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BlackBerry shares lifted by big Pentagon contract
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
BlackBerry shares leapt more than nine percent Tuesday as the troubled Canadian smartphone maker got a boost from news of contract to supply the US military wit...
Verizon to buy Intel's fledgling TV operations
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Verizon said Tuesday it was buying Intel Media, a unit of the chipmaking giant for delivering movies and more to televisions via the Internet cloud, for an undi...
Lenovo eyes takeover, with IBM server unit in focus
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese computer giant Lenovo said Tuesday it is in negotiations on a "potential acquisition," following media reports the deal could be for IBM's server divisi...
Big-screen phablet smartphone sales to soar: report
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Sales of big-screen smartphones will soar in coming years as people who game or watch videos on the go opt for "phablets" with near tablet-size views. Phablets,...
20 million people fall victim to S. Korea data leak
Jan 19, 2014 (AFP)
The personal data of at least 20 million bank and credit card users in South Korea has been leaked, state regulators said Sunday, one of the country's biggest e...
Net neutrality case; win, loss or much ado about nothing?
Jan 19, 2014 (UPI)
The hot topic on the Internet last week -- and no doubt this week and beyond -- was a U.S. appellate court's overturning of the "net neutrality" concept under w...
Yahoo honeymoon hits reality for Internet sweatheart Mayer
Jan 18, 2014 (AFP)
The axing this week of Yahoo's second-in-command sent a signal that reality is setting in for Silicon Valley sweetheart Marissa Mayer, who leads the struggling ...
China's biggest mobile firm launches Apple iPhone sales
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
China Mobile, the country's biggest wireless provider, on Friday started selling Apple's iPhone to millions of customers nationwide, ending a six-year wait in a...
PS4 and Xbox One fuel US videogame industry sales
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
NPD Group reported Thursday that new consoles from Sony and Microsoft powered a winning holiday season for the videogame industry in the United States. "The new...
Target breach linked to global cybercrime: researchers
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
The massive data breach at US retailer Target is probably linked to a broader global network of cybercrime that may have affected other merchants, security rese...
US driver acquitted over Google Glass ticket
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
A US woman thought to be the first person to get a traffic ticket for wearing Google Glass was found not guilty Thursday. Cecilia Abadie was acquitted after San...
Cyberattack traced to hacked refrigerator: researchers
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
Call it the attack of the zombie refrigerators. Computer security researchers said this week they discovered a large "botnet" which infected Internet-connected ...
Taiwan's Acer posts third full-year net loss in a row
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan's struggling personal computer maker Acer on Friday reported its third consecutive full-year net loss due to falling sales and a write-off of raw materia...
Top US court to rule on searches of mobile phones
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether police have the authority to search the mobile phones of suspects without a warrant, in a key constitutio...
Print book reading tops in US despite rise of tablets
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
A Pew Research Center study release on Thursday showed that US readers reach for ink-and-paper books despite the rising popularity of tablets and digital works....
China web users surge to 618 million: government
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
The number of web users in China has surged to 618 million, a government agency said Thursday, underscoring the rapid growth of online connectivity in the count...
China's biggest mobile firm starts selling Apple iPhone
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
China Mobile, the country's biggest services provider, on Friday begins selling Apple's iPhone to its millions of customers, ending a six-year wait in a crucial...
Jawbone earpiece makes it easier to love smartphones
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
Jawbone on Thursday began making it easier to love Siri, Google Now or other virtual assistants in a hint at the future portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film "H...
Apple loses bid to remove e-book monitor
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
A federal judge rejected Apple's request to block the work of a court-appointed monitor in its e-book price-fixing case Thursday, chiding the company for failin...
US court muddles outlook for 'Open Internet'
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
With the "Open Internet" rule struck down by a US court, the future of the online landscape is now murkier than ever. An appeals court in Washington this week r...
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