Apps and Software

If you thought the webcam on your laptop was only good for photo-booth apps and the occasional Skype call, Acer has a surprise for you in its Aspire V 17 Nitro. It's one of the first machines to feature Intel's RealSense 3D camera, which can do a lot more than just snap pics and record video.

The Nitro's camera is capable of sophisticated motion tracking (think Kinect) and 3D scanning. Similar to the cameras on board Amazon's Fire Phone, the Nitro's webcam uses an infrared sensor and emitter, as well as a normal camera, to gather both visual and depth information.

Chick-fil-A is investigating a credit card breach at some of its restaurants. The breach may have affected more than 9,000 customer cards, according to a report from security journalist Brian Krebs.

The Atlanta-based chicken-restaurant chain, however, is vague about the breach, saying only that it has "received reports of potential unusual activity involving payment cards used at a few of our restaurants."

"We are investigating reports of potential unusual activity involving payment cards used at a few of our restaurants," Chick-fil-A ...

Remember the collective Internet freakout over the massive iOS 8 download?

Well, now that freakout has taken the form of a lawsuit. Specifically, a class action suit filed in the United States District Court in San Francisco Tuesday, which claims Apple misled users about the size of the iOS 8 update. Two individuals are named in the suit, both from Miami

The suit focuses on users with 8 GB and 16 GB devices, who are most affected by the ...