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Analysis: In cyber era, militaries scramble for new skills

LONDON (Reuters) - With growing worries about the threat of "cyber warfare," militaries around the world are racing to recruit the computer specialists they believe may be central to the conflicts of the 21st century. img (...)

10 February 2012

Exclusive: Eyeing Yahoo deal, Alibaba may take HK unit private

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba plans to take private its Hong Kong-listed unit, two sources familiar with the matter said, as part of a complex deal that would strengthen founder Jack Ma's control and give key stakeholder Yahoo cash and a direct stake in one of Alibaba's (...)

10 February 2012

Alibaba's Ma faces big Yahoo test

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - If anyone can pull off the labyrinthine deal between Alibaba Group and Yahoo Inc, it's Jack Ma, who founded the e-commerce group and within a decade unlocked China's huge online shopping potential. img (...)

10 February 2012

Sony's Hirai to extend PlayStation strategy

TOKYO (Reuters) - Incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape Sony Corp by linking hardware and software through online networks -- a model he used at its PlayStation unit -- dismissing any suggestion the battered brand would revert to a gadget-centered strategy under his management. img (...)

10 February 2012

U.S. Air Force chief wants affordable new bomber

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Affordability will be a deciding factor in the U.S. Air Force's drive to develop a new long-range bomber, the top general in the service said on Thursday, underscoring that he was not looking for an "extravagant" design. img (...)

10 February 2012

Facebook "defriending" led to double murder, police say

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A Tennessee couple who "defriended" a woman on Facebook were murdered in their home by the jilted woman's father and another man, police said on Thursday.

10 February 2012

Catholic leaders to use Internet against pedophiles

ROME (Reuters) - Roman Catholic Church leaders unveiled an Internet teaching project on Thursday to help clergy around the world root out pedophiles in their ranks and protect children from potential abusers.

10 February 2012

Activision slows "World of Warcraft" declines

(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc's quarterly sales beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday as the video game publisher lost fewer "World of Warcraft" subscribers than it did a quarter ago.

10 February 2012

Intel settles NY antitrust case for just $6.5 million

(Reuters) - Intel Corp agreed to pay just $6.5 million to resolve an antitrust lawsuit in which New York's attorney general accused the world's largest chipmaker of threatening computer makers and paying billions of dollars of kickbacks to maintain its market dominance. img (...)

10 February 2012

LinkedIn upbeat for 2012 on members, product growth

(Reuters) - Professional networking service LinkedIn's outlook for the current quarter and the full year surpassed expectations as the company banks on continued strong product and subscription growth after its fourth-quarter revenue beat estimates. img (...)

9 February 2012

Analysis: In cyber era, militaries scramble for new skills

LONDON (Reuters) - With growing worries about the threat of "cyber warfare," militaries around the world are racing to recruit the computer specialists they believe may be central to the conflicts of the 21st century. img (...)

9 February 2012

U.S. to approve Google's bid for Motorola: sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department will approve Google's $12.5 billion bid to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc, according to sources close to the antitrust review.

9 February 2012

Calpers seeking support for Apple board proposal

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Calpers, the largest U.S. pension fund, is seeking support for a longstanding proposal to get Apple Inc to require a majority vote before electing unopposed candidates to the company's board. img (...)

9 February 2012

Activision's quarterly sales beat expectations

(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard's quarterly sales beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday as the video game publisher lost fewer "World of Warcraft" subscribers than it did a quarter ago.

9 February 2012

Apple to reveal latest iPad in March: report

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to introduce its latest iPad tablet at an event in the first week in March, the website AllThingsD reported, citing unnamed sources.

9 February 2012

Path fumble highlights Internet privacy concerns

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A privacy debate surrounding fledgling social network Path went viral this week, triggering discussions on blogs and on Twitter about how far social networks can go in using members' private data. img (...)

9 February 2012

Peer-to-peer job sites inspire micro-entrepreneurs

(Reuters) - Chris Mok, like many Americans over the past few years, lost his job in the wake of the Great Recession.

9 February 2012

CEO Hirai to network Sony content and gadgets

TOKYO (Reuters) - Incoming Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape the company by linking hardware and software through online networks - a model he used at the PlayStation maker's computer entertainment unit.

9 February 2012

Oracle buying Taleo for $1.9 billion, cloud war brews

(Reuters) - Oracle Corp agreed to buy Taleo Corp, a maker of Web-based software for recruiting employees, for about $1.9 billion, as technology giants battle for the top spot in the fast-growing cloud computing market. img (...)

9 February 2012

FBI memos paint Jobs as driven, reality-distorting visionary

(Reuters) - Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs, hailed as one of the greatest technology visionaries of his generation, dabbled in illicit drugs in his youth and alienated colleagues yet commanded universal respect, according to interviews conducted by the FBI in the 1990s. img (...)

9 February 2012

Glam Media launches social network for food lovers

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - There are magazines, television shows and books about food. So why not a social network?

9 February 2012

German court says Samsung can sell reworked tablet

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's reworked tablet PC does not look like a copycat version of the iPad, a German court said, affirming a preliminary assessment and dealing another legal blow to Apple Inc. img (...)

9 February 2012

Vodafone hit by weak southern Europe

LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone operator, missed quarterly revenue forecasts on Thursday as increasingly tough trading in Spain and Italy overshadowed solid performances in emerging markets and northern Europe. img (...)

9 February 2012

Lenovo beats Q3 net forecasts by raising market share

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group Ltd beat market forecasts on Thursday with its third-quarter net profit thanks to its fast expanding market share.

9 February 2012

Alibaba.com shares halted; Yahoo update?

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Trading in shares of Alibaba.com Ltd was halted on Thursday pending an announcement regarding its parent, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, which reportedly plans to buy back the 40 percent stake in it held by Yahoo Inc. img (...)

9 February 2012

Lenovo initially to focus on China for smart TV sales

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.2 PC maker, plans to sell smart televisions in China and has no immediate plans to ship overseas due to a lack of content, CEO Yang Yuanqing said on Thursday. img (...)

9 February 2012

Analysis: Investor activists see little to "like" in Facebook

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new crop of companies entering the U.S. public markets, including such high-profile offerings as Facebook, are turning the clock back on the way U.S. corporations are run.

9 February 2012

Groupon disclosure, growth concerns hit stock

(Reuters) - Groupon Inc shares slumped Wednesday as the daily deal company's first quarterly results since it went public stoked concern about limited disclosure and slowing growth.

9 February 2012

Chinese espionage cases touch DuPont, Motorola

SAN FRANCISCO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors expanded a criminal case over the alleged theft of industrial secrets from chemical giant DuPont, securing an indictment against a Chinese company on economic espionage-related charges. img (...)

9 February 2012

Cisco Q3 revenue outlook strong after Q2 beat

(Reuters) - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc promised further revenue growth after its second quarter results beat estimates, thanks to a restructuring, leading to a dividend increase.

9 February 2012

Akamai Q4 beats as demand for online content soars

(Reuters) - Internet content delivery company Akamai Technologies Inc posted a fourth-quarter profit above analysts' expectations, helped by growing demand for online content, sending its shares up 12 percent in trading after the bell. img (...)

8 February 2012

Electronic Arts' CFO leaves for Polycom

Feb 8 - Electronic Arts Inc's chief financial officer is leaving the video game publisher to take a post at communications company Polycom Inc, both companies said in statements on Wednesday.

8 February 2012

CNN suspends Roland Martin over anti-gay tweets

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cable TV network CNN said on Wednesday it has suspended commentator Roland Martin over a series of Twitter remarks during the Super Bowl game that offended America's gay community.

8 February 2012

Hungarian town suffers as Nokia announces big layoffs

KOMAROM, Hungary (Reuters) - Veronika Szalai had just graduated from elementary school when Nokia, the Finnish phone maker, opened a factory by the Danube in Komarom. The 27-year-old, who has worked here for years, now faces unemployment as the company implements major layoffs. img (...)

8 February 2012

Google to pledge not to favor Motorola over rivals

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google will pledge to license on fair and reasonable terms the patents it acquires through buying Motorola Mobility, said a person familiar with the matter, in a bid to allay regulatory and users' concerns. img (...)

8 February 2012

Kaspersky Lab's sales growth slowed in 2011

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Russia's Kaspersky Lab reported that sales growth slowed substantially last year as the world's No. 4 maker of anti-virus software said its business was starting to mature.

8 February 2012

Optimism springs eternal in Cisco shares ahead of results

NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cisco's earnings have had a way of crushing the dreams of optimists in the last two years.

8 February 2012

Silicon Graphics shares dive on margin worries

(Reuters) - Concerns about shrinking profit margins at Silicon Graphics International sparked a sell-off in the company's stock that wiped away a quarter of its value, a day after it posted weak quarterly results and slashed its full-year earnings outlook. img (...)

8 February 2012

Sprint loss widens on iPhone costs

(Reuters) - Sprint Nextel posted a wider quarterly loss because of the higher costs of selling Apple Inc's iPhone and the popular device delivered a smaller-than-expected boost to subscriber numbers, sending the company's shares down 2 percent. img (...)

8 February 2012

News Corp reaches more phone hacking settlements

LONDON (Reuters) - A further 15 politicians, sportsmen and celebrities reached settlements with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday over a phone hacking scandal that has rocked his global media empire. img (...)

8 February 2012

AOL hires chief content officer for troubled Patch

(Reuters) - AOL Inc, which has been investing heavily in content to make up for declining revenue from dial-up Internet access, has hired an executive for the newly created position of chief content officer at its struggling Patch hyperlocal news network. img (...)

8 February 2012

Israel's JVP fund blazes digital gaming trail

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - When Sam Glassenberg, a former gaming division manager at Microsoft, began to advocate building a games industry in Israel, he found support from Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), a venture capital firm focused on digital media technologies. img (...)

8 February 2012

TomTom satnavs to tell good drivers from bad

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - TomTom satnavs will in future help insurers tell the difference between a good driver and a bad one under a scheme designed to revive the Dutch navigation device maker's flagging fortunes.

8 February 2012

Nokia to axe 4,000 jobs, move assembly to Asia

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Struggling Finnish phone maker Nokia plans to cut 4,000 more jobs at its plants in Finland, Hungary and Mexico as it seeks to cut costs by moving smartphone assembly work to Asia.

8 February 2012

Analysis: More than just Great Firewall awaits Facebook in China

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - When it comes to China, Facebook should consider itself forewarned. Cracking the world's biggest Internet population might seem an obvious ambition for the social networking giant as it trumpets its global growth before a $5 billion initial public offering, but the chances (...)

8 February 2012

Japan to slash use of a heavy rare earth as China tightens grip

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to cut domestic consumption of a heavy rare earth used widely in hybrid cars and electronics by 30 percent over the next two years as China keeps a tight grip on exports of the material, known as dysprosium. img (...)

8 February 2012

S&P cuts Sony rating, warns of further downgrade

TOKYO (Reuters) - Standard and Poor's cut its long-term debt rating on Sony Corp on Wednesday to BBB+, warning it may drop the consumer electronics giant a further notch within a year unless it shows it can achieve a significant turnaround in profitability. img (...)

8 February 2012

Samsung says TV sales stronger; plans to launch low-end TVs

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top television manufacturer, has seen TV sales firming up so far this year and plans to introduce cheaper TVs, as demand for lower-end models increase, the head of its TV business said on Wednesday. img (...)

8 February 2012

Taiwan's Acer sues former CEO over move to Lenovo

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan computer maker Acer Inc has sued its former chief executive, Gianfranco Lanci, saying he breached a non-compete clause in an agreement covering his departure from the company in 2011.

8 February 2012

CalSTRS wants Facebook board to expand, add women

(Reuters) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System, the second-largest largest pension fund in the United States, wants Facebook Inc to expand its board of directors and diversify a panel that has no women. img (...)

8 February 2012

Yahoo chairman exits, review drags on

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock and three other directors will step down as the struggling company ploughs ahead with an internal overhaul, including discussions on dealing with its stakes in China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan. img (...)

8 February 2012

Japan firms talk on system chip tie in reform drive: sources

TOKYO (Reuters) - Renesas Electronics and two other big Japanese chip makers are in talks to combine their struggling system chip operations in a government-backed deal, sources said, as pressure mounts for drastic reforms to confront stiff global competition. img (...)

8 February 2012

Verizon, Redbox plan Netflix challenge

(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar's Redbox unit have formed a joint venture to sell video services aimed at competing against video rental giant Netflix Inc.

8 February 2012

Halliburton to abandon BlackBerry, turn to iPhone

TORONTO (Reuters) - Oil field services company Halliburton plans to stop issuing BlackBerry smartphones to employees and switch over to Apple's iPhone, which it said was better suited to its needs, marking another setback for Research In Motion. img (...)

8 February 2012

RIM tells European developers it's "ready to compete"

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Next-generation software for BlackBerry's smartphones is "ready to compete", Research In Motion's new chief executive, Thorsten Heins, told more than 2,000 technical developers on Tuesday, expressing confidence in RIM's long-term future. img (...)

7 February 2012

Amazon and Viacom close to Web video deal

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is about to announce a Web video deal with Viacom Inc in what sources said was one of the last steps in a plan to launch a standalone subscription service to compete with Netflix Inc.

7 February 2012

AMD's head of sales leaves company

(Reuters) - Struggling PC chipmaker Advanced Mico Devices Inc said senior vice president and chief sales officer Emilio Ghilardi was leaving the company with immediate effect.

7 February 2012

Yahoo chairman exits, review drags on

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock and three other directors will step down as the struggling company ploughs ahead with an internal overhaul, including discussions on dealing with its stakes in China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan. img (...)

7 February 2012

Renesas, Fujitsu, Panasonic to merge system chip ops: report

(Reuters) - Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp, Fujitsu Ltd and Panasonic Corp have begun discussions toward integrating their system chip operations, the Nikkei business daily said.

7 February 2012

German police use Facebook pictures to nab crooks

BERLIN (Reuters) - Police in the German state of Lower-Saxony will soon use their networks of Facebook "friends" to find missing persons and hunt out suspected criminals, according to the state's interior minister. img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~4/fxG5wVhiq0U"

7 February 2012

Apple in talks on iTV with Canada telecoms: report

TORONTO (Reuters) - Apple Inc. is in talks with Canada's two biggest telecom companies about becoming partners in the launch of iTV, a device combining features of the wildly popular iPad tablet with those of a television set, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. img (...)

7 February 2012

Facebook will release more user data: lobby group

VIENNA (Reuters) - Social media network Facebook has promised to release more information about the data it collects from millions of users, an Austrian group lobbying for respect of privacy laws said on Tuesday.

7 February 2012

Wolfson expects another weak quarter before recovery

(Reuters) - British chipmaker Wolfson Microelectronics plc expects another weak quarter before customer additions and product launches boost revenue this year.

7 February 2012

Hacker releases Symantec source code

(Reuters) - A hacker released the source code for antivirus firm Symantec's pcAnywhere utility on Tuesday, raising fears that others could find security holes in the product and attempt takeovers of customer computers. img (...)

7 February 2012

Facebook governance a concern for California pension fund

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook's corporate governance rules, which give shareholders little say in how the social networking website would be run as a public company, are raising the hackles of one of the largest U.S. investors, the California State Teachers' Retirement System. img (...)

7 February 2012

Oracle seeks new trial against SAP over downloads

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp will head to a retrial against SAP AG over copyright infringement allegations after a U.S. judge slashed a previous monetary award against SAP by over $1 billion.

7 February 2012

Verizon, Redbox plan Netflix challenge

(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar's Redbox unit have formed a joint venture to sell video services aimed at competing against video rental giant Netflix Inc.

7 February 2012

Kindle-wielding Amazon dips toes into physical world

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is dipping its toes into the physical world as the largest online retailer offers more products in stores that may benefit from hands-on interaction with shoppers.

7 February 2012

Cisco seen reporting solid second quarter

(Reuters) - A year after network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc unnerved investors with yet another weak quarterly outlook the company looks set to report a stable quarter buoyed in part by improving enterprise demand in the United States. img (...)

7 February 2012

Egypt telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris eyes new horizons

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian telecoms magnate Naguib Sawiris wants to get back on the acquisition trail, eyeing businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after selling a chunk of assets to Russia's Vimpelcom. img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~4/2pv0dX0pUQc"

6 February 2012

Cyberplex unit to pay $4.8 million to Yahoo for poor traffic

(Reuters) - Cyberplex Inc said its debt-laden unit Tsavo Media is required to pay Yahoo Inc $4.8 million for what the U.S. search company called "low quality traffic" from ads on Tsavo-run websites last year.

6 February 2012

Verizon, Redbox plan Netflix challenge

(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar's Redbox unit have formed a video joint venture to provide services aimed at competing directly against video rental giant Netflix Inc.

6 February 2012

Finding out what went wrong with failed romance

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With Valentine's Day just a week away disappointed daters wondering what went wrong with the romance have a new way to discover why the relationship fizzled.

6 February 2012

Internet giants pull content after warning in India courts

NEW DELHI/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown "like China" if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities. img (...)

6 February 2012

Taiwan smartphone maker HTC sees Q1 revenue lagging

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp expects to post much lower-than-expected revenue in the first quarter, underscoring analyst views that it will face another weak quarter and an uphill struggle to prove to investors it still retains its innovative touch. img (...)

6 February 2012

As Facebook grows up, it courts Madison Avenue

(Reuters) - About a year ago, when it became clear that taking Facebook Inc public was a matter of when not if, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg went out and poached Carolyn Everson, then global advertising head at Microsoft Corp. img (...)

6 February 2012

CommVault says will go it alone, despite M&A buzz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - CommVault Systems Inc has managed to skirt rampant consolidation in the fast-growing storage software market, and CEO Bob Hammer is planning to keep it that way.

6 February 2012

Olympus ex-CEO Woodford sees more revelations

TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Official investigations into a massive fraud at Japan's Olympus Corp are highly likely to lead to further revelations on the scandal soon, according to the firm's former chief executive, Michael Woodford, who blew the whistle on the affair. img (...)

5 February 2012

TiVo shares appear to be discounted: report

(Reuters) - TiVo Inc is trading at a compelling discount and could be a possible acquisition target by Microsoft or Google, Barron's financial newspaper reported on Sunday.

5 February 2012

Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp. img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~4/6TqG_NVL-5U"

5 February 2012

Micron appoints Durcan CEO after Appleton's death

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Memory chipmaker Micron Technology's board appointed company veteran Mark Durcan as chief executive a day after longtime Chairman and CEO Steve Appleton was killed in a plane crash.

5 February 2012

Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned

BOISE, Idaho/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 3 - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices. img (...)

4 February 2012

Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash

BOISE, Idaho/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 3 - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices. img (...)

3 February 2012

Disagreements on cyber risk East-West "Cold War"

LONDON (Reuters) - With worries growing over computer hacking, data theft and the risk of digital attacks destroying essential systems, western states and their allies are co-operating closer than ever on cyber security. img (...)

3 February 2012

Facebook's high tax rate likely to drop

(Reuters) - Facebook, the social network giant on the verge of a huge initial public stock offering, pays an unusually high tax rate, but that is likely to change soon, analysts said.

3 February 2012

Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking. img (...)

3 February 2012

Going mobile: Travel's eventual high-tech future

LONDON (Reuters) - Welcome to the airport terminal of the future.

3 February 2012

AMD CEO's battle plan lacks detail: analysts

(Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices' new chief executive's aggressive plans for the company's revival fell short of expectations as they offered no clear details, analysts said.

3 February 2012

Apple stops selling some devices online in Germany

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Apple Inc stopped offering older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads at its German online store on Friday in a response to an injunction won by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc in December. img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~4/7HH4AfU8mLI"

3 February 2012

Siemens on look-out for new CEO for NSN

MUNICH (Reuters) - Siemens is on the look out for a new Chief Executive for its mobile phone network equipment joint venture unit Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Siemens supervisory board member Sibylle Wenkel said on Friday. img (...)

3 February 2012

Sprint investors in purgatory until 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel , like its bigger rivals, is expected to report a steep decline in fourth-quarter profit margins due to its launch of the costly Apple Inc iPhone.

3 February 2012

EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policy

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of European regulators has written to Google Inc calling on it to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy, saying it needs to investigate whether the proposals sufficiently protect users' data. img (...)

3 February 2012

A sobering look at Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients.

3 February 2012

Megaupload founder refused bail in New Zealand

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt to flee before an extradition hearing. img (...)

3 February 2012

Top gear: China's Huawei outmuscles Swedish rival

HONG KONG (Reuters) - When Huawei Technologies posts its annual results in April, they will likely show the unlisted Chinese firm has overtaken Sweden's Ericsson as the world's top-selling telecoms equipment maker. img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~4/9DOZrpi0vFA"

3 February 2012

Panasonic headed for record $10 billion annual loss

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp warned of a record annual $10.2 billion net loss, joining beleaguered rivals Sony and Sharp in a sea of red ink as they struggle to fix their broken TV businesses and show they have not lost their way. img (...)

3 February 2012

No "Facebook fatigue" for longtime users: survey

A survey released on Friday shows that people who have used the social networking site over a long period - since its founding in 2004, say - show no sign that they are tired of posting pictures, updating weekend plans or just relaying random thoughts. img (...)

3 February 2012

Japan's Hitachi to reorganize business structure

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd said on Friday it would reorganize its operational structure in April by setting up five new groups as the Japanese conglomerate continues to overhaul its sprawling operations to boost profitability. img (...)

3 February 2012

Google tightens security in Android app store

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.

3 February 2012

THQ misses Street on weak game sales, cuts forecast

Feb 2 - THQ Inc's cut its annual earnings forecast on Thursday and told investors it would become a much smaller video game company with half the volume of sales next year.

3 February 2012