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Samsung, Apple in talks to end patent battle, report says

Samsung and Apple are trying again to come together on a possible patent accord, according to a new report.Despite

Apple 12 Days app offers 'Hugo' or 'Home Alone' for free

(Credit:Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET)iPhone and iPad users able to tap into Apple's 12 Days of Gifts app can score

Hacker tried to sell access to BBC server -- report

A Russian hacker wasn't exactly in the Christmas spirit when he reportedly tried to sell access to a BBC

A non-Windows OS? Microsoft drops clues

"X" marks the targeted M# spot, according to this illustration by Midori team member Joe Duffy.(Credit:Joe Duffy)Over the past

The 404 Throwback: Episode 897 from 9/6/11

The 404 is on holiday until CES, but enjoy this special throwback episode from September 2011 when we

Google's Picasa software backs up photos from PCs to Google+

Auto Backup offers to transfer photos from Mac and Windows machines running Picasa software to Google's social service.(Credit:screenshot

Cthurkey waits dreaming on the dinner table

Beware of the tentacled entree! Cthulhu food tributes invade the Internet, and this edible Elder God looks like

Nokia wins injunction against all HTC devices (in Germany)

(Credit:HTC)Nokia has won an important injunction in Germany that could see the company put an end to sales of

Research shows eye-reflections in photos could be used to identify criminals

Did you ever watch CSI's tech boffins zoom into a photo, grab the reflection in someone's eye, and through

Inhabitat's Week in Green: SuperPier, reversing the aging process and an artificial, self-regulating heart

BYInhabitat1 day ago 0 Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and

Time Machines: Casio gets smart at CES 2000

BYJon Turi1 day ago 0 Welcome to Time Machines, where we offer up a selection of mechanical oddities,

NSA can reportedly bug computer equipment before it reaches buyers

Don't think that the NSA always has to wait until people are using technology to start snooping on it.

IRL: A look back at the original PlayStation Vita

BYEngadget staff21 hours ago 0 Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps

Defense bill makes US-based Russian satellite monitoring stations 'next to impossible' due to spying fears

The State Department hoped the building of satellite monitoring stations might soften tempers between the US and Russia, which

The best cellphone deals of the week: 12.29.13

BYBilly Steele18 hours ago 0 With Engadget's new tools, you can track price drops on thousands of devices

Weekly Roundup: 2013 Mac Pro review, judge okays NSA spying and more!

You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to

Hackers reverse engineer Wii U GamePad to stream from PC

Thought using the Wii U GamePad as a simple PC controller was a neat trick? Try this on for

Samsung's 110-inch Ultra HDTV is the world's largest, and it goes on sale Monday

Samsung promised at CES last January that it would deliver a 110-inch UHDTV this year, and with just a

How would you change Canon's EOS-1D X?

A $7,000 camera may only share a border with the mainstream gadgets we normally discuss on How Would You

Samsung's new chip could put 4GB of memory in your next smartphone

Think the 3GB of RAM in the Galaxy Note 3 was a lot? Samsung was only getting started. The

Google, Audi to announce in-car Android plans next week, says WSJ

Google has big plans to put Android in cars, and will start by announcing a tie-up with Audi at

LG makes Knock a standard feature, update coming for L Series II models

LG first rolled out its Knock feature on the G2 earlier this year, but now that item will become

French Uber users face 15-minute delay starting next year

To the surprise of virtually everyone in France, the government has just passed a law requiring car services like

Huawei Ascend Mate 2 snapped with its predecessor, said to keep 720p panel

While there's been no reason to doubt whispers of a follow-up to Huawei's Ascend Mate, pictures of the super-sized

The man behind NYT Magazine's gorgeous covers is headed to Apple

You may not know the name Arem Duplessis, but you've no doubt seen his work on the cover of

Tech's biggest misfires of 2013

You can't win 'em all. The adage certainly holds in the fast-paced world of technology, where one small slip

FAA selects six sites for drone testing because flying robots are our future

One day, drones will be flying overhead... and it will be normal. But, right now, concern over the safety

Archos previews connected home, health monitoring devices ahead of CES

Archos looks to be getting in on the New Year's resolutions a bit early. The company clearly couldn't wait

Archos will debut multiple 'pebble-like' smartwatches at CES, starting at less than $50

There's one more interesting nugget in today's jam-packed Archos press release. Alongside the home tablet, scale, weather system, activity

CrunchWeek 2013 In Review: Bitcoin’s Big Rise, Edward Snowden And The NSA

2013 CrunchYearIt’s the end of the year, which is always a time for reflection — auld lang syne and

How Snapchat Became The Breakout Consumer Product Of 2013

Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on

“Steve Jobs” Biographer Puts Draft Of New Book Online To Crowdsource Ideas

One of the most successful authors in the world, Walter Isaacson, is seeking the wisdom of the crowds for

What Makes Girls Fall In Love With Computers And Code?

1883#comicFeature image by Zach Weiner via Saturday Morning Breakfast CerealThe perennial discussion about women in technology is in high

Facebook’s Cutesy Annual Report To Partners Reveals First Country-By-Country Mobile Stats

TechCrunch has obtained never before published metrics showing Facebook’s international growth. Facebook sent some partners a playfully illustrated eMagazine

SD Cards Aren’t As Secure As We Think

The hardware hacker Bunnie Huang gave a talk at the Chaos Compute Club Congress where he offered some good

Marco Polo Is A Simple App For Sharing Your Location With Selected Friends

A smartphone app called Marco Polo aims to make it easier for users to find and meet up with

Reason #152 Virtual Reality Is Awesome: Personal Movie Theaters Without The Awful Other People

I love going to the movie theater. Seriously, I love it.I just hate all the other people that go.Quite

New Leaks Detail How The NSA’s ‘TAO’ And ‘ANT’ Units Spy On Devices, Global Networks

New leaks emerged today in Germany’s Der Spiegel newspaper about the scope of electronic surveillance conducted by the United

Mophie’s Powerstation XL Packs In The Power For Extended Time Away From Outlets

Our devices have a never-ending hunger for power – it’s their single greatest failing, in a time when they

Fly Or Die: Microsoft Xbox One

Fly or DieMicrosoft’s Xbox One is off to a great start, launching with cable TV control, bumped up graphics,

New Report Shows That Most Of China’s Gamers Are Still Playing On PCs, Not Mobile

A new report from China’s GPC (link via Google Translate), an industry group for game publishers, shows that China’s

Web App Searchlet Lets You Perform Multiple Searches Without Opening A Gazillion Tabs

At any given moment during my working day, I have browser tabs open for my email account, Feedly, TechCrunch,

Meet Egg, A Smart Cat Toy That’s A Real Companion For Your Kitten

Next StoryWeb App Searchlet Lets You Perform Multiple Searches Without Opening A Gazillion TabsKeeping cats interested in any one toy

Amazon’s Rough Christmas

Amazon may have had one of its best Cyber Mondays in reported history, but it doesn’t mean that the

The Twitter NYSE Honeymoon Is Over As Stock Price Takes Another Nosedive

Today at market opening, Twitter shares (NYSE:TWTR) dropped once again. Shares were at $60.27, down 5.46 percent compared to

Flurry Finds Christmas App Download Spike Continues, But Lessens As People Get Used To Smartphones

Mobile analytics and ad platform Flurry has released its annual report on the state of app downloads over Christmas

Yahoo Ends 2013 With No Apps In Apple’s Top 100

Yahoo put of lot of effort and investment toward presenting a new Yahoo to the world in 2013, and

73% Of U.S. Adults Use Social Networks, Pinterest Passes Twitter In Popularity, Facebook Stays On Top

The U.S. is edging ever closer to social media saturation, with the percentage of adults using multiple social networks

U.S. Senator Issues Letter To Top 5 Wireless Carriers Urging Kill Switch Adoption

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has today taken up the battle cry of numerous legislators before her, calling

The XCAR review of 2013: March

by Alex Goy December 28, 2013 12:01 PM PST XCAR Review of 2013: MarchNot heard of the Ssangyong

Supply pinch dogs Microsoft's Surface tablets

Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2 are chronically in short supply. Is this because the new tablets

Many consumers in the dark about rising lighting standards

The most commonly used household light bulbs are set to be phased out in just a few days, but

Phone companies say 'no way' to storing phone data for NSA

Phone companies are against an NSA advisory panel recommendation that would have them -- instead of the NSA

Google Street View case headed to court (again)

It's good news, bad news for Google. A federal appeals court agrees to rehear the Street View case

This homemade '3D printer' spikes jello shots with infused designs (video)

Barista Bots, one of the most popular attractions at this year's South by Southwest festival in Austin, printed scanned

Netflix outage interrupts streaming in US, Canada and Latin America (update: fixed!)

As they do each year, the holidays have brought their usual assortment of family gatherings, overeating and service outages,

Internet Archive starts preserving classic game consoles on the web

Many gamers won't load a console emulator for much more than a brief nostalgia kick. The Internet Archive has

Official CyanogenMod ROM now available to every Oppo N1

If you've had your Oppo N1 since launch but would rather use anything besides its Android one-off ColorOS, the

Nintendo Network stutters under holiday traffic, Pokemon Bank and Transporter delayed

Unwrap a Wii U this holiday season? Apparently, you weren't the only one: the company's Nintendo Network seems to

Nokia pulls Here Maps from the App Store, blames iOS 7

In the wake of Maps-gate, Nokia was one of several outfits that rushed to Apple's aid with a navigation

Tesla Model S software update guards against faulty wiring

Amidst a recent spate of Model S fires, Tesla has upgraded the software on the EV to prevent unsafe

Vidzone brings free music-video streaming to PS4

The PlayStation 4 might not play CDs (yet) and an official YouTube app is still MIA, but that doesn't

Report: Snapchat exploits can steal your private info, expose you to spam

A group of security researchers has published a pair Snapchat security exploits, claiming the popular social startup has ignored

Taiwan prosecutes HTC's ex-lead designer for fraud and leak

Earlier today, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office concluded its investigation on the HTC saga that mainly involved ex-lead designer

Samsung's got another tablet in the works

One of the great things about the FCC is that the commission is obligated to reveal all of the

Nokia Lumia 1320 lands in China first

Large-phone lovers on a budget, rejoice: Nokia's 6-inch, $339 Lumia 1320 smartphone is now available in China. That's a