How to selectively block Internet access

You, as generous parent, have given your child an iPod touch.

Living on the edge, where broadband doesn't reach

If you live in a city, you take a lot for granted. Not just access to stores, culture and public transportation, but also access to Internet and cellphone networks.

Why 2014 could be the year mobile payments explode on the iPhone

Richard Crone had been on the road a few days recently when his smartphone did something unexpected: It started sending him special-offer coupons for breakfast at Starbucks.

ICYMI: Steve Jobs gets stamp of approval

In case you missed it, we’ve collected a few of the popular stories making the rounds this Friday morning for a little segment we like to call ICYMI. Which stands for … something.

WhatsApp at Facebook: Zuck snags popular messaging app for $16 billion

Facebook really wanted to buy a popular messaging app. Spurned by Snapchat, the network set its sights a little—OK, a lot—higher, buying wildly successful over-the-top messenger WhatsApp for $16 billion.

How Mac experts manage their calendars

There was a time when I managed my calendar by keeping a Post-It note with important meetings written down on it

IDC: Smartphone shipments hit 1 billion in 2013

The world’s love affair with the smartphone continued unabated in 2013 with consumers snapping up more than 1 billion handsets during the year, according to an IDC estimate published on Wednesday.

Banks enlist smartphones to help battle online fraud

To ward off cyber-crooks trying to break into customers’ accounts, banks are expanding their security efforts beyond desktops and onto iPhones and other mobile devices.

Separated at birth: Why Apple won't merge OS X and iOS

Ever since Apple introduced the iPhone, one argument that continually rears its ugly head is that the company must somehow find a way to merge its desktop and mobile operating systems into a single product. Most recently, one analyst has claimed that the folks from Cupertino are working on an “iAnywhere” operating system that would allow a special dock to turn a tablet into a full-fledged desktop computer destined for the professional-user market.

Apple monitor to stay in ebooks case, with boundaries

Apple will continue to be watched by an antitrust monitor during its appeal of a court order creating the position, a court ruled.

Mobile devices will mob the Internet, researchers forecast

Networking experts are running out of superlatives to describe the coming tidal wave/explosion/cataclysm of mobile data traffic.

Locked Apple iPhone code blocks Italian murder probe

The access code locking the iPhone 5 of an Italian murder victim is depriving police of information that might help them solve the crime

Cook to WSJ: 'There will be new categories'

New product categories, ahoy!

Judge rebukes Apple for invoking nationalist bias but denies Samsung a retrial

A U.S. judge has denied Samsung’s request for a retrial in a patent dispute with Apple, but she also chastised Apple’s lawyers for making the Korean firm’s “foreignness” an issue in closing remarks to the jury.

Why a leaked Windows 8.1 update and Microsoft's new CEO bode well for PC lovers

The two aren't related at first glance. Heck, as the former head of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise group, Nadella didn't even work on Windows directly. But together, they signal that Microsoft may—may—just tone down its audacious "One Windows to rule them all" scheme to embrace a more nuanced future—one that's still full of modern-style apps and user interface unification, but also a future that allows a PC to be a PC and a tablet to be a tablet.

Malicious Java app infects Mac, Linux systems with DDoS bot

Criminals are once again using Java’s cross-platform design to add Linux and Mac users to their usual Windows target list, Kaspersky Labs researchers have discovered.

North Korea's home-grown OS looks a lot like Apple's OS X

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, might the folks in Cupertino be pleased when they see the latest version of North Korea’s home-grown operating system?