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Samsung posts first annual profit decline in three years
Jan 29, 2015 (AFP)
Samsung Electronics posted its first drop in annual net profit in three years Thursday and saw resurgent arch-rival Apple barge in on its pole position as the w...
Apple roars back to close smartphone gap with Samsung
Jan 29, 2015 (AFP)
With its hot-selling large-screen iPhones released last year, Apple has roared back to the top of the pack with South Korea's Samsung in the smartphone market. ...
Yahoo announces tax-free spinoff of Alibaba stake
Jan 28, 2015 (AFP)
Yahoo is spinning off its stake in Chinese Internet giant Alibaba, splitting off the valuable holdings in a move that sidesteps taxes. The strategy laid out on ...
Messaging app hides pictures in plain site on Facebook
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
Snoop-thwarting messaging application Wickr on Tuesday began letting Apple mobile gadget users hide pictures in plain site on their Facebook pages. Wickr Timed ...
US watchdog urges safeguards for 'Internet of Things'
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
A US government consumer watchdog agency called Tuesday for better privacy and security to be built into the myriad of connected devices, for fitness, smart hom...
China's online population nears 650 million: govt
Jan 26, 2015 (AFP)
The number of Internet users in China has risen to nearly 650 million, authorities said over the weekend, as the world's largest online population continues to ...
Li Ka-shing's Hutchison says in talks to buy Britain's O2
Jan 23, 2015 (AFP)
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing's Hutchison Whampoa said Friday it is in "exclusive negotiations" to buy mobile phone giant O2 for up to $15.4 billion, in a deal t...
Windows 10 aims to be core of connected devices
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
Microsoft pulled back the curtain Wednesday on the upcoming Windows 10 operating system focused on bringing harmony to the diverse array of Internet gadgets in ...
Privacy is dead, Davos hears
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
Imagine a world where mosquito-sized robots fly around stealing samples of your DNA. Or where a department store knows from your buying habits that you're pregn...
Netflix eyes empire as Internet TV battle heats up
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
Netflix is ramping up efforts to conquer the world with its streaming video service, even as competition is heating up in the growing market for Internet televi...
eBay to slash 2,400 jobs in bid to 'compete and win'
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
E-commerce giant eBay will slash 2,400 jobs -- seven percent of its workforce -- in the current quarter as it restructures and prepares to spin off its PayPal f...
Improved interface for a quantum internet
Jan 21, 2015 (SPX)
Quantum computers are no longer just a theoretical concept. In recent years, researchers have assembled and successfully tested the building blocks for a future...
Microsoft debuts hologram goggles
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
Microsoft unveiled headgear on Wednesday that overlays holograms on the real world, in what it touted as the next generation of computing. The US technology tit...
Huge 3-D displays without 3-D glasses
Jan 21, 2015 (SPX)
Public screenings have become an important part of major sports events. In the future, we will be able to enjoy them in 3D, thanks to a new invention from Austr...
Bitcoin dealer sentenced to four years in US prison
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
A New York court Tuesday handed a four-year prison sentence to a Bitcoin exchange operator who sold virtual currency used to buy drugs on the Silk Road undergro...
Netflix boosts membership, profits
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
Streaming video giant Netflix said Tuesday its global membership swelled to 57.4 million at the end of 2014, capping a quarter that also saw profits grow. In it...
Google Glass sales stopping - for now
Jan 15, 2015 (AFP)
Google said on Thursday it is halting sales of its Internet-linked eyewear Glass but insisted the technology would live on in a future consumer product. The tec...
Ricoh intros super day/night digital binocular
Jan 15, 2015 (UPI)
Digital day/night binoculars that penetrate fog, smoke, rain and sand for clear imaging have been introduced by Ricoh Americas Corporation. Designed for militar...
Amazon win highlights blurring TV/Internet line
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
The Golden Globes triumph of Amazon's online series "Transparent" highlights the increasingly blurred lines between televion and the Internet. "TV and the Inter...
Samsung launches first Tizen phone in break from Android
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
Samsung on Wednesday launched its first smartphone using its home-grown Tizen operating system, aimed at breaking the South Korean electronics giant's dependenc...
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