SOFTWARE

A fake tweet about the White House being attacked and the president being injured hammered stocks, for a moment.

A new device from Durex allows users to control vibrating underwear with a smartphone app.

Apple and Volkswagen unveiled the iBeetle this week, a car with deep iPhone integration.

Alicia Keys is showing off her post-baby shape in a small bikini after giving birth to Egypt in 2010.

Germany fined Google the maximum penalty possible for privacy violations, but Google can recover the sum in a matter of minutes.

Reports suggest that Microsoft will bring the Start button back in Windows 8.1 and the boot-to-desktop option in later updates.

Some lines of test code in Google's homepage seem to indicate that the search engine will update its home with Google Now.

EBay CEO emailed millions of users of the company's online marketplace to rouse opposition to imminent federal sales tax legislation.

Altoona, a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa, gets another big high tech project.

Several bogus accounts on Twitter and Facebook have popped up under the name Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, causing confusion and mischief as police search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.

After years of poor results, Alibaba is eager to return Yahoo China to its American parent. Step One is halting email services.

Twitter released a new music app today that aims to help users discover new music.

Apple was named among 198 companies under investigation by China for distributing pornographic material on Chinese Internet.

Rumors suggest the Microsoft's upcoming Windows Blue OS may bring back the boot to desktop feature and the start button.

Actor Jay Mohr sparked gun supporters' ire this week when he posted "2nd Amendment must go" on Twitter in response to the Boston bombings.

Wednesday morning, thousands of users were unable to use Google services like Gmail and Google Drive due to an unexplained outage.

Microsoft's earnings are expected to rise as global software sales offset weak PC revenue.

A Facebook director's statement inspired rumors about Facebook Home coming to Apple and Microsoft. Could it happen?

Google announced that its smart glasses have come off the production line, and Glass will finally be released to developers within days.

Photographs taken during Monday's Boston Marathon bombings appear to show a mystery man watching the attack unfold from a nearby rooftop.

Rumors suggest Xbox 720 will double as a set-top box and have its own set-top box device to support game play for secondhand games.