TECHNOLOGY

An Olympus Corp panel plans to recommend the endoscope maker sue current and former executives for more than 90 billion yen ($1.2 billion) in scandal-related damages, and its president, Shuichi Takayama, is expected to resign by the end of the month, media reported on Sunday.

An Olympus Corp panel plans to recommend the endoscope maker sue current and former executives for more than 90 billion yen ($1.2 billion) in scandal-related damages, and its president, Shuichi Takayama, is expected to resign by the end of the month, media reported on Sunday.

A computer worm has stolen more than 45,000 Facebook login credentials, leaving users wonder how they can protect their accounts and personal info from future cyber attacks.

So much has been written about the quality and specifications of the iPad 3 so far that it is perhaps prudent to concentrate on some problems that may work against the new device.

If the tablet is to help Motorola establish some sort of a foothold in the market, it will have to face stiff competition, particularly from the likes of ASUS' Eee Transformer Prime... the world's first quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3-powered Android tablet.

The next generation iPads and iPhones are expected to feature powerful quad-core processors, according to a recent report that claimed finding references in the latest iOS 5.1 beta.

Koushik Dutta, an Android hacker popularly known as Koush, has released a new mobile Internet tethering application that will allow users to take advantage of their smartphone's data connection to get Internet access on desktops and laptops, without additional charges. Almost all carriers charge extra for data downloaded by a shared computer using the service provided by mobile phones.

There is some good news for those anxiously waiting to buy the Asus Transformer Prime with the device available for order at Best Buy and Office Depot.

Pod2g, the famous iPhone hacker, has released the names of those who are working as a team to release the untethered jailbreak for A5 devices.

Hedge fund manager John Paulson lost more than half of the capital in one of his firm's biggest funds, people familiar with the number said Friday.

Symantec Corp, the top maker of security software, said hackers had exposed a chunk of its source code, which is essentially the blueprint for its products, potentially giving rivals some insight into the company's technology.

Goodbye, Parentlode.New York Times Co, which has a parenting blog known as Motherlode, has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the Huffington Post after that website decided to change the name of its new Parentlode blog.

President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Kanye West have unexpectedly stuck their noses in the tech world just before CES 2012. Their entry into the tech world marks the end of an age when tech belonged solely to nerds.

Hulu Plus, Netflix and Amazon Prime are great for streaming content, so here's how to choose which is best for you. As broadband gets cheaper and more plentiful, more and more people are cutting the cord and canceling their cable subscriptions. That's because all that broadband capability is allowing for a revolution in streaming content online, specifically, streaming videos

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc warned that its fourth-quarter 2011 revenue would miss Wall Street expectations as it was weighed down by tough competition and legal expenses in what is usually the best quarter of the year.

Oracle Corp can't appeal an order slashing its $1.3 billion copyright infringement verdict against SAP AG until it decides whether it will reject the lower, court-imposed damages award, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday.

Sprint Nextel , the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, is merging sales and marketing for its business and consumer operations as part of a streamlining that includes the departures of four top executives, according to Sprint CEO Dan Hesse.

Microsoft won a patent for a GPS feature that helps the user avoid dangerous areas, such as unsafe neighborhoods, bad weather areas, and areas with unstable terrain. Many are already calling this the avoid ghetto feature.

Nikon's new D4 DSLR camera has been announced ahead of the CES trade show this weekend.

Investors are about to find out if the economic woes in Europe are going to deliver a deep wound to U.S. company earnings instead of the mere scratch that many expect.

Investors are about to find out if the economic woes in Europe are going to deliver a deep wound to U.S. company earnings instead of the mere scratch that many expect.

Samsung Galaxy S2 was heralded one of the top smartphones of 2011 with its all-powerful features packed into a slim sleek case. Now Samsung enthusiasts are gearing up for the all all-new Samsung Galaxy S3 model.

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, which is the world's first tablet to have NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, will get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update from next week. However, the ASUS tablet has to deal with the Toshiba Thrive, which was launched July 10, 2011.

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp recorded a worse-than-expected yearly profit decline in the fourth quarter, and the first decline in two years, as its models scrambled to compete with Apple Inc's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy range.

Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips and smartphones, reported a record quarterly profit on Friday, aided by one-off gains and best-ever sales of high-end phones.

Volunteers working at the London Olympics have been warned not to give away breaking news about athletes or disclose the location of politicians and celebrities through online comments or pictures posted on social media sites.

Now, as we have an untethered jailbreak for all A4-powered devices and its counterpart for A5-powered devices is on the cards, jailbreakers should update to iOS 5.0.1 preserve SHSH blobs before Apple releases another update and stops signing 5.0.1.

Israeli officials said on Friday they were concerned the country may be under cyber attack after a wave of credit card code thefts in the past week by a hacker who claims to be operating out of Saudi Arabia.

HTC Amaze 4G, which was released in October for T-Mobile, is expected to see or give stiff competition to Apple iPhone 4S, which received overwhelming positive responses.