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Google ordered to change autocomplete function in Japan

03/26/2012

Google has been ordered to disable part of its autocomplete function in Japan after complaints it violates privacy...more

AT&T Accused of Improperly Billing for Service for Deaf

03/23/2012

The Justice Department has accused AT&T of knowing that a calling service it offered for the deaf was being used by Nigerian swindlers and others to steal from American merchants...more

Carpathia seeks help with Megaupload data

03/23/2012

The company looking after the data of closed file-sharing site Megaupload has appealed for help managing the giant pile of information...more

Mayor Warns of the Pitfalls in Social Media

03/22/2012

In a speech on Wednesday in Singapore, where he received a prize for urban sustainability, Mr. Bloomberg spoke about the difficulties of leading a city into the future amid a political culture that is often focused on the short term...more

Data theft: Hacktivists ‘steal more than criminals’

03/22/2012

Hacktivists stole more data from large corporations than cybercriminals in 2011, according to a study of significant security incidents...more

London 2012: Olympic Games internet speeds may lag in London warning

03/21/2012

While everyone is hoping for super-fast speeds from the UK's athletes at the London Olympics, experts are warning that internet speeds may not keep pace...more

Software Licenses Help Oracle Beat Estimates

03/21/2012

Oracle, the biggest maker of database software, exceeded analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit and new license sales on Tuesday, a sign of buoyant demand for programs that help companies organize data and run operations...more

Flush With Cash, Apple Plans Buyback and Dividend

03/20/2012

Apple announced on Monday that it would at last return some of its cash pile to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks, at a cost of more than $10 billion a year for the next three years. But it is attracting so much cash — $1 billion a week in the last holiday season alone — that the move will not put a dent in Apple’s coffers...more

Free mobile apps ‘drain battery faster’

03/20/2012

Free mobile apps which use third-party services to display advertising consume considerably more battery life, a new study suggests...more

For Apple, Pressure Builds Over App Store Fraud

03/16/2012

In a little over an hour, Ryan Matthew Pierson racked up $437.71 in iTunes charges for virtual currency that he could use to buy guns, nightclubs and cars in iMobsters, a popular iPhone game. One problem: Mr. Pierson, a technology writer in Texas, has never played iMobsters...more

Apple and Samsung bury differences over iPad launch

03/16/2012

A global legal clash between Apple and Samsung has not stopped the pair working together on the new iPad...more

With Video, Obama Looks to Expand Campaign’s Reach Through Social Media

03/15/2012

When presidential candidates have a message they want voters to hear far and wide, they have typically turned to that old campaign standby: the television ad...more

Anonymous operating system prompts security warnings

03/15/2012

More than 26,000 people have downloaded an operating system which members of the Anonymous hacker group claim to have created...more

Cyber-attack on BBC leads to suspicion of Iran’s involvement

03/14/2012

A "sophisticated cyber-attack" on the BBC has been linked to Iran's efforts to disrupt the BBC Persian Service...more

New Interest in Hacking as Threat to Security

03/14/2012

During the five-month period between October and February, there were 86 reported attacks on computer systems in the United States that control critical infrastructure, factories and databases, according to the Department of Homeland Security, compared with 11 over the same period a year ago...more