New search engine exposes the "dark web"

Memex, a powerful new search tool that goes beyond the realm of Google, Yahoo, and Bing, is launched by DARPA

This week on 60 Minutes, Lesley Stahl and producer Shachar Bar-On got an early look at Memex, a powerful new search engine developed by DARPA, the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The inventor of Memex, Chris White, sat down with Stahl and Bar-On and explained how Memex works--and how it could revolutionize law enforcement investigations. (See Chris White's demonstration in the video player above.)

How to tell if your smartphone's battery is healthy or bad (iPhone and Android guide)

A smartphone without a battery is like a time machine without a 1.21-gigawatt nuclear power source. In other words, it is useless – the battery is what provides that magic juice every smartphone needs to operate. 

Unfortunately, even if you take good care of your smartphone's battery, it will inevitably degrade over time and lose some of its charge capacity. At that point, it might be hard to tell if the cell is still in good health or in need of a replacement. That's why we thought we'd share a few tips on the matter.

Samsung's warning: Our Smart TVs record your living room chatter

Technically Incorrect: Samsung's small print says that its Smart TV's voice recognition system will not only capture your private conversations, but also pass them onto third parties.

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.

How Steve Jobs almost leaked the original iPhone's existence to a FedEx worker

Alessia Pierdomenico / Reuters

When Apple acquired the domain name iPhone.org in December 1999, it set off eight years of rumors and speculation about Apple's mysterious iPhone.

Led by Tinder, mobile dating game surges

The popularity of websites such as Match.com and eHarmony has spawned a whole stable of mobile-phone apps designed for simple, smartphone-based dating.

By MOLLY WOOD

The New York Times

Bless or curse the smartphone, but you can’t doubt its impact. Even digital dating has become a handheld activity.

Online dating, long dominated by big outfits like Match.com and eHarmony, has in the past two years been transformed by the rise of Tinder, the mobile-phone app that lets its users scan photos and short profiles of potential dates.

We're big fans of 2014's Nexus 6, Samsung Galaxy S5,Samsung Galaxy Note 4, HTC One M8, LG G3, Sony Xperia Z3 and iPhone 6, but we're more impressed by what's to come this year. Here we reveal the 16 upcoming smartphones that you should be most excited about in 2015. Also see the best new tablets you should be most excited about in 2015.

Best new smartphones 2015: Samsung Galaxy S6

Leaked Galaxy S6 photo shows dual-edged handset

Summary:Images leaked to ZDNet Korea show what could be the next Samsung Galaxy flagship S6 and Galaxy Edge handsets.

ZDNet Korea and CNET Korea have obtained an exclusive photo from sources at South Korean distributors of Samsung Electronics' handsets of what looks like the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 "Edge".

The photo shows five phones with "Galaxy S6" and "Galaxy Edge" written at the top-right side.

Five phones that appear to be the Galaxy S6 and its dual-edged version, called Galaxy Edge. (Image: ZDNet Korea/CNET Korea)