Russian gang holds 1.2B username/password combos, stolen from 420K vulnerable websites scanned via botnet, say security researchers
Russian Gang Said to Amass More Than a Billion Stolen Internet Credentials — A Russian crime ring has amassed the largest known collection …
Sprint to name Marcelo Claure, board member and head of Brightstar, as its new CEO
Exclusive: Sprint to Name Brightstar's Marcelo Claure as CEO — Sprint plans to name Marcelo Claure, one of its board members and head of wireless distributor Brightstar, as its new CEO, Re/code has ...
Apple to hold iPhone event on Sept. 9
Code/red: Apple to Hold iPhone Event on Sept. 9 — New iPhones to Suck All the Air Out of the Tech News Cycle on Sept. 9 Onstage at our inaugural Code conference earlier this summer, Apple SVP Eddy C...
Apple touts record App Store revenue, record number of customers making transactions in July
Apple says July was record-setting month for app store revenue — Apple's app store saw record-setting revenue numbers in July, the company told CNBC. The Cupertino-based company …
Apple, Samsung Agree to End Patent Suits Outside U.S.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) are starting to wind down their global patent battle. — The companies said in a joint statement today that they have agreed to drop all suits a...
Apple files for HealthKit trademarks w/ classifications for watches, fitness sensors, & medical devices
Apple has just filed for Healthkit trademarks in both the US and Europe ahead of iOS 8's launch this fall and in at least one filing includes watches in a list of goods that could take advantage of th...
BlackBerry completes restructuring process, expects to start recruitment in “modest numbers”
BlackBerry closes chapter on restructuring process : internal memo — (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd has concluded a protracted and painful restructuring process and is back on a growth footing …
With Operation Torpedo, FBI installs “drive-by” spyware on Tor web servers to identify visitors
Visit the Wrong Website, and the FBI Could End Up in Your Computer — Security experts call it a “drive-by download”: a hacker infiltrates a high-traffic website and then subverts …
Justin.tv shuts down after 7 years amid reports Google is acquiring Twitch
Twitch today announced that the Justin.tv website, mobile apps, and APIs are no longer in service. A very simple explanation is given for the shutdown: since rebranding the company to Twitch Interact...
Uber announces UberPool, a ride-sharing, cost-splitting experiment to begin Aug. 15 in SF
UberPool Lets You Split Uber Fares With Other Passengers Along The Same Route — In the ongoing war between Uber, Lyft, and all of the other me-too ride-sharing services, competitors are looking …
LG G3 Stylus leaks in official video, takes on Galaxy Note with big screen and pen
An official video reveals the as-yet-unannounced phablet-sized spin-off from LG's flagship smartphone. — The LG G3 Stylus, on the right, alongside its stablemates the G3 and G3 Beat.
Fox Withdraws Proposal To Buy Time Warner — And Time Warner Shares Are Crashing
And Time Warner Shares Are Crashing — Fox has withdrawn its plans to purchase Time Warner, according to an announcement the company made Tuesday. — Time Warner shares are down 11% post-market on th...
Timex Ironman One GPS+ smartwatch to debut this fall for $399 with AT&T cellular connectivity and a Qualcomm mobile OS
Timex enters smartwatch category. No phone needed. — NEW YORK — All the early smartwatches generating buzz (if not a lot of sales) come not from traditional watch brands …
Satya Nadella's first big hire: Microsoft confirms ex-Qualcomm exec Peggy Johnson as biz dev chief
Microsoft just confirmed that it has hired Peggy Johnson, a 24-year Qualcomm veteran, as the Redmond company's new executive vice president of global business development, reporting to CEO Satya Nadel...
Groupon disappoints on weak Q2 revenue of $751.6M, investors quickly send it packing
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Researcher says PayPal's two-factor authentication is easily beaten
A security feature offered by PayPal to help prevent accounts from being taken over by hackers can be easily circumvented, an Australian security researcher has found. — PayPal users can elect to re...
Gmail Now Works With Addresses With Non-Latin Characters
Google has taken a step towards globalizing its Gmail service today, with new support for non-Latin characters and accented characters. Google is adopting an email standard introduced by the Internet...
Sony gives up on selling e-readers
Sony has given up selling its line of Reader devices for e-books after failing to find a big enough market. — “We do not have plans to develop a successor Reader model at this time,” the Japanese fi...
Felicis Raises New $96M Fund, Pledges To Always Vote Shares With Founders
Five to ten years ago, the notion of a super-angel, or an angel backed with a notable but still small-sized fund, was relatively new concept. — There were players like Aydin Senkut, Jeff Clavier and...
Cisco: new exploit kits, Java vulnerabilities, PoS attacks are most serious threats in 2014
Exploit kit variety, point-of-sale attacks reign in 2014: Cisco — Summary: Cisco's security team says that exploit variety is gaining steam, and both the Internet of Things and point …
Google under threat as forked Android devices rise to 20% of smartphone shipments
Android dominates the world's smartphone market. A new report from analyst firm Strategy Analytics pegs the Google-owned operating system's global market share at 85 percent.
IBM offered to pay Globalfoundries $1B to take IBM's chip-manufacturing business
IBM Said to Have Offered GF Cash to Take Over Chip Unit — International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) was willing to pay Globalfoundries Inc. to take on IBM's money-losing chip-manufacturing operati...
Groupon shares drop 17% after Q2 revenue of $752M falls short of analyst expectations
Groupon shares plunge after Q2 revenue of $752 million falls short of expectations — Wall Street had bigger expectations for Groupon's second quarter results. — While the daily deals leader …