Twitter reveals secrets: Details of British users handed over in landmark case that could help Ryan Giggs
Twitter has handed over the confidential details of British users in a landmark legal case. — For the first time, the American social networking site has bowed to a court action brought …
Exclusive: Hackers breached U.S. defense contractors
Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and several other U.S. military contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the attacks told Reuters. They br...
Alaska Airlines ditches paper flight manuals for iPads
The iPad has already gotten the go-ahead from the FAA as a replacement for paper flight charts and maps, and now Alaska Airlines has become the first major US airline to hop on board the paperless ban...
A MacBook with Apple inside? Intel begs to differ
Rumors about Apple developing a MacBook with one of its own chips—not Intel's—were advanced on Friday, based on a post at a Japanese-language Web site. An Intel executive had some thoughts on the sub...
DNS filtering: absolutely the wrong way to defend copyrights
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has called the PROTECT IP Act “a threat to our economic future and to our international objectives.” He characterized its predecessor as a “bunker-busting cluster bomb when w...
Facebook Still Has No iPad App But They're Building A Desktop Software Team?!
Facebook has no iPad app. It's ridiculous. Their iPhone app is the most downloaded app in the history of apps. And third-party iPad apps (many of which aim to trick users) constantly dominate the t...
Iran Plans to Unplug Internet, Create Its Own
Iran is waging war on open Internet. Looking to limit the cyber-infiltration of Western ideas, Iran's telecommunications chief claimed that, in two years time, all Iranians would be forced to use a s...
Facebook Reaches New High Of $87.5 Billion
Facebook stock closed at $35 in an auction on SharesPost yesterday. That means the company's value has reached a new high of $87.5 billion, assuming the company still has 2.5 billion outstanding shar...
People are changing their Facebook profile photo more often every year
Today we took a closer look at the most important part of your Facebook profile, yes that's right, the profile photo. Photofeed's smart algorithm sorts through an immense amount of data every while r...
Sony Exec to Testify About PlayStation Network Hack
Congress has been looking into the theft of millions of credit card numbers from Sony's PlayStation Network, and, until now, Sony has declined to testify about it. — That will change next week. Son...
Attention, shoppers: Men outspend women 9 to 1 on mobile virtual goods
Given the stereotype of how much women love shopping, you'd expect them to be the biggest spenders online. And women are indeed fueling purchases at sites such as Gilt Groupe. But when it comes to p...
Discover The Patterns Of Successful Internet Startups In The Startup Genome Report
Today we are releasing the first Startup Genome Report with in-depth analysis on what makes internet startups successful based on data from over 650 startups. Here is a small window into the report w...
RIM Hopes Cars Drive PlayBook Sales
BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion Ltd. may be falling behind rivals in the smartphone war, but it is hoping to pull ahead in the brewing battle to bring mobile technology into the car. — The Canad...
Samsung's lawyers demand to see the iPhone 5 and iPad 3
We always knew the Apple / Samsung lawsuit would produce some major fireworks, and Samsung just lit off a corker: the company filed a motion Friday night asking Apple to turn over the iPhone 5 and iPa...
Facebook's New Desktop Software Team Could Build Apps to Report Media Consumption
Facebook is accepting applications from engineers to join a new desktop software team at its Seattle office. The responsibilities of the “Software Engineer, Desktop Software” position we noticed …
Hands-on with Amazon's Mac software store
Amazon's Mac software store offers some benefits, but falls short of Apple's Mac App Store — Amazon on Thursday announced its Mac Software Downloads store, the company's latest attempt at competing ...
iOS 5 to Bring Revamped Notification System and Widgets?
TechCrunch reports on some of the discussion surrounding Apple's apparent efforts to encourage members of the international press to attend its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) early next month,...
D-Wave Sells First Quantum Computer
On Wednesday, D-Wave Systems made history by announcing the sale of the world's first commercial quantum computer. The buyer was Lockheed Martin Corporation, who will use the machine to help solve so...
Tim Pawlenty Tests Facebook Sponsored Stories
Republican Presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty's digital team is using new Facebook ads to ensure the candidate stays top-of-mind when supporters visit the site. Pawlenty announced his official candida...
At the eG8, 20th century ideas clashed with the 21st century economy
The scene was set, the players chosen. Amidst the gorgeous environs of the Tuileries Gardens next to the Louvre in Paris, an immense pavilion and grand dais would host a global conversation on the gr...