Apple launches iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake Button Replacement Program  —  Apple launches iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake Button Replacement Program  —  Apple on Friday launched a new program to help iPhone 5 users that may have been affected by a problem with the Sleep/Wake button not functioning properly.

Security researcher finds most hospital equipment hackable in study of about 100 facilities  —  Why It's Insanely Easy to Hack Hospital Equipment  —  When Scott Erven was given free reign to roam through all of the medical equipment used at a large chain of Midwest health care facilities …

The FCC changed course on network neutrality.  Here is why you should care.  —  Wednesday's press reports of the new network neutrality rules proposed by FCC Chairman Wheeler have been met with anger and confusion.  According to the Wall Street Journal, “[r]egulators are proposing new rules …

Rumor: ‘Ok Google Everywhere,’ Modular Actions, New Navigation Buttons Coming To Android  —  We've recently seen plenty of rumors related to Google's future plans for its Search app, from automatically remembering where you parked to reminding you of things when you're with another person …

Xperia Z2 coming to US through Sony online store this summer, no carrier support yet  —  Sony's online store will be the only place to buy its best phone in the US  —  Sony's Xperia Z2 may be a big, powerful slab of a phone, but fans in the United States hoping to snag one in-person …

Surveillance court rejected Verizon challenge to NSA calls program  —  Verizon in January filed a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's program that collects billions of Americans' call-detail records, but a surveillance court rejected it …

Netflix researching “large-scale peer-to-peer technology” for streaming  —  When we wrote about the possibility of Netflix using a peer-to-peer architecture for streaming earlier today, it seemed like more of a thought experiment than a real possibility.  —  But it turns out Netflix is looking …

Low-level federal judges balking at law enforcement requests for electronic evidence  —  Judges at the lowest levels of the federal judiciary are balking at sweeping requests by law enforcement officials for cellphone and other sensitive personal data, declaring the demands overly broad and at odds with basic constitutional rights.

Samsung confirms fatal camera flaw on ‘limited number’ of Galaxy S5 smartphones  —  The Samsung Galaxy S5's 16-megapixel camera is one of its best assets, but it's also turned into something of a liability for the company just weeks after launch.  Complaints across internet forums have documented …

Hulu Blocks VPN Users Over Piracy Concerns  —  Free and legal streaming services such as Hulu have been proven to slow down piracy rates in the United States.  —  At the same time, however, they also created a new problem.  With a relatively cheap VPN subscription, people from all over the world …

Will Google+ be scaled back? Googlers are unsure, but Besbris' appointment is seen as evidence  —  Minus Its Leader, What's Left at Google+?  —  Without its biggest champion and original leader, Vic Gundotra, insiders say the fate of Google+, the search giant's big attempt to dominate …

Apple and Samsung will go into overtime to address key patent issue in court  —  Apple and Samsung will get a little more time in court than originally planned, after a California judge said both sides should be able to present additional evidence to clarify the wording associated with one of Apple's key patents.

HTC's head of design is leaving the company  —  Scott Croyle, the man responsible for the stellar designs of HTC's One smartphone line, is leaving the Taiwanese company.  Having led HTC's industrial design and user experience teams since his One & Co studio was acquired in 2008, Croyle is now departing to work on his own projects.

Why Do So Many People Describe Aereo ‘Complying’ With Copyright Law As The Company ‘Circumventing’ Copyright Law?  —  We mentioned this briefly in our writeup of the oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the Aereo case, but I wanted to focus in on one particularly annoying issue that has come …