Secret British spy unit mounted cyberattacks against Anonymous and LulzSec, Snowden docs show
War on Anonymous: British Spies Attacked Hackers, Snowden Docs Show — A secret British spy unit created to mount cyber attacks on Britain's enemies has waged war on the hacktivists of Anonymous and ...
Samsung plans relatively low-key Unpacked 5 event, won't include eye scanner in Galaxy S5
Samsung Reins In the Theatrics for Galaxy S5 — TOKYO — Don't expect a lot of singing and dancing when Samsung Electronics introduces the next generation of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, th...
Twitter Crushes With Q4 Revenue Of $242.7M, But Shows Slow User Growth To 241M Actives
After the bell this afternoon, Twitter reported its maiden earnings as a public company, with fourth-quarter revenue of $242.7 million and earnings per share of $0.02 (non-GAAP).
The New Snowden Revelation Is Dangerous for Anonymous — And for All of Us
And for All of Us — The latest Snowden-related revelation is that Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) proactively targeted the communications infrastructure used by the online act...
Amazon Acquires Video Gaming Studio Double Helix Games
Amazon has acquired a gaming studio called Double Helix Games, TechCrunch has learned, and Amazon now confirms. The deal was for both talent and IP, we understand. Financial terms have not been disc...
Apple faces $2 billion damages claim in Mannheim over wireless patents — trial on Tuesday (Feb. 11)
trial on Tuesday (Feb. 11) — On Tuesday (February 11, 2014), Apple will have to defend itself in a German patent trial against a damages claim amounting to 1.57 billion euros ($2.12 billion), plus pr...
37signals changes name to Basecamp, will focus solely on that product, may spin off or sell Campfire and Highrise
Two big announcements. — This year marks 37signals' 15th year in business. And today is Basecamp's 10th birthday. We have a lot to celebrate, and two exciting announcements to share.
Target Hackers Broke in Via HVAC Company
Last week, Target told reporters at The Wall Street Journal and Reuters that the initial intrusion into its systems was traced back to network credentials that were stolen from a third party vendor. ...
Long-Time Google Ads Exec Susan Wojcicki is YouTube's New Boss
Susan Wojcicki, SVP of advertising for Google, will lead its YouTube unit, sources said. — The news was first reported as likely by The Information late Tuesday night. — Wojcicki was employee No. ...
Apple pulls popular Bitcoin wallet app Blockchain from App Store, used by over a million people
Apple Yanks World's Most Popular Bitcoin Wallet From App Store — Apple has removed the world's most popular bitcoin wallet from its App Store. — Late Wednesday, the tech giant yanked …
HTC Sees New Devices and Fresh Marketing Push Driving Turnaround
HTC Corp. (2498) said an updated version of the One smartphone, its first wearable device and a renewed focus on marketing will help turn around the company this year after two straight annual decline...
Inside the Microsoft CEO Search: How Satya Nadella Was Chosen
Gates, Ballmer and Board Debated as They Went From 100 Candidates to One — The search for a new Microsoft Corp. leader was taking its toll. — It had been five months since Steve Ballmer announced ...
Introducing Twitter Data Grants
Today we're introducing a pilot project we're calling Twitter Data Grants, through which we'll give a handful of research institutions access to our public and historical data. — With more than 500 ...
Google Confirms Susan Wojcicki Is New YouTube Head
Susan Wojcicki is Google's new SVP of YouTube, Google confirmed today. We wrote about the shift last night. — Google CEO Larry Page said in an emailed statement, “Salar and the whole YouTube team h...
Facing 228 unresolved patent claims, Apple joins Google in asking Supreme Court to curb patent abuse
Apple Joins Google in Pressing Court to Curb Patent Abuse — Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc. (GOOG), saying they're tired of being slapped with frivolous patent suits that cost millions …
Steve Jobs wanted Sony VAIOs to run OS X
Ex-Sony president recalls an unforgettable golf course meeting — In 2005, Steve Jobs' announcement that Apple's computers would be moving from PowerPC to Intel surprised many. OS X had been living ...
Google Ends EU Antitrust Probe Pledging Rival Links
Google Inc. (GOOG), the owner of the world's largest search engine, reached a settlement to end the European Union's three-year antitrust probe after it offered to display results from rival search se...
Visitors to Sochi Olympics should expect to be hacked (video)
There's little question at this point that the logistics in Sochi, from hotel rooms to public infrastructure, are a mess, but one of the greatest threats to visitors is one they can't even see.
Windows 8.1 Update 1 now looking like April
Summary: Microsoft's new ship target for its coming Windows 8.1 Update 1 may have shifted from March to April, according to sources. — I've heard from two of my sources in the past week that Microso...
New York Police Department is beta-testing Google Glass
Caption: Google Glass: watching me, watching you. — Source: Jolie O'Dell/VentureBeat — Google Glass may soon become a favored tool for law enforcement agencies in the United States. — The New Yo...
Google goes to war on ‘fraudulent’ YouTube video views
Says inflated counts are misleading fans and 'undermining one of YouTube's most important and unique qualities' — YouTube visitors watch more than six billion hours of video every month, but not all...
Newegg's answer to Amazon Prime: $50 per year for expedited shipping
If you're the type of person who makes electronics purchases on a whim but then agonizes over which shipping to choose, you may be happy to hear about Newegg Premier. — Taking a page out of Amazon's...
Business Intelligence SaaS Company Domo Raises $125M From TPG, Salesforce At A $825M Valuation
Domo, the SaaS business intelligence startup launched by Omniture founder Josh James, has raised $125 million in new funding in a round led by TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity investmen...
Twitter's First Big Earnings Test Comes Today. Here Are the Numbers to Watch.
Remember when Facebook went public, and its stock tanked? And remember when Facebook announced its first earnings report, and its stock dropped some more? — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is trying to re...
In Q4, Pandora posts highest profit as public company
Pandora Media, the operator of the Web's top radio service, reported its biggest quarter of profit since it went public, affirming expectations that its investments to soup up its advertising engine w...
IBM offers companies tools to apply AI for analyzing their customers' social media streams
IBM's Next Big Thing: Psychic Twitter Bots — Using some of the same technologies that allowed the Watson natural language supercomputer to conquer Jeopardy, IBM's next step …
Amazon Lays Foundation for Giant Video Advertising Business
In many ways, Amazon's advertising business still remains a mystery. The company doesn't break out the size of it in its earning reports, and Amazon exec presentations on it at industry events are of...
Amazon's iPhone App Uses Image Recognition to “See” Real-World Products You Want to Buy
Among the many things that make Amazon one of the most successful merchants in the history of merchandising is the zeal with which it removes every possible obstacle that might stand in the way of you...
Kik Ditches ‘Cards’ Concept, Instead Offers A Built-In Browser That Works With Any Mobile Site
Kik has a new version out today that makes it the first messenger app to offer a built-in browser experience that's integrated into messages themselves for easy sharing.
Google, Intellectual Ventures case over patents ends in U.S. mistrial
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in a lawsuit brought by private patent owner Intellectual Ventures against Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit after jurors could not unanimou...
Elementum spun out of Flextronics, gets $44M to put mobile supply chain software in the cloud
Flextronics Spins Off Startup to Put Supply Chain Software in the Cloud — Using software to track the movements of goods through global supply chains is one of the last areas to move to the cloud.
Dell, AMD unveil 64-bit proof-of-concept ARM microservers
AMD, Dell See Opportunity in ARM Server Market — A close look at the AMD Opteron ARM development kit on display at the Open Compute Summit last week. (Photo: Colleen Miller) — SAN JOSE, Calif. - ...
IBM questions whether D-Wave's experimental computer truly relies on quantum mechanics
IBM questions the performance of D-Wave's quantum computer — IBM charges that a D-Wave quantum computer run by Google actually relies on good old-fashioned classical physics
Orchestrate Replaces Multiple NoSQL Databases With A Single API
The days when developers built their applications on a single database are long over. Many services today use a variety of databases - and especially NoSQL databases - to power the different aspects ...