HP rebuffs ex-Autonomy CEO, warns of legal action
(Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Co rebuffed a request by former Autonomy Chief Executive Mike Lynch to detail accusations of accounting fraud leveled against the British software company and its former ex...
Microsoft Says It Has Identified Windows Phone Rebooting Issue, Plans Fix for December
Microsoft said it believes it has identified a problem that was causing some Windows Phone 8 devices to reboot without warning. — The company said it hopes to deliver an over-the-air software fix ne...
Apple Said to Fire Maps Manager After Flaws Hurt IPhone 5 Debut
Apple Inc. (AAPL) has fired the manager responsible for its troubled mapping software, seeking to win back the trust of users disappointed after the program debuted in September, according to people f...
Microsoft: We've sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses to date
Summary: Microsoft has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses to date, according to the chief marketing and financial officer of the Windows division. — Microsoft has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses ...
Exclusive: Is Andrew Mason on the Bubble as CEO of Groupon?
According to sources close to the situation, several Groupon board members have been seriously discussing making major leadership changes at the Chicago-based daily deals company, including bringing i...
On Cyber Monday, Mobile — Not Social — Takes All the Glory
Not Social — Takes All the Glory — On Cyber Monday, Etsy said it completed more sales than at any time in its seven-year history, driven by a number of factors. — One standout measurement was the n...
Google Play Gets Real: Reviews Will Now Be Posted With Your Google+ Name And Picture
When you visit a review on Google Play for an app, book, song or movie, you won't have to worry as much about whether someone is sheepishly hiding behind a computer firing off nasty words …
Ericsson Sues Samsung on Patents
BERLIN — Ericsson, the market leader in mobile phone networking equipment, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Samsung, the biggest smartphone maker, claiming that it had infringed on 24 of Ericsson's sof...
Security Flaw In Common Keycard Locks Exploited In String Of Hotel Room Break-Ins
Matthew Allen Cook, who police have charged in one Houston hotel room break-in and suspect in others. Hotel staff say a hacking tool was used to open its keycard locks. — Whoever robbed Janet Wolf'...
Special Report: Silicon Valley's dirty secret - age bias
(Reuters) - When Randy Adams, 60, was looking for a chief-executive officer job in Silicon Valley last year, he got turned down from position after position that he thought he was going to nail — only...
Kantar Worldpanel: Apple Shoots Back To Top Of U.S. Smartphone Sales On An iPhone 5 Rocket, Android Leading Elsewhere
Samsung may be be the world's most popular smartphone brand, but in the influential U.S. market, Apple has climbed back to the top of the pack on the strength of its iPhone 5 sales.
Bing's top searches reveal iPhone 5 as No. 1 news story
What do the iPhone 5, Kim Kardashian, and Pizza Hut have in common? Top Bing searches. — Believe it or not but the No. 1 most searched for news story on Bing this year has been the launch of Apple'...
Microsoft sells 750,000 Xbox consoles on Black Friday weekend after seven years of sales
Microsoft revealed today that it has sold more than 750,000 Xbox 360 consoles in the US on Black Friday weekend. Despite being seven years old, the Xbox 360's strong Black Friday sales follow 22 mont...
Long Before H-P Deal, Autonomy's Red Flags
CAMBRIDGE, England—When Autonomy Corp. was starting up in this historic university town, founder Mike Lynch stuck a sign on an office door that read “Authorized Personnel Only.” Behind the door, he t...
Gmail now lets you insert up to 10GB of Google Drive files directly into an email
Google on Tuesday announced a new way to send files by further linking together its Gmail and Drive services. You can now directly insert files you host on Google Drive into an email on Gmail.
Apple announces redesigned 21.5-inch iMac will be available Friday, November 30th, 27-inch models still on for December
After being unveiled in late-October, Apple has officially announced that the 21.5-inch iMac will be available Friday, November 30th. The latest iMac is the eighth generation and …
The Internet's Best Terrible Person Goes to Jail: Can a Reviled Master Troll Become a Geek Hero?
On a gray Wednesday morning in October, the car headed west on the Lincoln Highway Bridge hit 100 miles per hour and I started to worry it might hurtle off into the tangle of rusted …
Setting aside the smartphone: two weeks with Samsung's Galaxy Camera
Exploring the world with the hottest cameras and smartphones, I've grown accustomed to drawing discrete glances from curious gadget enthusiasts. In Tokyo, it was Canon's EOS M camera that netted poli...
Google's second wave of Nexus 4 orders beset by purchasing glitches, sellout notices
Google put its second batch of Nexus 4 smartphones on sale in the US today at 12pm PST, but as soon as a minute later, the website was showing ‘sold out’ status for the device.
AMAZON: We Doubled Kindle Sales—No, We're Not Telling You What That Really Means
No, We're Not Telling You What That Really Means — Amazon has another (pretty much) informationless press release out about Kindle sales this morning. — The closest thing we get to real data: World...
Outlook.com breaks the 25 million active user mark, releases an Android app and new themes
Outlook.com broke the 10 million user mark in August, and managed to break past 1 million in its first day live as a service. Today Microsoft has announced that its new email service has more than 25...
Obvious-Incubated Lift Lands $2.5M From Spark Capital, SV Angel To Help You Build Good Habits
After nearly a year in development, Lift launched its first mobile product in August behind an ambitious goal: Boost human potential by helping people achieve their goals.
After cashing out to Google and Twitter, Ori Allon is going all in with Urban Compass
Can a programming prodigy disrupt the offline world as well? — When I meet up with Ori Allon for coffee on New York's Lower East Side, he paid special attention to the stools.
BT website allows anyone to add services to an account with a phone number and postcode
A security flaw allowing anyone armed with your phone number and correct UK postcode to add services to your BT account has been spotted by The Register. The site showed how easy …
Serious Google security glitch restores Webmaster Tools, possibly Analytics access to revoked accounts
Earlier tonight, reports began rolling in of a serious breach in Google accounts security. Some sort of glitch has granted access to Webmaster Tools, Google Analytics and perhaps …
Nokia Lumia 920 Review - High Quality But It's Heavy
Both Nokia and Microsoft were once titans in the smartphone world, but the pair have struggled to find favor with consumers, carriers and developers in the iPhone-Android era. Now, the two companies,...
HBO Sets Up Digital Shop in Seattle
Cable TV service Home Box Office is opening its first dedicated software-development office to work on mobile apps and other digital products. But HBO's new techie outpost isn't in Silicon Valley but...
How Google Plans to Find the UnGoogleable
The company wants to improve its mobile search services by automatically delivering information you wouldn't think to search for online. — Why It Matters — Google could extend its reach by finding...
Google Joins Apple in Drawing French Tax Collectors' Indignation
Google Inc. (GOOG), Apple (AAPL) Inc. and other Internet-linked companies may soon feel the long arm of the French taxman. — In what may be Europe's first such effort, President Francois Hollande's ...
Indoor map technology poses challenges, opportunities
Digital cartographers view indoor space as an untapped but potentially lucrative field. — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Start-ups and tech giants pursue varying solutions, but tapping Wi-Fi networks is most p...
Nintendo makes Wii Mini official: exclusive to Canada, launches December 7th for $100
That was quick — scarcely two hours after Best Buy spoiled the party, Nintendo is launching the Wii Mini. The console is a Canada-exclusive and cuts out both GameCube compatibility and, more importan...
New York City Police Amassing a Trove of Cellphone Logs
When a cellphone is reported stolen in New York, the Police Department routinely subpoenas the phone's call records, from the day of the theft onward. The logic is simple: If a thief uses the phone, ...
64-bit Firefox for Windows should be prioritized, not suspended
The Red Panda, or Firefox, is an adorable inhabitant of forests in foothills of the Himalayas. — Flickr user — The stable, supported, mainstream version of Firefox on Windows is a 32-bit applicati...
Apple's iPad driving e-commerce as market shifts from desktop-based purchases
A new study claims the rapid rise of tablet computing is not only driving e-commerce, but is changing the market's landscape, prompting many traditional retailers to respond by revamping their online ...
Apple and LG Electronics Face Trial Over Alcatel-Lucent Patents
Apple Inc. (AAPL) and LG Electronics Inc. (066570) are set to face trial over claims by an Alcatel-Lucent SA (ALU) unit that they infringed patents for electronic devices including phones and computer...
Ericsson sues Samsung over wireless patents after growing frustrated by 2 years of negotiation
Ericsson is the latest to file a patent suit against Samsung after the Swedish telecoms firm accused the Korean electronics giant of refusing to sign FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) …
Bitter struggle over Internet regulation to dominate global summit
(Reuters) - An unprecedented debate over how the global Internet is governed is set to dominate a meeting of officials in Dubai next week, with many countries pushing to give a United Nations body bro...
Google settles Immersion patent lawsuit, licenses its haptic technology for use in future Motorola devices
Nine months after it was named in a patent lawsuit by touch feedback development company Immersion, Google has signed a settlement and licensing agreement with the company …
With over a million downloads, Microsoft's Bing translator app comes to Windows Phone 8
One of the most popular and useful mobile apps out there on the Windows Phone platform is the Bing Translator app. This free service combines augmented reality with the phone's camera and speech & te...
Chevrolet adds Siri to 2013 Spark; Previews next-gen MyLink
Siri is hitching a ride in the 2013 Chevrolet Spark and Sonic LZ and RS, with support for the voice control system in the MyLink infotainment systems; meanwhile, an all-new version will debut in the 2...
Google launches “Defend Your Net” campaign in Germany to protest against planned copyright restrictions
For Google, what is happening in Germany right now is a very big issue. If the German Bundestag (government) gets its way, the search giant could be forced to remove publisher content …
Facebook Claimant Ceglia Indicted for Wire, Mail Fraud
Paul Ceglia was indicted on charges he faked evidence to support his claims that he signed a contract with Facebook Inc. (FB) Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg giving him a multibillion-dollar s...