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Dell panel rejects proposed vote system change

Jul 31, 2013 (AFP)

The committee set up to consider a buyout of beleaguered computer giant Dell rejected a proposal intended to boost a go-private proposal, according to a letter ...

MIT claims hands clean in suicide of Internet activist

Jul 30, 2013 (AFP)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday issued a report clearing itself of wrongdoing in the suicide of an Internet activist who had been under prosecu...

Apple's Taiwan assembler probing alleged labour abuses

Jul 30, 2013 (AFP)

A Taiwanese company which assembles some Apple devices said Tuesday it is investigating claims of labour abuses by a US rights group. New York-based China Labor...

Facebook shares rebound from dismal IPO

Jul 30, 2013 (AFP)

Facebook shares on Tuesday nearly climbed their way back to the $38 mark from which they plunged after a dismal debut in the stock market last year. Facebook st...

'Smart' homes open doors to hackers

Jul 30, 2013 (AFP)

Smart homes that let residents control alarms, locks and more over the internet are opening doors for crooks with hacker skills, according to computer security ...

Streaming video all about going with the flow

Jul 27, 2013 (UPI)

There's a war going on in your home, and as in most wars the goal is control -- in this case control of what you watch on your television, and more to the point...

Shift to mobile hits tech giants' bottom line

Jul 27, 2013 (AFP)

With the shift to mobile Internet gaining pace, some of the big tech firms are adapting and others are not. The latest earnings from the sector show that mobile...

Apple is squeezed as smartphone market expands

Jul 26, 2013 (AFP)

The global smartphone market showed healthy growth in the second quarter, but Apple's iPhone was squeezed by competition from Samsung and other Asian manufactur...

Isolated Turkmenistan bows to Internet age

Jul 26, 2013 (AFP)

When Turkmen mother Selbi Dzhafarova wanted to buy a toy car for her son's birthday, he burst into tears. "He asked us to buy him a computer instead," she said....

Zynga woes deepen as it loses money and players

Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)

Social games pioneer Zynga reported Thursday that it lost money and players in the last quarter, sending its already struggling shares tumbling. Investors also ...

Death of letters spells tough time for biographers, says royal writer

Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)

The slow death of handwriting might be a boon for email-reading intelligence agencies but not for biographers, says the man entrusted by Queen Elizabeth II to w...

Amazon swings to loss but revenues rise

Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)

Amazon surprised analysts Thursday with a $7 million quarterly loss but said revenues jumped 22 percent from a year ago to $15.7 billion. The online retail gian...

Google has new tablet, new connection to TV

Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)

Google on Wednesday unveiled a slimmer, more powerful tablet computer on its Nexus brand and a thumb-sized device that lets popular mobile gadgets feed online c...

Raised offer for Dell hinges on change in vote process

Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)

Michael Dell and his investor allies modestly boosted their buyout offer Wednesday for the struggling computer giant he founded, and asked the board to change t...

Mobile lifts Facebook profit, stock price surges

Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)

Facebook surprised Wall Street by showing it can make money from folks on smartphones and tablets, causing the leading social network's stock to rocket. "The wo...

3G void limits West Bank's smartphone revolution

Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)

Like many young Palestinians, Amir was excited to get his first smartphone, despite the heavy price tag. But he did not keep it long after realising the lack of...

Verizon unveils three new Droid smartphone models

Jul 23, 2013 (UPI)

While the public awaits the arrival of Motorola's flagship Moto X smartphone, Verizon says it is adding three other new phone models to its offerings. Verizon u...

Apple developing iPhones and tablets with bigger screens: report

Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)

Apple could roll out smartphones and tablets with bigger screens in a move analysts say is an attempt to catch up with a trend set by its major rival Samsung. T...

Apple tops Wall Street forecasts with hot iPhone sales

Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)

Apple beat Wall Street earnings expectations on Tuesday with help from strong sales of iPhones, boosting a share price weighed down by concerns the company was ...

Stanford expert says Internet's backbone can readily be made more sustainable

Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)

Most big data centers, the global backbone of the Internet, could slash their greenhouse gas emissions by 88 percent by switching to efficient, off-the-shelf eq...