Apple takes iPhone 7 preorders, quickly exhausts supply of Jet Black
Apple began taking pre-orders for its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus earlier today, and not surprisingly, some models quickly exhausted their supplies.
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Google puts screws to HTTP with new warnings in Chrome
Google today continued its campaign to tighten the screws on unencrypted web traffic.
No let-up in devastating decline of Microsoft's browsers
Microsoft's browsers continued to hemorrhage users in August.
White House fears U.S. taxpayers will pay for Apple tax bill
The White House is worried American taxpayers would pay for the European Union's decision to force Apple to pay more than $14 billion in back taxes to Ireland.
Vintage Apple-1 sells for $815K to Hollywood couple
An Apple-1 computer sold last week for $815,000, falling short of an aggressive auction estimate for what's thought to be a pre-production model.
Ransomware attracts FTC attention
The FTC will host panel discussions on ransomware next month to highlight the crime wave and offer businesses and consumers ideas to avoid becoming victims.
Microsoft restarts Windows 10 beta builds
Microsoft has resumed delivery of Windows 10 previews to its Insider members after taking a break amid the release this year's lone major upgrade.
1Password debuts $3/month consumer subscription plan
AgileBits today launched a $3-per-month subscription service for individuals running its 1Password password manager.
Feds shut down tech support scammers, freeze assets
Federal authorities have shut down several alleged tech support scammers working out of Florida, Iowa, Nevada and Canada, freezing their assets and seizing control of their businesses.
Mozilla wants to build web recommendation engine into Firefox
'Content Graph' will tap the Firefox user pool to fuel the content placed under, presumably, the browser's Forward button.
Lavabit founder confirms feds' Snowden spy efforts led to encrypted email service shutdown
Lavabit founder Ladar Levison last week confirmed that he shuttered his encrypted email service in 2013 because of the federal government's pursuit of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Microsoft: Government's data gag order practices worse than first thought
Microsoft has significantly upped the tally of U.S. government gag orders slapped on demands for customer information.
Microsoft starts clock ticking on Office 2016's first upgrade
Microsoft this week released the second upgrade for Office 365 commercial subscribers who hew to the slower "Deferred Channel" track.
Microsoft covets LinkedIn algorithms
Microsoft's announced plans to buy the business social network LinkedIn for US$26.2 billion were triggered by an appetite for algorithms.
Microsoft eats another $1B as phone strategy shrinks to enterprise-only
Microsoft's decision to eat nearly $1 billion and lay off another 1,850 workers prompted analysts to call the company's consumer smartphone business dead.