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“Password” may be an easy and convenient password to use online, but it also tops the list of the worst passwords of 2012 for security purposes.

Zynga shares (Nasdaq: ZNGA) climbed in after-hours trading following a better-than-expected report on its third quarter revenues.

Square has introduced its mobile payment nation-wide in Canada follow several months of fast-paced growth.

Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) reportedly laid off more than 100 employees on Tuesday morning, less than a day before the company is expected to release a weak third-quarter earnings report.

Shares of Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) rose despite Tuesday’s plunge after CEO Marissa Mayer said she was optimistic the company would succeed in mobile.

Apple will be live streaming today’s iPad Mini event directly on the company’s website. Apple says All Mac and iOS devices will be able to live stream the event, including computers, laptops, iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs.

Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) is expected to extend its revenue decline in the third quarter as well as posting a loss.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) is expected to report its first profit as a public company and may hint at ways to keep growing.

Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO)'s third-quarter net income blasted past estimates because of extraordinary gains from selling its investment in China’s Alibaba Group.

Compete, the Boston-based web analytics company, is the latest Internet company to settle abuse of privacy charges with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

When Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) reports third-quarter results Monday, investors may be looking more for clues to CEO Marissa Mayer’s strategy.

Genealogy website Ancestry.com (Nasdaq: ACOM) is being sold to the European private-equity firm Permira, for $1.6 billion, a 40 percent increase since the company first began chasing private equity interest in July.

The employees of Kingfisher Airlines, who are at their wits end regarding the future of their job, are agitated over the unperturbed attitude of the airline’s owner and have planned to stage protests. Vijay Mallya, who has branded himself as the “King of Good Times,” has shown no interest or empathy towards his employees who have not been paid their salaries since March.

An electrical fire at the Texas State Fair on Friday destroyed the Dallas landmark Big Tex, a 52-foot tall statue of a Texan that had been a staple at the fair for over 60 years. While it’s understandable that plenty of Texans are upset about the loss of Big Tex, it’s a bit less understandable to compare its destruction to September 11.

Shares of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) would have plunged 10 percent Friday, anyway. With the bad news out, can they recover?

Salesforce (Nasdaq: CRM) is adding a wide array of social analytics tools including Klout, Kred, Kanjoya, and PeekAnalytics to its Marketing Cloud in an effort to offer customers more comprehensive data packages and keep up with arch-rival Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL).

Facebook fell back below half of its IPO value as a study claims only 6 percent of "likers" actually engage with brands there.

Halloween is almost here, and if you're out of costume ideas be sure to check out our gallery. From tech gadgets, to video game characters to Internet memes, here are some of the top getups for geeks.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT reported first-quarter net income fell 22 percent as PC sales lagged and customers awaited Windows 8.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) has launched a new page in its Family Safety Center to give users tools to prevent cyber bullying.

Google launched a new website on Wednesday, featuring photographs and a Street View perspective of the company's enigmatic data centers. Check out the best pictures from Google’s data centers can be seen in our photo gallery.

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) reported poor third-quarter results ahead of their planned release time.

When Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) reports third-quarter results Thursday, it’s likely to prove once again that eyeballs are money.

Shares of IBM (NYSE: IBM) fell 6 percent Wednesday despite reporting better-than-expected third-quarter earnings.

Obama is capitalizing on memes generated by Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment to exploit social media's viral potential.

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) will slow production pending shipment of Windows 8 by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT).

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has acquired the cloud storage company StorSimple in an effort to expand its new cloud-based platform, Azure.

IBM reiterates bullish fourth-quarter forecast, while Intel's is more moderate.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) appointed Christina Peters, a lawyer, as its second chief privacy officer.