Anti-virus firm Bitdefender Tuesday launched Clueful, a free Android app that tells you how much other Android apps invade your privacy. "Your smartphone is probably the most personal device you own, containing private messages, sensitive banking information, personal photos and other data that can leave you vulnerable if handled carelessly," Bitdefender Chief Security Strategist Catalin Coso...

If you're an anxious pet owner, you probably spend a few minutes at least every day worrying whether your cat or dog is doing all right at home while you're away. Petcube is a little device that lets you not only check in on your furry friend, but speak to and play with it as well.The Petcube is a simple device, really: It's essentially a Wi-Fi accessible webcam that you can control through a Web ...

Tuesday Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One, a new console that wants to sell itself as "your all-in-one must have gadget." But while making Skype calls to distant relatives and watching a new Steven Spielberg opus are no doubt impressive, the Xbox is still a device built around video games. So what did we learn about the actual games? No backward compatibility, but used games remain a possibilityFirs...

By Robert Z. PearlmanSpace.comAlthough they stood up to the immense thrust needed to launch the mighty Saturn V rocket toward the moon, it turns out that the mammoth F-1 engines that powered the booster's first two-and-a-half minutes of flight were no match for the Atlantic Ocean.The twisted and tattered remains of at least two engines, salvaged from the seafloor by an expedition organized and fun...

Several power utilities say they face a barrage of cyberattacks on their critical systems, a report by two Democratic lawmakers found, echoing warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers were trying to bring down the U.S. power grid.Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., released the report, co-authored with Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., at the House Energy and Commerce Committee's cybersecurity ...

If you were eagerly monitoring Microsoft's Xbox One announcement Tuesday, you probably heard the word "connected" a lot. To paraphrase almost all of the talking heads that took the stage during Microsoft's unveiling, the company's next-generation video game console was basically promised to be more connected to everything than ever before.Another key phrase that industry watchers and fans alike ha...