After more than a year of delay and several modifications, a contentious Massachusetts data protection regulation appears set to go …
Google buys social search company Aardvark
Google is buying Aardvark, a company that fields questions and routes them for answers to the most qualified respondents within …
Alcatel-Lucent's Q4 profit fails to erase full-year loss
Alcatel-Lucent made a small profit in the fourth quarter, despite weaker-than-expected revenue, but remained in the red for the full …
Google Buzz criticized for disclosing Gmail contacts
Day after its launch, privacy concerns have been raised about Google's new Gmail-based social-networking tool, Buzz. At issue is a …
Intel to release storage-specific processor this week
Intel Corp. said this week that it plans to launch its embedded storage chip, code-named Jasper Forest, in the next …
Mozilla retracts Firefox add-on malware claim
Mozilla Corp. acknowledged that it had falsely accused a developer of infecting a Firefox add-on with attack code. The admission …
Researchers warn of likely attacks against Windows, PowerPoint
Some of the bugs Microsoft patched will be exploited by hackers almost immediately, security researchers predicted. Microsoft's massive update — …
New Russian botnet tries to kill rival
An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the …
HP opens first ever wind-cooled data center
From the outside, Hewlett-Packard's newest data center looks like a massive, well-secured loading dock, devoid of logos and surrounded by …
Chinese artist-dissident lauds Google plan to stop censoring
A well-known Chinese artist and activist voiced strong support for Google Inc.'s plan to stop censoring results on its China-based …
Opera to reveal alternative iPhone browser next week
Opera Software plans to demo a version of its Opera Mini browser for the iPhone at the Mobile World Congress …
Panasonic takes swing at rugged rivals as it launches latest Toughbook tablet
Panasonic Computer Solutions Co. released the latest model in its 13-year-old Toughbook line, a rugged Windows tablet with a power-sipping …
Video will account for bulk of mobile data by 2014: Cisco
Cisco Systems Inc. has been saying for years that mobile video data traffic is exploding, and the networking company now …
Appeals court to review standards for cell phone data requests by government
In a case with broad privacy implications, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit will hear arguments on the …