AT&T extends network to Mexico with $2.5 billion lusacell acquisition

AT&T will pay US$2.5 billion to acquire Mexican wireless company lusacell, in a major push to expand its coverage and improve mobile Internet service for those living south of the U.S. border. The acquisition, announced Friday, includes lusacell's...

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Motorola may have won the 'First to Lollipop' prize with the new Moto X

Happy Friday, Android users! And if you're currently sporting the second-generation Moto X, you're in for a treat. Motorola said it would deploy Android Lollipop quickly, and boy, did it deliver. Motorola has apparently not only has begun its soak...

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Microsoft looks to find its way in app market via free Office deal

By unlocking core edit functions in its free Office apps for iOS and, later, Android, Microsoft is trying to close out pesky rivals in the mobile market and lure new subscribers to Office 365. Accomplishing those goals is vital if the company is to...

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Facebook will be mostly video in 5 years, Zuckerberg says

If you think your Facebook feed has a lot of video now, just wait. "In five years, most of [Facebook] will be video," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday during the company's first community town hall, in which he took questions from the public on a range...

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Sierra Leone pushes ITU members to back tech against Ebola

Spurred by Sierra Leone, the U.N.'s ITU has teamed up with the GSM Association, the World Health Organization, and the Internet Society, committing resources to a worldwide effort to develop technology tools to help stop the spread of Ebola. "We have...

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UK teen relieved after light sentence on hacking charges

A 19-year-old U.K. man said he was relieved after receiving probation for pleading guilty to four hacking-related charges in connection with a large distributed denial-of-service attack on the Metropolitan Police Service's website. Jordan Lee Jones,...

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'Dridex' malware revives Microsoft Word macro attacks

A recent piece of malware that aims to steal your online banking credentials revives a decade-old technique to install itself on your PC. Called Dridex, the malware tries to steal your data when you log into an online bank account by creating HTML fields...

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AMD reveals Civilization: Beyond Earth game bundle, Radeon R9 290X with 8GB RAM

Mere days after Nvidia announced a holiday games bundle that pairs Ubisoft's most hotly anticipated titles with new high-end GeForce GTX graphics cards, AMD's striking back by offering a free copy of the absolutely stellar Civilization: Beyond Earth...

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US net neutrality advocates plan Hungary-style protests

Protests are planned outside the White House in Washington, D.C., and at several locations across the U.S. on Thursday evening to object to leaks that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering a new "hybrid" proposal to break through...

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Michael Dell gets his payback, slams 'turmoil' at HP and IBM

What a difference a year makes. For much of 2013, while Michael Dell was fighting a costly battle to take his company private, his rivals played up the distraction and did their best to lure his customers away. Now the shoe is on the other foot. Michael...

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Google and LG strike broad patent licensing deal

Google and LG have entered into a patent cross-licensing deal, the latest partnership seeking to reduce the threat of lawsuits between major tech companies. The agreement, announced on Tuesday, covers "a broad range of products and technologies" built...

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Apple security checks may miss iWorm malware

Apple's security technologies for Mac OS X may still miss iWorm, a piece of malware discovered in late September that infected thousands of computers. Apple released an update for its XProtect antivirus engine to detect iWorm, but the update only detects...

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AppDynamics now provides intel for business managers

Looking to expand into a new market, AppDynamics has updated its application monitoring software to provide real-time insights that can be useful for business managers as well as IT staff. The company announced the Fall 2014 Release of its software...

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Flaw in Visa cards could ring up a very large fraud

Visa's contactless payment cards will approve very large transactions in currencies other than the British pound due to a flaw in a protocol, U.K. researchers contend. They concluded it would be possible for criminals to turn a mobile phone into a point-of-sale...

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Cortana to give voice and ears to Dynamics CRM

Dynamics CRM 2015 will ship next month with multiple enhancements, including one literally audible: using Cortana on Windows Phone 8.1 devices, users will be able to talk to the customer relationship management suite. Tasks available via Cortana voice...

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Gmail 5.0 for Android gets a new look, Exchange support

The upcoming version of google's Gmail app for Android features a new look and support for non-Gmail email accounts, Android Police reports. The new look app features the material design that Google has developed for Android apps, and has a retooled...

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Samsung acquires flash caching software developer Proximal

Samsung Electronics has acquired Proximal Data, a developer of software that caches I/O in the server virtualization layer, to boost its SSD offering in the server market. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Proximal in San Diego, California,...

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Adobe's e-reader software collects less data now, EFF says

Tests on the latest version of Adobe System's e-reader software shows the company is now collecting less data following a privacy-related dustup last month, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Digital Editions version 4.0.1 appears to only...

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The best gaming rigs, the fastest graphics cards: PCWorld celebrates glorious PC excess

Sad but true: Sony and Microsoft's so-called next-generation gaming consoles don't seem very next-gen at all, with a slew of top games locked at 30 fps and still struggling to hit even 1080p resolutions. Even entry-level PC graphics cards can pull that...

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Microsoft Universal Mobile Keyboard hands-on: Solid, but not quite universal

Lawyers, pedants and fanboys may hold that Microsoft wasn't lying when it named its Universal Mobile Keyboard. But Windows Phone users may come away unconvinced. From a hardware standpoint, Microsoft's $80 Universal Mobile Keyboard continues its tradition...

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North Korea reportedly blocks Facebook and Twitter

North Korean authorities have reportedly blocked access to Facebook and Twitter for the few people in the country with open Internet access. The move came into effect earlier this week, according to a report by the Russian ITAR-TASS news agency, which...

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Startup Slack gets $120M infusion to kill email at work

Slack, a cloud startup that's landed some big name clients for its business communications product, has raised $120 million [m] at an eye-popping $1.12 billion [b] valuation. The San Francisco company's funding and early customer wins are signs that...

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FCC eyes new rules to protect consumers as voice networks transition to IP

The Federal Communications Commission will consider new rules to ensure real consumer choice as the U.S. shifts from copper-based networks to IP networks, agency officials said Friday. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will offer a set of proposals aimed at...

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North Korea reportedly blocks Facebook and Twitter

North Korean authorities have reportedly blocked access to Facebook and Twitter for the few people in the country with open Internet access. The move came into effect earlier this week, according to a report by the Russian ITAR-TASS news agency, which...

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