Facebook wants to make its ads less annoying to users by only showing them what they want to see, even if it means a dip in ad exposure for some marketers.
Microsoft received 37,000 end-user data requests in first half of year
Judges and police investigators are on track to submit about the same number of requests to Microsoft for end user data this year as they did in 2012, according to figures released Friday.
Iran accused of hacking into US Navy computers
Hackers backed by Iran have penetrated an unclassified US Navy network in one of the most serious incidents of cyber-crime yet by the Middle East nation, according to a report Friday.
Pirate Bay co-founder's prison sentence for hacking lowered to one year on appeal
The Swedish Svea Court of Appeal has overturned a verdict against Gottfrid Svartholm Warg for intrusion and fraud against Nordea bank, but has upheld the verdict finding him guilty of hacking IT firm Logica.
Google fixes lengthy, widespread Gmail malfunction
A Gmail glitch that took about 10 hours to fix and hit close to 50 percent of the webmail service’s users has been fixed, ending one of the longest, most widespread Gmail disruptions in years.
BlackBerry signs $4.7 billion buyout deal to go private
A consortium led by Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings has offered to acquire struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry.
HTC violated two Nokia patents, US trade judge says
Taiwan’s HTC has infringed on two patents held by Nokia related to cellphones and tablets, a judge at a powerful U.S. trade court said Monday.
Microsoft announces Surface 2, Surface Pro 2, and new Surface Accessories
Microsoft just announced the next generation of the Surface family at an event in New York City – Surface 2, Surface Pro 2, and some amazing new accessories
Apple claims record 9million iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C sales in three days
Apple boasted Monday that it sold 9 million iPhone 5s and 5c smartphones over the weekend after launching the devices on Friday, Sept. 20. The company sold over 5 million iPhone 5 phones on their first weekend of availability about a year ago.
NSA spying fiasco sending customers overseas
The spectacle of National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden exposing the covert spying nature of US federal officials has sent ripple waves through the technology industry – especially in the outsourcing arena.