Industry

SNL skit busts on Verizon, 4G & LTE: “An old person’s nightmare”

Saturday Night Live skewers smartphone industry

NASA unplugs last mainframe

IBM mainframes no longer a NASA workhorse

FAQ: WOA vs. x86, which Windows tablet to pick?

Much depends on how 'free' Office apps will be on ARM-based tablets

Crowd-funding site offers open alternative to Kickstarter

Crowdtilt differs from Kickstarter by allowing users to fund any project

Romney Talks Technology Innovation, Hands-off Government

Start of a blog; end of the Start button

Stop all the Start button fretting; it’s a new user interface that ought to be, well, new

Google abandons big, black drop-down menu

Google replaced the big drop-down menu it launched as part of its Google+ redesign with a static menu bar

Iran blocks access to some outside websites, services

Tor Project accuses Iranian government of 'ramping up censorship' by blocking SSL-encrypted sites like Gmail, Twitter

Parents herald rise in apps to help treat autism but proof of therapeutic benefits is lacking

Some parents of autistic children see benefits from the use of apps and technology, however, experts raise concerns

Much of Western U.S. is a 3G wasteland, says FCC

Mountainous regions lack 3G or 4G data coverage