TECHNOLOGY

An iPhone app has been created by 7-year-old Connor Zamary, possibly the youngest person to create an iPhone application ever.

British Prime Minister David Cameron's flirtation with the idea of social media censorship controls after recent riots might only be the beginning.

Hewlett-Packard Co wants to buy Autonomy Corp for $10.3 billion and is pondering a spinoff of its personal computing arm, setting in motion a transformation that mirrors IBM's successful overhaul last decade.

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Hewlett-Packard Co plans as soon as Thursday to announce a $10 billion acquisition of British software company Autonomy and a spinoff of its personal computer business, the world's largest, Bloomberg reported.

Hewlett-Packard Co is in talks to buy British software company Autonomy and is pondering options for its personal computing division including a spinoff, as the tech giant steps up an overhaul aimed at rekindling growth.

GameStop Corp said its growth this year will be driven by a strong holiday lineup and customers buying used games to save money, which sent its shares higher after an initial drop on Thursday.

The cloud based note taking specialist, Evernote has acquired a company that makes the image editing app, Skitch for Mac, and aims to develop an application for the Android.

Computer system could issue Tsunami warnings and identify spoiled food

Less than two months after its release, HP is dropping the TouchPad and other WebOS devices.

Hewlett-Packard will be dumping its Touchpad tablet computer and phones after dismal sales at Best Buy and other retailers, the company announced on Thursday.

Facebook Inc has won access to computers, files and emails it hopes will prove an upstate New York man's claim to own half of founder Mark Zuckerberg's stake in the world's largest social networking company is a fraud.

A new photo has emerged that may be proof the iPhone 5 is close to its release date.

Hewlett-Packard could sell low-margin PCs to focus on high-margin services

Shares of NetApp Inc fell 20 percent on Thursday, a day after the data storage equipment maker's weak revenue outlook further confirmed anemic tech spending by the U.S. government and large companies.

Video game retailer GameStop Corp said on Thursday that its quarterly profit fell as sales of video game hardware and software products underperformed, sending its shares down more than 5 percent.

Hewlett-Packard Co is close to a deal to buy British software company Autonomy for $10 billion and will announce on Thursday a long-rumored spinoff of its PC division, the world's largest, two sources familiar with the company's plans said.

HPQ’s chief executive Leo Apotheker has already said he wants to grow the company’s presence in so-called “cloud computing” while shedding lower-margin businesses like PCs.

AT&T is getting rid of low-end texting plans, opting for an all or nothing model.

AT&T has confirmed Thursday that it will force customers into all-or-nothing texting option.AT&T users have so far enjoyed an option for $10 plan of 1,000 messages per month, which will be removed in three days.

Kodak's patent auction can benefit shareholders as well as the U.S.

As Dota 2 tournament at the Gamescom 2011 heats up, the end of the giant game event will be followed by the beta release of Dota 2, starting from an invitation-based service moving to a public beta.

Pop music stars The Black Eyed Peas have rescheduled their Concert 4 NYC to September 30 after extreme weather in June forced organizers to cancel the Central Park event, Will.I.Am announced on Wednesday.

The Skype app took a while to launch on the ipad but it isn't holding back as it launches a new Wi-Fi function that enables iphone, ipad and itouch users to connect to over 1 million Wi-Fi hotspots around the world.

Along with a portfolio of 17,000 patents, Google also stands to acquire a profile of super Android devices from its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility.

Stem cell researchers in Hong Kong and the United States are trying to grow spare parts for the human heart that may be ready for tests on people within five years, they said on Thursday.

China Mobile said it hoped to launch Apple iPhones soon to accelerate uptake of high-end 3G services as it reported first-half profit at the top end of expectations.

An executive of Rovio, developer of the mobile game Angry Birds popular among users of Apple Inc's iPhone, said the company was worth several billion dollars, according to Finnish magazine Kauppalehti Optio.

Apple may use Nortel Networks patents to force rewrites of Andoid OS