Facebook and the state of Washington sued a company on Thursday they accused of a practice called clickjacking that fools users of the world's top social network into visiting advertising sites, divulging personal information and spreading the scam to friends.
More and more businesses are adopting Apple products, be it workers bringing their iGear with them to work or IT managers favoring it over Microsoft, a new report from Forrester Research said. Forrester asked nearly 10,000 workers in 17 countries about the subject, and found 21% of information workers use at least one Apple device at work.
Motorola's Droid Razr Maxx goes on sale today on Verizon, but should you grab the new smartphone or wait a few more weeks for the Nokia Lumia 900? It depends if you are an AT&T or Verizon customer or if you're contract is already up from your current carrier.
Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called on Wednesday for a base on the moon and an expanded federal purse for prize money to stimulate private-sector space projects.
Not only will there not be any iPad 3 announcements at the 2012 MacWorld/iWorld expo in San Francisco, Apple won't even be there at all. They abandoned the annual show long ago, so the show now features Apple accessories and apps. This year, however, the expo is bringing in more art exhibits and musical acts because, and let's be honest here, without Apple, the show just isn't as relevant. This isn't CES where every electronics maker in the world shows up to display their new gear.
YouTube, the world's most popular online video-sharing site, is showing inexorable growth. Google announced that people watch 4 billion videos on YouTube per day. And every minute, 60 hours of videos are getting uploaded. To celebrate this achievement, YouTube has launched a special comic-cartoony site (http://www.onehourpersecond.com/) to show what one hour per second means in various situation.
Internet search engine giant Google has announced that they plan to unify almost 60 services (such as Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Docs, Google+, Google Search, Google Maps, etc) to provide a simpler and more intuitive Google experience under one privacy policy. Chrome browser, Google Books and Google Wallet are excluded from the unified services.
The rumors about the iPhone 5 are surging wave upon wave. The latest one suggests that the forthcoming handset is gearing up for production.
The highly anticipated next generation iPad, dubbed iPad 3, will reportedly debut at Macworld/iWorld, which is scheduled for Jan. 26-28 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
The next generation Apple tablet, dubbed iPad 3, is expected to surface in late February/early March, bringing to a closure the growing rumors about its features and release date. Ever since iPad 2 was unveiled in February last year, Apple fans have been closely watching every move of the tech giant with the hope that they get some hint about the release date and specs of iPad 2's successor.
New rumors about the iPhone 5 point to a summer 2012 launch, but should you wait until then or pick up a soon to be released Nokia Lumia 900 or HTC Titan II?
Steve Jobs said 'nobody wants a stylus' when he announced the iPhone back in 2007. Ever since then, most tablet makers have taken the idea of 'if it comes with a stylus you're doing it wrong' and run with it. Sure some of the slate style tablets sold to businesses included a stylus, but the most popular devices over the last few years have been of the decidedly non-stylus variety, including the iPad.
Kim Dotcom, the founder of MegaUpload, which is one of the world's leading file-sharing and online storage sites but now defunct, was denied bail by the North Shore District Court on Wednesday.
Facebook's new Timeline feature is about to become permanent for everybody's profile, so you might as well take advantage and try a couple of the the ten best apps for Timeline. The Timeline is Facebook's new way of letting you tell the story of your life. Anyone checking out your profile can see all of the things you've done in your Facebook life, and even back to the day you were born.
Is Facebook really a social network service, which is run by sharing information within close friends' network? A report by the Facebook data team has something interesting to tell.
Delta Air Lines was diverting some flights on polar routes between Detroit and Asia to avoid disruptions to aircraft communications by a strong solar radiation storm, the airline said on Tuesday.
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson said reviving the company's flagging display advertising business was his highest priority, even as he crafts a broader plan to bring the struggling Internet company back to fighting form.
Kim Dotcom, the founder of file-sharing site Megaupload.com who faces a lengthy jail term in the United States if convicted of racketeering, money laundering and Internet piracy, seems to have a mischievous sense of humor.
Instead of dodging questions, Apple's new CEO Tim Cook broke his silence and candidly spoke about the much-hyped Apple TV on Tuesday.
Only about three months after Apple launched its iCloud service, it already boasts of over 85 million users, the company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said during the Q1 2012 financial earning calls on Tuesday.
The Internet search engine giant Google will update its privacy policy and terms of service (TOS), granting it explicit right to combine personal information across multiple products and services, the company announced, Tuesday, on its official blog.
The magic of Steve Jobs may be absent in his successor Tim Cook but Cook's leadership is working well in Apple. On Tuesday, the tech giant has announced that its net profit has more than doubled to $13.06 billion in the fiscal first quarter. The Holiday sale of 37 million units of iPhone and 15.4 million units of iPad sale were seen as the biggest contribution towards the outstanding profit in the holiday quarter. No wonder, iPhone and iPad account for 72% of Apple's total revenue.
A Japanese company called Rakuten bought e-book retailer Kobo in January 2012, and plans to roll all of its e-publishing work into Kobo, all to take on Amazon.
Apple's MacBook Air line of thin and light laptops has been a hit since it debuted, but put it up against any number of Windows machines, and one that stands out is the Toshiba Portege. Both are thin and powerful and costing far less than the $2000 for some full size power notebooks.
Internet search engine giant Google has poured out $9.7 million on lobbying U.S. lawmakers and regulators in 2011, according to Google's latest bill in U.S. Senate Office of Public Records.
Just as iPhone 4S and iPad 2 posted record sales in their debut weekends, Absinthe A5 untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5 or 5.0.1 has become mega-popular - according to an iPhone Dev team blog post, at least 950,000 A5 untethered devices accessed Cydia app store between Friday and Monday afternoon, reflecting the pent-up demand for the A5 untethered jailbreak. The A5 jailbreak was released on Friday.
There's a good news for the jailbreak community - a few hours ago, the hackers dream team released the Linux version of GreenPois0n Absinthe A5 untethered jailbreaking tool, besides updating Absinthe to v0.3 for Windows and Mac users.
Two of the best tablet deals for the price are the Asus Eee Pad Transformer and Sony Tablet S for $400 because they are full sized tablets with plenty of features.
After the U. S. government shut down the major file-sharing and online storage site Megaupload, citing copyright infringement and other felonies, last week, similar sites at risk of impending prosecution are now ducking for cover. It gives rise to a question - is Megaupload shutdown the beginning of the end of these sites?
People who challenge their brains throughout their lifetimes -- through reading, writing and playing games -- are less likely to develop protein deposits in the brain linked with Alzheimer's, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
