Today's Tech News from USATODAY.com - December 24

Check out our redesigned newsletter and visit the ALL NEW USATODAY.com.

We'd love to hear your feedback - click here.

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser.

USA TODAY - Tech

December 24

NEWS SPORTS LIFE MONEY TECH TRAVEL OPINION WEATHER
Jennifer Jolly.
TECH NOW: Track Santa on your mobile device

Check out tech buying tips and more in USA TODAY's new daily digital video series TECH NOW.

Android smartphones such as the Motorola Razr Maxx HD are being targeted by new malware that infects through text message ads.
Beware: Android virus uses your phone to spread spam

Spam text messages have begun circulating that can infect Android smartphones.

A screenshot of the Google Santa Tracker website.
Reindeer games: Google spreads holiday cheer

Santa Tracker lets users play Christmas games, send messages from Santa.

ADVERTISEMENT

More HEADLINES
A boy looks for his tablet computer as others play with theirs which were given by the One Laptop Per Child project in the village of Wenchi, Ethiopia.
tech
Tablet as teacher: Poor Ethiopian kids learn ABCs

Village receives 20 tablet computers to learn ABCs.

When a family member asks for help with a computer and other tech gadgets,
columnist
A 'to-do list' for helping family with tech support

A few quick fixes can help relatives with their computer problems.

Map of Antarctica showing the extent of surface melting in January 2005 observed from space. Byrd Station is located approximately 700 miles from the South Pole. (Bottom) Time series of mean January temperature at Byrd Station from 1957 to 2011 with the warm January 2005 highlighted with a yellow circle.
Science Fair
Western Antarctica warming confirmed

Western Antarctica warmed at a rate nearly two times faster than the global average.

Jennifer Jolly.
tech
TECH NOW: A look at Facebook privacy settings

Check out tech buying tips and more in USA TODAY's new daily digital video series TECH NOW.

A few tweaks can significantly boost the speed of your wireless router.
columnist
Best tricks for speeding up your Wi-Fi router

There are a few simple ways to tune up your router and get it running fast again.

A Customer compares a new iPad mini (L) and an iPad at an Apple store in Rome in this November 2, 2012 photo.
columnist
Komando: Which iPad should you buy?

Kim Komando answers questions on consumer technology.

Jennifer Jolly.
tech
TECH NOW: Fun, cheap stocking stuffers

Check out tech buying tips and more in USA TODAY's new daily digital video series TECH NOW.

 

 

  LATEST GALLERIES
 
The Week in Space Gallery

The Geminids meteor shower is seen from the Prudencio Llach observatory in San Juan Talpa, El Salvador, on Dec 13.

 
The Day In Pictures Gallery

A sculptor works on a wall of an ice fortress in a park in central Moscow as temperatures reached 4 degrees below zero on Dec. 23.

 

 

  Sponsored Links

 

To forward this e-mail to a friend, please click here.

You are currently subscribed to this newsletter with the address: Shopping_en5@newsnews.org.
To UNSUBSCRIBE, please click here.

Manage Subscriptions | Help | Advertise | Home Delivery

Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights

© 2012 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.
7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108

Comments