US looking at action against China cyberattacks
The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese ...
Apple blocks Java on Macs due to vulnerabilities
Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple ...
NY Times says Chinese hacked paper's computers
Chinese hackers repeatedly penetrated The New York Times' computer systems over the past four months, stealing reporters' passwords and hunting for ...

Review: BlackBerry Z10 is good stab at rebirth
Are you ashamed to have a BlackBerry? It's not exactly a status symbol any more, at least not in the U.S., after it got left in the dust by the iPhone

New BlackBerry won't be released in US until March
Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled new, versatile BlackBerrys after excruciating delays allowed Apple, Samsung and others to build commanding leads in ...

Review: Microsoft Office pricey, but good value
As much as I like Google Docs for word processing and spreadsheets, I find the online software clunky at times. So I was skeptical when I heard ...

RIM changes name to BlackBerry, unveils 2 phones
After lengthy delays, Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its first two phones with the new BlackBerry 10 system. The Q10 will have a physical keyboard, ...

IBM sends Watson to NY college to boost its skills
Watson, the supercomputer famous for beating the world's best human "Jeopardy!" champions, is going to college. IBM is announcing Wednesday that it ...

Microsoft retools Office for touch screen, Web use
Microsoft is aiming its redesigned Office software at the growing number of people who expect their favorite applications to be at their fingertips, ...

Crucial, long-overdue BlackBerry makeover arrives
The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is promising a speedier device, a superb typing experience and the ability to keep work and personal identities ...
Apple updates iPhone, iPad software
Apple has released a software update for iPhones and iPads that speeds up data downloads on some major overseas telecom networks and a handful of ...

Will smart machines create a world without work?
They seem right out of a Hollywood fantasy, and they are: Cars that drive themselves have appeared in movies like "I, Robot" and the television show ...

Practically human: Can smart machines do your job?
Art Liscano knows he's an endangered species in the job market: He's a meter reader in Fresno, Calif. For 26 years, he's driven from house to house, ...
Belkin to buy Linksys router maker from Cisco
Belkin, a maker of smartphone cases and computing accessories, said Thursday that it is buying the home networking business unit of Cisco, including ...

Sony fined in UK over PlayStation cyberattack
British regulators have fined Sony 250,000 pounds ($396,100) for failing to prevent a 2011 cyberattack on its PlayStation Network which put millions ...
Feds: 3 nabbed for widespread Gozi computer virus
A computer virus that spread to more than a million computers worldwide, including some at NASA, and produced at least $50 million in illegal profits ...

AP IMPACT: Recession, tech kill middle-class jobs
Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries ...

Review: Mega sharing service lacks versatility
New Zealand entrepreneur Kim Dotcom — still wanted by U.S. authorities on allegations of copyright infringement — launched a new online service this ...

Pentagon researches new life for dead satellites
Call it space grave robbery for a cause: Imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build ...
Ex-Nokia CEO Kallasvuo heads TV software company
Former Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has joined Swedish TV software company Zenterio as chairman of the board. Kallasvuo, who headed the Finnish ...
EBay's 4Q performance caps company's best year yet
EBay finished last year with a flourish as bargain-hunting holiday shoppers flocked to its Internet shopping mall and digital payment service to help ...

Review: Searching for answers on Facebook
Facebook unveiled a new search tool on Tuesday that gives users a chance to sift through the photos, places and other information available on the ...
Software company SAP says Q4 sales up 12 pct
Business software provider SAP AG says sales rose 12 percent in the fourth quarter thanks to strong results from Asia. Revenues rose to €5.02 billion ...
Alibaba founder Jack Ma stepping down as CEO
One of the world's most successful Internet entrepreneurs, Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, announced Tuesday he is stepping down ...
China added 51 million Internet users in 2012
China's population of Internet users rose 10 percent last year to 564 million even as communist authorities tightened controls on content, according ...