Police departments will need to acquire search warrants if they want to use GPS trackers on suspects' vehicles, the Supreme Court ruled

Instead of blocking attacks, a startup distracts attackers with false information. Most security software defends PCs and websites by acting like a locked door to shut hackers out. A new security company, Mykonos Software, instead invites hackers in through a fake entrance and plays tricks on them until they give up.

This gadget blocks signals to prevent phone use while driving and alerts parents if it's tampered with.

Dispute over order to decrypt scrambled hard drive could become precedent-setting case

An artificial brain has taught itself to estimate the number of objects in an image without actually counting them, much as humans can

Video games veteran Sega is back in town, filling an odd gap in the market, and now the men of Japan can play while they pee. Felipe Maya reports.

"A series of tubes" is how then-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) described the Internet in 2006 while defending his anti-neutrality position, and it seems not a whole lot has changed up on Capitol Hill since then.

One of the world's most popular file-sharing sites was shut down, and its founder and several company officials were accused of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content.

The company says its new or updated iBooks 2, iBooks Author and iTunes U apps are intended to uproot the traditional learning experience.Apple Inc. has already transformed the music, mobile phone and personal computing industries, and now the tech giant says its next chapter will be about reinventing textbooks.

The NYPD is developing an infrared scanning device that may have a range of up to 82 feet.

Virtual reality training for future combat missions would involve creation of avatars for every soldier

Bo Zhang accused of stealing computer code used to track government finances and using in personal business

Love acronyms? Then this post is for you! SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith to prevent theft of American-produced content (and, notionally, other nations' content) via any of the classic means of accessing paid movies, music, and so on online--without paying for it.

A facial recognition technique that focuses on features rather than a person's whole face could nab criminals who have had plastic surgery

Such materials could be used to cool computers and buildings, and harvest waste heat in cars.