'Iran Cyber Army' hits Azerbaijan state TV site AFP - 3 hours agoHackers calling themselves the 'Iranian Cyber Army' have attacked the website of mainly Muslim neighbour Azerbaijan's state television station, the communications ministry … More »'Iran Cyber Army' hits Azerbaijan state TV site
Hackers calling themselves the 'Iranian Cyber Army' have attacked the website of mainly Muslim neighbour Azerbaijan's state television station, the communications ministry said on Thursday.
- Philips says police investigating its cyber attack Reuters - 4 hours ago
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Philips Electronics said on Thursday it is cooperating with the police in connection with an investigation into a possible criminal cyber security … More »Philips says police investigating its cyber attack
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Philips Electronics said on Thursday it is cooperating with the police in connection with an investigation into a possible criminal cyber security breach discovered at Philips earlier this month. Philips said on February 14 that it had shut down one of its servers the previous day due to a possible …
Milan lags behind in fashion's Internet revolution AFP - 4 hours agoWith social network sites and smartphone apps making rapid inroads into the fashion world, observers say Italy risks falling behind even as its luxury brands feel the … More »Milan lags behind in fashion's Internet revolution
With social network sites and smartphone apps making rapid inroads into the fashion world, observers say Italy risks falling behind even as its luxury brands feel the pain from the economic crisis.
- Study aims to bring Great Barrier Reef to living rooms Reuters - 6 hours ago
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Finding Nemo is about to get a lot easier with the launch of a scientific survey that will allow anyone with access to the internet to take a virtual … More »Study aims to bring Great Barrier Reef to living rooms
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Finding Nemo is about to get a lot easier with the launch of a scientific survey that will allow anyone with access to the internet to take a virtual tour of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The survey, which will use a variety of high-tech underwater cameras, will carry out one of the most intensive …
- PayPal gets new rival in offline payments race Reuters - 6 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payments company owned by eBay Inc, just got a new rival in the race to develop a mobile payment service that can be used … More »PayPal gets new rival in offline payments race
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payments company owned by eBay Inc, just got a new rival in the race to develop a mobile payment service that can be used in physical stores. Boku Inc, a big online mobile payments company backed by venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark Capital, unveiled …
- Migrants elbow for Foxconn jobs despite labor probe Reuters - 7 hours ago
LONGHUA, China (Reuters) - Apple's top manufacturer in China, Foxconn Technology, is having no problems luring fresh workers to churn out ever more gadgets, despite the firm's reputation as a tough employer that has put it under a thorough probe into its labor practices. ...
- Twitter co-founder Stone says it's unhealthy to stare at tweets all day The Canadian Press - 8 hours ago
MONTREAL - Twitter co-founder Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone has a message for those followers who stare at the stream of tweets on the social networking site for hours on end — don't do it.
- HP, Dell watch rising China labor costs for Apple Reuters - 10 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard and Dell Inc are keeping a close eye on a big jump in wages for workers that assemble Apple Inc's iPhone in China, and could be forced to nudge up prices for their own products if labor costs keep rising. Major contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group -- which counts Apple, …
- KT reviewing network fees on Youtube, Internet TVs Reuters - 11 hours ago
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's top Internet provider, KT Corp plans to charge data-heavy content providers such as Google's Youtube and Internet-enabled TV service operators to subsidize costly network upgrades, a KT executive said on Thursday. KT fired its first salvo on "free riding" Internet services earlier this month …
- Apple, Google, Amazon, smartphone makers sign privacy accord Reuters - 12 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Six of the world's top consumer technology firms have agreed to provide greater privacy disclosures before users download applications in order to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, California's attorney general said on Wednesday. The agreement binds Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, …
- Global uses 'Survivor' to experiment with interactive TV via iPad, iPhone app The Canadian Press - 13 hours ago
TORONTO - Wednesday's episode of "Survivor" marked Global's first big experiment in encouraging viewers to eyeball the TV and a second screen while watching their favourite shows, but it's probably just the start.
- Caribou recovery plan swamped by public feedback CBC - Wed, 22 Feb, 2012
Canada's environment minister says he'll need more time to go review 14,000 public submssions on a plan to protect woodland caribou herds — but environmentalists are going back to court Thursday to seek emergency action.
- Everything Everywhere sees LTE rollout this year Reuters - 14 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Everything Everywhere, Britain's biggest mobile carrier, expects to start building a next-generation LTE network by the end of the year, catching up with the United States and parts of Scandinavia and Asia that already have more advanced networks. Everything Everywhere, a joint venture of France Telecom …
- Rivals blast Verizon's bid for cable airwaves Reuters - 15 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rivals to Verizon Wireless are urging U.S. communications regulators to block the company's multibillion dollar deals to buy wireless airwaves from cable operators, saying the transactions will hurt competition. In letters released this week, rivals Sprint Nextel Corp, T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS Communications …
- California Attorney General reaches accord on privacy issue Reuters - 15 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris of California said on Wednesday she reached an agreement with six major companies to provide consumers with greater privacy disclosures. Her agreement with the six largest companies in the mobile device market - Amazon, Apple, Google , Microsoft, Research In Motion, …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday proposed a "bill … More »White House unveils plan to protect online pr …