Setting your four-digit passcode is great if you want to keep your data safe, keep your girlfriend from finding your porn stash, or generally inconvenience yourself by taking an extra few seconds to unlock your phone. But if you thought it would keep police from finding incriminating evidence, think ... more

After being pushed back twice, we now have official launch dates for the revised Ivy Bridge CPUs from Intel. CPU World reports that it has been confirmed that Intel will announce Z77, Z75, H77 and B75 chipsets on April 8, and select Ivy Bridge processors will be announced in ... more

Got your spiffy new Retina display iPad? Want to watch your Netflix in something other than some crappy 640x480 resolution? You're in luck. Joris Evers, Director of Corporate Communications at Netflix, told Mashable last week that "the video [on the iPad] is not in HD yet… That is ... more

Earlier this week, Barry Ritholtz wrote his thoughts on why Apple should buy Twitter. Integration with iTunes, using Apple Photos instead of TwitPic, becoming a "competitive player in social networking", and keeping away from competitors like Google, Facebook and Microsoft were some of his key arguments for this ... more

Science fiction is only impressive when it involves technology that hasn't existed yet. Writing a book that deals with a flying server farm? Sorry, The Pirate Bay is all over that. In a recent blog post, The Pirate Bay made known their plans on building a fleet of flying ... more

TechCrunch is reporting that Apple has begun to reject iOS applications that make use of the unique device identifier, or UDID. Several developers have had their apps rejected in the past week, and Apple is looking at ramping up their enforcement of this policy in the coming weeks. What ... more

Most iPhone/iPod speaker systems are huge, take up tons of desk space, and really aren't that nice to look at. Some stands are ok, but don't do anything to help amplify the sound if you want to listen to music. Enter: The Stand. The Stand is a new Kickstarter project put ... more

Before becoming the CEO of Apple last year, Tim Cook was known as the "logistics king" of the company. MacTrast.com pointed to an article on Business Insider that may demonstrate just how much: "If it weren't for Tim Cook, the iPad would cost $5,000". From the Business Insider ... more

For the rest of today, we are offering our Spring 2012 Mac app bundle for only $50. This is a huge deal, giving you 93% savings off of some absolutely killer apps.Apps featured in this bundle include Billings Pro, Kinemac, Hydra Pro, MoneyWell, Circus Ponies NoteBook, GarageSale, Home ... more

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock trading was suspended between 10:57 and 11:02 this morning, after an apparent fat-fingered trade caused the stock to plummet 9%.According to ValueWalk, Nasdaq quickly cancelled the trade, which points towards this actually being a mistake. At the time of writing, AAPL sits at 596.35, ... more

A $15.5 billion commitment to buy iPhones from Apple. A $7 billion network upgrade project. These are very real, and very large, numbers that Sprint CED Dan Hesse is staring in the face right now, as rumors of the #3 cellular company in America considering bankruptcy swirl this week. <a ... more

Most iPhone users know about Instagram, arguably one of the top photo-sharing services and fastest-growing social networks, breaking the 27 million user mark last week. With an Android app in the works, that user count is expected to skyrocket even higher in the coming months. However, one of ... more