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Ever wondered how to remain anonymous or circumvent internet censorship while dealing with sensitive issues online? Electronic Frontier Foundation, patrons of online civil liberties, today launched the Tor Challenge, a project aimed at protecting the anonymity of internet users. Tor is a volunteer system that consists of servers spread across the globe, and a downloadable software that enables access to the network.

Google's Android operating system has become the main target for mobile malware and faced another round of attacks for the second time in three months.

Popular social networking site Facebook snubbed the partnership offered by Google Inc, denying the search giant access to its trove of personal information, said Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday.

The Computex, the world's second-largest consumer electronics trade fair, has kicked off Tuesday, unveiling over 50 new tablets from manufacturers of all sizes.

Intel introduced a new class of mobile computers,’ Ultrabook’ taking cues from Apple’s iPad and MacBook Air, to beat the market of tablets

Diehard fans of Google will have to wait if they are planning to own a Chrome OS run tablet PC. At the Computex PC show in Taipei on Tuesday, Google announced its plans to stick to Notebook computers for Chrome OS while mobile devices and tablets will be in queue.

Auriga USA LLC upgraded its rating on shares of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) to buy from hold and raised its price target to $24 from $19, as it sees potential for strong growth in Tegra, which may more than offset its flattish GPU business.

Chip giant Intel has launched thin and light mobile computers, called Ultrabook, which seems to be an inspiration from Apple's MacBook Air

Speculations have been rising about the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 arrival dates as well as upgraded hardware specifications. The iPhone 4S will also come with an 8 megapixel camera along with a SIM built-in design, which will not require SIM cards. Though there were contradictory reports that UK carrier Orange is developing new and smaller micro-SIM cards for Apple.

Taiwan's Asustek Computer demoed an interesting concept of a smartphone which docks into a tablet at the Computex IT trade fair in Taipei.

Sony Next Generation Portable (NGP), the much-awaited handheld gaming device, may not show its face for months to come, but rumors are already flying thick and fast that it has a new name - PS Vita.

Photos of Asus PadFone, which fuses a tablet with a smartphone have surfaced on the Internet even before it has made its debut at Computex 2011, giving rise to the billion dollar question - will the idea catch on?

Qualcomm is best positioned to take advantage of strong secular growth trends in 3G, smartphones and tablets.

Google rolled out a mobile payments system for its Android phone this week, with observers widely expecting Apple to do the same, but recent privacy snafus and infrastruction challenges question the technology's viability.

The Google has released Google Maps 5.5 for Android based devices to make it easy to attain information about a certain destination, a report said

Can any good come out of Microsoft's $8.5 billion Skype buyout? No. Microsoft will run Skype to the ground, and here are three major reasons why

Daily deal site Groupon is being threatened by Google Wallet and Google Offers, services that combine coupons and discounts and payments at the time people buy things through their phone.

Say goodbye to swiping since tapping is in as Google's anticipated NFC-based mobile payment platform Google Wallet is here to revolutionize the way payments are made.

Google launched its much awaited NFC-enabled mobile payment platform, Google Wallet, which enables users to make payments at the point-of-sale (POS) by merely waving the phone.

Jefferies & Co. expects four potential negative events for Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) shareholders in the next 6 to 12 months. The brokerage reiterated its underperform rating on shares of the BlackBerry maker with a price target of $35.

Google unveiled its much anticipated mobile payments system -- Google Wallet -- in New York on Thursday, promising to change for ever the way people use money for transactions. In the past few thousand years, the way we pay has changed just three times—from coins, to paper money, to plastic cards. Now we’re on the brink of the next big shift, Google stated.