TECHNOLOGY

Apple Inc's South Korean unit has been fined 3 million won ($2,855) by the country's communications regulator after the iPhone and iPad maker collected location data from users without proper authorization.

Barclays Capital believes iCloud is a major differentiating factor for Apple Inc. -- facilitating convenience, ease of use and compatibility across its entire ecosystem. Apple's iCloud is nearing its official launch, which is still expected to be available with iOS 5 this fall, as iCloud.com went live this week.

Mobile developers more than ever want to devote their energies to writing apps for Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms at the expense of their less popular rivals, a study released on Wednesday showed.

A piece of the space shuttle Columbia, which broke into pieces over the Texas skies on February 1, 2003, has been found in a Texas lake after a drought caused the waters to recede.

Mobile developers more than ever want to devote their energies to writing apps for Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms at the expense of their less popular rivals, a study released on Wednesday showed.

Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organizations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world.

Hackers breached the computer networks of 72 organizations around the world over a five-year period, in the biggest hacking campaign discovered to date, security firm McAfee said on Wednesday.

Ugandan and French scientists have discovered a fossil of a skull of a tree-climbing ape from about 20 million years ago in Uganda's Karamoja region, the team said Tuesday.

Research In Motion on Wednesday took the wraps off two more powerful versions of its touchscreen BlackBerry Torch, aiming to buy time until it can introduce a radically new software package in its smartphones.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is looking to merge iOS (iPhones/iPads) with OS X (Macs) into a single platform for apps and cloud services starting in 2012-2013, said Jefferies, a global securities and investment banking group.

Researchers from Oxford University and East African Scientist have discovered the first mammal, a species of rats that makes its own poison by gnawing on a poisonous tree and then slathering poisonous spit onto special sponge-like hairs on its flanks to defend it.

Rumors continue to swirl about when Apple will release the iPhone 5.

Can Google+ emerge as the winner of the so called "social media war?" A clear-cut answer to this question is not possible to give as of now. But one thing, which is very impressive about this new social network, is that it is growing much faster than its rivals like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter.

After dying down for about two months, analysts are again predicting two iPhone 5 models t o arrive in coming months, both representing a step up from the current iPhone.

Sonus Networks , which makes voice and data communication equipment, posted a surprise quarterly loss as longer deal cycles took its toll on gross margins, sending its shares down 8 percent after market.

Apple is setting the stage for the launch of its iCloud service, with the company reaching out to app creators through a new iCloud beta on Tuesday as it gave developers access to the beta version of the service.

Facebook, the top Social Networking site in the United States has announced the purchase of San Francisco-based Push Pop Press, an interactive iPad book maker.

According to a Bloomberg report, Samsung will be delaying the release of the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia under an agreement with Apple, until the patent lawsuit between the two companies is resolved. This is an interesting move by Samsung, and almost seems to suggest that the lawsuit isn't going well for Samsung. However, if federal judges in multiple countries come to the same conclusion that Samsung "slavishly" imitated the design and technology used for the iPad and iPho...

Apple iPad is not only the most popular choice in the tablet market but also the most efficiently designed device, according to a recent review of IHS iSuppli on Aug 1.

A previously submerged Space Shuttle Columbia debris was found in a Texas lake on Monday.

Google may be planning on adding its Dealmap acquisition to its Wallet service.

Broadband speeds on average are within 80 percent of what major Internet service providers advertise, a big improvement from two years ago, according to a government study.

Apple wins early round at U.S. ITC

Skype announced Tuesday that it would release its online calling software officially as an iPad app to the iOS App Store, bringing the live video service to both 3G and Wi-Fi data connections. In May, Microsoft announced that it had bought the Luxembourg-based service in a deal reportedly worth $8.5 billion.

A U.S. trade panel that hears patent disputes has agreed to investigate Apple Inc's complaint that mobile phones and tablets made by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd violate its technology intellectual property.

LivingSocial agreed to buy South Korean online daily deal provider TicketMonster in a stock-swap to expand further into the Asian market, the companies said on Tuesday, without disclosing the value of the deal.

Facebook has acquired Push Pop Press, a digital publishing platform for e-books, in an effort to expand and update itself in a competitive social media climate.

Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline, has appointed its first Chief Financial Officer. Kenneth H. Sunshine, former CFO at MDA Information Systems, National Institute of Aerospace and Aurura Flight Sciences, joins the company, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the space business with him.

Police in Texas have found a round object, about 4 feet in diameter, that belonged to Space Shuttle Columbia, which broke into pieces over the Texas skies on February 1, 2003.