China has convicted three people accused of conspiring to steal the casing design of iPad 2 last year, according to reports, which also said that two of those found guilty were previously connected with Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer of Apple’s gadget product lines.
LulzSec has an ancient Greek sailboat mimicking the Odyssey, with a distinctive sail "LOL" on its webpage. Recently, it has indeed rammed through firewalls of companies including Sony Corp. and has even threatened the United States government websites.
Nokia Oyj won a patent fight with Apple Inc., in a settlement that awards a one-time payment and royalties to Finnish handset maker.Nokia did not disclose financial terms of the settlement but said the agreement would have a "positive financial impact" on Nokia's second-quarter results.
Among the assets of Nortel remaining are its patents and patent applications. Search giant Google Inc. has inked a deal to lead an auction for the patents with its $900 million offer to buy the patents. The Google-led auction supervised by a bankruptcy court in the United States will be held on June 20 at the offices of law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York. The bankruptcy court will evaluate the auction results at the end of the month.
The rising influence of smartphones has negatively impacted the mobile phone behaviour of many Australians as a new online survey conducted by giant telco Telstra showed that 80 percent of the country’s phone owners displayed rude attitude while engaged on their handsets.
Amidst the industry's focus on growing popularity of smartphones and tablets, Google, Inc., operator of the world's most popular search engine, said at an event in San Francisco California, it has made improvements for conducting Web searches in desktops, the device still used for the bulk of queries in Google.
More Aussies are forgetting their manners and using their mobile phones inappropriately, according to new Telstra State of the Nation Research.
Last week at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011, technology giant Apple took the wraps off OS X Lion, saying it has 250 new features. Aside from the price tag set for this new OS – an electrifying $29 or $100 dollars less than the previous $129 Apple operating systems – here are 10 reasons why Apple fans should consider upgrading:
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) said it plans to start selling its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer in Australia and 15 other new markets in the next 30 days.
Apple's iPad is one of the fastest-selling devices in history. But just because most people bought iPad doesn't mean you should. There are now many iPad contenders in the market. Here are just five of them:
BM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled its most comprehensive smarter buildings solution as it highlights three unique projects in New Orleans, New York and Minnesota that show the potential of applying advanced analytics and automation for office buildings.
Some 66,000 Australian Institute of Company Directors members and clients had their information stolen after a computer was stolen with their personal information stored inside.
On June 9, the U.S. Supreme Court, by unanimous decision, upheld a $290 million jury verdict against Microsoft for willfully infringing a patent of a small Canadian firm. The case can be depicted as a classic David vs. Goliath or can be a plot to a John Grisham novel. However, what's more significant -- in the area of intellectual property law -- is that the Supreme Court has settled the issue of whether a lower standard can be used to invalidate patents.
Hewlett Packard, hoping to tap into a market dominated by Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet, announced Thursday that the Wi-Fi version of HP TouchPad will be available next month.
The plunging stock market value of Nintendo this week caught the Japanese game console maker by surprise, which came following the Tuesday launch of its next-generation Wii U.
Google came out with its new '+1" button. This is Google's newest foray into the social scene, although they claim this is yet the social network to rival Facebook. The +1 button is a small icon that will become featured in searches done on Google. The idea is that when you see a search result you like, you will +1 it, thus telling others in your Google social group that you like the result.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson today announced a five-year initiative to provide free Wi-Fi service at 26 locations in 20 New York City parks across the five boroughs. Starting today, AT&T Wi-Fi is available free of charge to any users at Battery Bosque in Battery Park, the north-end playground in Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx, and around the recreation center at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem, with 23 additional park locations to follow throughout...
Facebook, the world's most popular social networking site, has rolled out a facial recognition technology to identify people in photos uploaded on its website, but the feature has stirred up controversy due to privacy issues.
The security breach at Citigroup Inc., which lost personal information of 210,000 credit card customers to hackers, is just the latest of a string of cyber attacks on high-profile companies.
Sony Corp.'s film studio said yesterday it has provided notice to the approximately 37,500 people who may have had some personally identifiable information stolen during the recent attack on sonypictures.com.
Nintendo Co. unveiled at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, the Wii U, the high-definition video-game console succeeding the market leader Wii.
While many people are controlling their urges to grab a hold of the iPhone 4 thinking the iPhone 5 will be launched in the near future, the actual release of the highly anticipated smart phone remains a whodunit.
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announces PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) (PCH-1000 series) as the official platform name for the next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP). Wi-Fi model will be available for 24,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $249 in US and euro 249 in Europe, 3G/Wi-Fi model will be available for 29,980 yen (including tax) in Japan, $299 in US and euro 299 in Europe and successively launch in global market starting the end of 2011.
Parrot, leaders in wireless peripherals for mobile phones, revolutionised the video gaming world by creating the AR.Drone, the first flying object in Augmented Reality piloted through Wi-Fi.
Finland-based Nokia is now facing the challenge to raise its market share amidst debt rating cut to the lowest investment grade by Fitch Ratings due to the declining market share of its Symbian smartphones.
Sony's E3 kicked off its E3 press conference with an apology about the recent PSN outage. SCEA President Jack Tretton presented a humbled figure as he gave a carefully worded apology about the outage and "taking gamers away from doing what you love to do".
Sony cut off its Brazilian music entertainment website while it looks into a possible breach. Sony also is investigating a hacker group's claim that it stole data related to the company's game operation. The possible attack on Sony's Brazilian website may have altered some content, a spokesman said.
Amid the growing popularity of the iPad and other touch-screen tablets, research firm International Data Corporation said June 6 that worldwide shipments are now expected to grow by just 4.2 percent in 2011, down from its February forecast of 7.1 percent.
John Brumby, Alexander Downer and John Lord have been announced as independent Directors to sit on Huawei Australia’s newly-established Board of Directors. The Board will be charged with overseeing Huawei’s local strategy and developing further inroads into the Australian market.
he same group, "LulzSec," that attacked Sony Corp's film site also went to destroy an FBI-affiliated Web site in Atlanta in retribution to the NATO alliance's "act of war" against hackers.
