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IBM (NYSE: IBM) bolstered its security software lines with more sophisticated products.

Quick, open up Google Image Search in a new tab and search for the phrase “completely wrong.” What comes up? Hundreds of pictures of Mitt Romney. Over the past week, Romney’s name has been unintentionally linked with the phrase “completely wrong,” causing him to become practically the only image result for the phrase. How did this happen?

After a paper printed a satellite photo of a top-secret base from the new iPhone app, the government asked Apple to blur the images.

The first U.S. presidential debate has broken records on Twitter, and sparked fictional character accounts such as @FiredBigBird.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) published a “marketing Bible” to turbocharge revenue and take advantage of new mobile platforms.

Facebook Inc e-commerce platform has launched features for users to buy and send gifts, Reuters has reported.

"Minecraft" creator Markus Persson isn't a fan of Windows 8. On Thursday he slammed Microsoft's upcoming operating system via Twitter, marking the second time he has publicly criticized the software.

A photo of a stingray caught in the midst of a photobomb behind a group of tourists went viral.

Square, the new rising star of Silicon Valley founded and lead by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, closed a $200 million fundraising round on Monday that now places the start-up's value at $3.25 billion. The privately-held San Francisco based company hopes to establish itself as the go-to mobile wallet in a growing industry of digital payment systems that all seek to turn smartphones into people's primary means of transaction.

The worldwide cloud services market is estimated to grow 19.6 percent in 2012 to surpass the $109-billion mark, according to a new report by Gartner.

As traditional video games companies like Electronic Arts and Activision Vision struggle to find their way in the free-to-play Internet-based gaming environment, "freemium" companies like Zynga and Kixeye continue to seek the new Holy Grail: monetizing online games.