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The vicious remark by a Republican student leader at the University of Texas, on Twitter, was met with scathing criticism on Wednesday. Hours after the police arrested a 21-year-old Idaho man for firing a rifle at the White House, Lauren Pierce tweeted that the idea of assassinating the U.S. President was tempting.

China-based Qihoo 360 Technology Co posted better-than-expected quarterly results and forecast strong revenue for the current quarter as the provider of antivirus software draws more money from online advertising.

China-based Qihoo 360 Technology Co (QIHU.N) posted better-than-expected quarterly results and forecast strong revenue for the current quarter as the provider of antivirus software draws more money from online advertising.

Facebook has come under fire in recent weeks over claims that the company violates users' privacy by publicizing too much of individual's personal information. Facebook engineering director Arturo Bejar explains how cookies are used to track members and non-members' information even after they've logged out of the site.

It’s been a very “Minecraft” week. Minecon, the fan convention, kicks off Nov. 18, marking the release of the “final” version coming out. Now in a surprise move, developer Mojang will release the iOS version of the game Nov. 17.

YouTube's new premium content push featuring the likes of Madonna and Ashton Kutcher spurred speculation that the Google-owned site is issuing a direct challenge to the television industry.

U.S. listed software company iGate said that it plans to delist shares of its unit Patni Computer Systems to obtain full ownership of the company.

Facebook has identified the source of a hack that subjected thousands of users to graphic photographs of violence and pornography on Tuesday.

For those who can't wait to get their hands on the post-beta launch of the Minecraft good news: Mojang just released the non-beta 1.0 version.

Apple Inc moved to shore up its board after the death of Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs, appointing Walt Disney Co chief executive Bob Iger to its board to propel its media ambitions.

Until now, users with jailbroken devices have been using apps like SBSettings to toggle different settings with a tap on the home screen. Here is how to add bookmarks on the home screen that lead you to the required settings screens with one just one tap without any jailbreak.

Most popular social networking site Facebook is in trouble after being attacked by unknown hackers. Indecent content have hit some people's Facebook newsfeeds in the last few days.

Some links also showed the popular teenage singer Justin Bieber in compromising situation.

Design software maker Autodesk Inc's third-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates on strong demand across all its geographies.

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it is investigating a rash of unsolicited graphic images that hit some users' accounts this week.

Developer, Mojang, released the sixth beta 1.9 prerelease via twitter. The patch includes the game's boss fight: a huge dragon. The game is due to be released sometime during Minecon, the game's fan convention, held in Las Vegas Nov. 18 and 19.

Reports Tuesday suggest that rather than auction itself to the likes of Microsoft or Walt Disney or to a private equity investor such as Silver Lake Partners or Providence Equity Partners, Yahoo may try a PIPE.

Google sent the source code for its Android 4.0 system update to developers in early November, and they are now free to tinker with the system and add different features to the customizable operating system. One of those features includes hacking Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and building a version that can be downloaded before the official version is sent out to certain devices.

A new Facebook virus uses clickjacking to spam friends and users with sexually offensive, violent and gory images of people, celebrities and animals.

There have been some interesting rumors surrounding Nintendo's new Wii U console: EA's digital distribution service, Origin, may be a big part of the Wii U's online experience. The info is highly questionable, however.

Facebook has been hit hard by an all-new virus, where people have reported pornographic and violent images being streamed continuously on their newsfeeds.