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RIM turnaround tougher, stock hits 9-year low
The maker of the BlackBerry is running out of time. Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock fell to a nine-year low Friday, a day after the Canadian company ...
Google releases Chrome browser for iPhone, iPad
Google's Chrome browser can now be used to surf the Web on the iPhone and iPad. The Chrome application released Thursday is the latest volley in the ...
Google sells small tablet, challenges Kindle Fire
Google unveiled its attempt to catch up to Apple and Amazon in the growing market for tablet computers. It also provided a titillating glimpse at its ...
How Google's new device compares with rivals
Google Inc. said Wednesday that it will sell its own tablet computer, the Nexus 7, based on its Android operating system. Google is the latest ...
Faster search, better photo sharing in new Android
Faster ways to search content on the Internet and share photos between two phones are promised in the next version of Google's Android operating ...
UK banking software glitch delays payments, bills
A British banking group says it has almost fully cleared up a weeklong banking glitch which delayed posting credits and debits to millions of ...
In London, smartphone app to help catch criminals
Britain's largest police force has unveiled a smartphone application which lets London residents identify suspects at the tap of a touchscreen.
Facebook signs apps privacy agreement
Facebook became the seventh company to agree to give people advance warning if its mobile applications pull personal information from mobile phones ...
Internet group picks little-known executive as CEO
A businessman with experience in building consensus will be the next CEO of the Internet agency in charge of contentious policies surrounding Internet ...
No hard keyboard for first of new BlackBerrys
The first BlackBerry device running Research In Motion Ltd.'s new operating software will not have a physical keyboard, only a touch-screen one.
Windows phones to miss out on new software
As it struggles to gain a foothold against the iPhone and Android phones, Microsoft Corp. is planning to issue a dramatic update to its phone ...
Microsoft tablet risks alienating PC makers
With the unveiling of the Surface tablet, Microsoft is heading into unusual territory: competing with its partners, the very same companies that make ...
Review: Microsoft Surface straddles divide
Microsoft seems to have gotten the design and form factor right with its new Surface tablet computer. But the user interface, not so much. That's an ...
Microsoft's long and tortured history in tablets
For decades, the tablet computer was like a mirage in the technology industry: a great idea, seemingly reachable on the horizon, that disappointed as ...
Ahead of the Bell: Oracle shares up after report
Shares in Oracle rose 5 percent in premarket trading Tuesday after the software maker surprised investors with the early release of its fourth-quarter ...
Microsoft's 'Surface' tablet aims for productivity
Microsoft unveiled a new tablet computer, Surface, that attempts to take advantage of one of the few criticisms of Apple's iPad — that it is better ...
Governments asking Google to remove more content
U.S. authorities are leading the charge as governments around the world pepper Google with more demands to remove online content and turn over ...
US shadow wars rely on drones, computers
After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on ...
Yelp serves restaurant reviews to Microsoft's Bing
Yelp is feeding its online reviews of restaurants and other local merchants to Microsoft's Bing search engine in a move to compete against Zagat ...
Quest Software gets higher buyout bid of $2.15B
Quest Software Inc. has received buyout offer worth about $2.15 billion from an unnamed party, a proposal superior to an existing offer that may ...
Q&A on plans to expand the Internet address system
Proposals for Internet addresses ending in ".pizza," ''.space" and ".auto" are among the nearly 2,000 submitted as part of the largest expansion in ...