arrives in the Mac App Store for $149.99

Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom 4, first released in early March, has made its way to the Mac App Store. Priced at $149.99, the photography app marks the first professional-caliber product Adobe is offering via Apple's digital storefr...

Google to roll out Hangouts On Air livestreaming for all Google+ members

Google today announced that the company in the process of expanding its Hangouts On Air feature to all Google+ users worldwide. That means anyone and everyone will soon have the ability to broadcast group Hangout sessions to the i...

Computer glitch recruits 1,200 California residents for jury duty at the same place and time

"Jury duty" and "traffic jam" are two terms that, each in their own right, give rise to all sorts of unpleasant feelings. So we can only imagine what was running through the minds of 1,200 California residents who were erroneously...

Nokia 808 PureView hardware pictured in detail at the FCC

Nokia has no intentions of bringing the 808 PureView handset (complete with 41-megapixel sensor) to US shores, but that didn't stop the FCC from putting the device through its standard barrage of tests. It would almost appear that...

Read this: ‘Frankenstein’ for iOS is an interactive take on a literary classic

Frankenstein for iOS is a prime example of what Apple's platform can add to a literary classic. Though he largely adheres to the same plot as Mary Shelley's timeless novel, author Dave Morris has taken some liberties with his inte...

HBO Go and MAX Go updated with Android 4.0 compatibility, still lack tablet support

Updates released today for HBO Go and MAX Go on Android finally introduce support for version 4.0 of the OS. Prior to this point, the video-on-demand apps had only been compatible with Gingerbread handsets. User reviews at the Goo...

LG Fantasy with Windows Phone prototype reviewed, features NFC support

LG may be wiping its hands of Microsoft's Windows Phone OS for now, but a prototype device unearthed by WPCentral confirms that the company was at least tinkering with new hardware at some point over the last few months. And while...

Peter Jackson responds to ‘Hobbit’ frame rate controversy: ‘You settle into it’

Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and its unconventional 48fps frame rate came under fire after a ten minute preview screening was held at CinemaCon last week, but the director seems unfazed by the controversy and ...

DirecTV for Android update enables Video on Demand streaming

DirecTV for Android can now stream video on demand movies and TV shows following today's update to the app. By navigating to the "Watch on Phone" menu, subscribers with either a phone or tablet running Google's OS will see a pleth...

Samsung Galaxy S3 pictured in draft service manual?

You can add another piece to the Samsung Galaxy S3 puzzle: SamMobile has what it believes to be a service manual for the GT-i9300 handset, complete with design sketches and hardware specs. The images depict a form factor that rese...