Some in line for Apple’s latest phones are getting paid $14 an hour to hold a spot, the PlayStation 4 gets a mobile companion app, and HP is putting Leap Motion into the Envy laptop…….

angry tapir writes “The probe requests emitted by a smartphone as it seeks a Wi-Fi network to connect reveal the device’s manufacturer thanks to its MAC address. This can offer some information about a crowd of people by looking at the breakdown by device brand. However, because some OSes include a preferred network list (PNL)…

The return on investment for Surface didn’t show up with Microsoft’s top and bottom lines, but there are some anecdotal wins with hardware partners, an executive argued…….

Cutting-edge digital, in the heart of old England…….

at10u8 writes “The ITU-R and BIPM are holding a joint workshop on the Future of the International Time Scale. This is the next of many steps toward the possibility that radio broadcasts of time signals might abandon leap seconds. All of the presentations are online and the press release for the workshop indicates there will…

Google’s Quickoffice apps for iOS and Android, that let users view and edit Microsoft Office files, are now free to anyone with a Google account…….

Apple’s new fingerprint sensor Touch ID becomes the focus of a hack bounty, but with a twist. Rewards include cash, but also a patent application, some Scotch, and a book of erotica…….

astroengine writes “NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has been scouring the thin Martian atmosphere for methane — a potential tracer for the presence of Martian life. However, since the gas also can be produced geologically, any findings promised a meaty debate. That discussion can be shelved, perhaps permanently, new findings from a team of Curiosity scientists…

The social network for scrapbookers will test the ad waters by promoting business pins in search results and category feeds…….

Sets sail for Redmond with chests filled with Finnish booty……