China pips Apple on iPhone 5 launch
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) next-generation iPhone has not even been released yet, but opportunistic sellers on China’s largest e-commerce platform, Taobao, are already accepting...
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Hackers claim to steal 450,000 Yahoo accounts
(Reuters) – A previously unknown hacker group has posted online the details of 450,000 user accounts and passwords it claims to have taken from a...
Social networks scan for sexual predators, with uneven results
(Reuters) – On March 9 of this year, a piece of Facebook software spotted something suspicious. A man in his early thirties was chatting about...
Analysis: Tech Inc’s invincible aura fades
(Reuters) – Hopes are evaporating that top technology companies will offer a safe harbor this year from the economic storms swirling across Europe, Asia and...
Google to pay $22.5 mln to settle privacy charges – WSJ
REUTERS – Google Inc(GOOG.O) is close to paying $22.5 million to settle charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple’s(AAPL.O) Safari browser,...
Thousands face internet loss as FBI shuts off servers
More than 300,000 people, including many in the US and UK, could lose internet access later as the FBI shuts off servers used by cyber...
HTC profit lags forecasts, faces challenges in third quarter
(Reuters) – Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp (2498.TW) saw profit more than halve in the second quarter after European sales disappointed and phones destined for...
Virus could black out nearly 250,000 PCs
(Reuters) – About a quarter-million computer users around the world are at risk of losing Internet access on Monday because of malicious software at the...
Microsoft stumbles into crucial financial year
(Reuters) – An ugly first week for Microsoft Corp’s new financial year, probably its most important to date, has done little to inspire confidence that...
Yahoo CEO search down to Levinsohn, Hulu’s Kilar
(Reuters) – The race to become Yahoo Inc’s next chief executive appears to have come down to two candidates: current interim CEO Ross Levinsohn and...