Google Ousts Apple from No.2 Top Smartphone Maker

May 11, 2010

Google Inc., the maker of the ever-more popular Android phones, has now taken away the Top 2 spot from Apple Inc. after outselling the iPhone in the US market during the first quarter of 2010. Many of the analysts said that the change in lead for the Smartphone software industry has now sparked a tougher [...]

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Global Community Presses China to Drop Internet Security Policy

April 28, 2010

The United States, European Union and the rest of the global community have asked China to drop or temporarily suspend the deadline to technology companies to enable them to finish computer encryption and other security programs that will be used in country’s “Green Dam” policy. The US and EU has condemned the pressure by the [...]

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Chinese Hackers Steal Google Program

April 20, 2010

After the Chinese government was accused of ordering the series of hacking to some US organizations’ websites, Internet giant Google Inc. was allegedly attacked by hackers from China and stole its key program used by the company to access most of the online services it provides to users. According to The New York Times report, [...]

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Microsoft Investigates Harsh Working Condition in Chinese Factory

April 15, 2010

Technology giant Microsoft said Wednesday it is conducting an investigation after receiving reports about the harsh working conditions in one of its factories in China. In a statement, the US company said it is taking the issue seriously and vows to take the appropriate action in case the vendor has committed labor violations against the [...]

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Italian Court Convicts Google of Privacy Violation

April 13, 2010

Milan: A court ruling has found three Google employees guilty of privacy violation and accused the search engine giant of profiting and hosting an online video showing an autistic teenager being bullied by his classmates. In a court decision, Judge Oscar Magi said Google privacy counsel Peter Fleischer, retired chief financial officer George Reyes, and [...]

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Online Communities Appeal to More Women

April 7, 2010

More young women in the US are using online communities than their male counterparts, according to the researchers at the University of Southern California. Online communities include popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Multiply, and MySpace, and online gathering sites which allows users to share their own interests and hobbies. While such online properties [...]

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Court Rejects Microsoft’s Appeal to Review the $290M Ruling

April 5, 2010

Seattle: In a landmark event, a federal appellate court on Thursday rejected Microsoft’s petition to review the $290 million ruling after losing from the patent lawsuit involving the company’s popular word processing programs. In a statement, software company i4i (based in Toronto, Canada) which sued the Microsoft in 2007, said the latest court ruling is [...]

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Journalist Group Shuts Website After the Cyber Attack

April 3, 2010

Beijing, China: A journalist group said Friday it has shut down its website after a series of cyber attacks which included hacking several Yahoo email accounts of foreign journalists in the country. In a letter sent through email, The Foreign Correspondents Club of China said that it had temporarily shut down its website after being [...]

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Underage Children with Facebook Account Increasing

March 30, 2010

A new study by media watchdog Ofcom showed that the number of children, aged 12 years old and below, who have Facebook and other social networking accounts increased in the past couple of years. According to the report, many of these children have ignored the age restrictions by the social networking sites by posing as [...]

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Credit Card Data Hacker Gets 20 years behind Bars

March 27, 2010

A United States District Court sentenced a 28-year-old computer hacker to 20 years in prison after pleading “guilty” to charges of orchestrating one of the largest credit and debit card data theft in history. US District Judge Patti Saris, in his order, said that Albert Gonzalez will spend 15 to 25 years in prison after [...]

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