cold fjord sends news that a study by Coverity has found open-source Python code to contain a lower defect density than any other language. “The 2012 Scan Report found an average defect density of .69 for open source software projects that leverage the Coverity Scan service, as compared to the accepted industry standard defect density…

As it focuses on expanding overseas, Uber grows its management team with three hires that have backgrounds in Silicon Valley’s hottest companies…….

Photo purportedly depicts a new cable part and sensor for the home button on Apple’s anticipated iPhone 5S…….

The Android phone has already been spotted for $149 in Canada, and other carriers could soon drop the price all the way down to $99, according to one report…….

The traffic data provider’s concept Glassware gets us thinking about how Google Glass can be safely used while driving…….

It’s official. With the purchase of Nokia’s device division, Microsoft is now a serious hardware company…….

In August Phil Shapiro wrote an article that asked the question, Can 50 Closed Chicago Schools Become 50 Makerspaces? Now, in September, we have a ruminative interview with him about schools, makerspaces, and how making places where kids (and adults) can make things and generally tinker with tools and get used to the idea of…

Microsoft hopes to quadruple its market share in the next five years. It will be similar to Bing having an 18 percent share of U.S. search today. Nice effort, but not close to the dominant Microsoft of times past…….

The big surprise: Windows Phone bagging smartphone newbies……

An anonymous reader writes “After the airline lost his father’s luggage (and presumably was less than helpful in resolving the issue), one man decided to use Twitter’s self-serve ad platform to issue a warning to fellow travelers in the New York and UK markets. The tweets have gotten the attention not only of media outlets,…