TECHNOLOGY

Hackers broke into the website of Brazil's statistics agency early on Friday, the latest in a string of attacks against government sites this week.

Google confirmed on Friday that the Federal Trade Commission is looking into its practices. Although the exact nature of the civil probe isn't clarified yet, the WSJ reported that the FTC is seeking to find out if Google search unfairly places its own services higher on search queries or charges them less for search advertising.

Shareholders in Research In Motion should vote to split the roles of chief executive and chairman of the board at the BlackBerry maker's annual meeting next month, proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said on Friday.

Amazon.com got big, fast on the heels of sales tax breaks in most states in the U.S. That may be ending in more states soon, threatening the company's sales and earnings.

Google responds to the FTC probe and says it will oblige with the agency's requests.

Federal regulators will hit Google with subpoenas, begin civil probe

Apple is now suing Samsung in South Korea, the electronics company's home base.

Should Finland, Nokia's home base, take some of the blame for the one-time market leader's recent struggles to compete in smartphones?

U.S. antitrust regulators have given Intel Corp approval to pursue assets being sold by bankrupt telecommunications gear maker Nortel Networks Corp, the Federal Trade Commission said on Friday.

The hacking group's latest victim is the state of Arizona's Department of Safety.

Here is a line-up of top Motorola phones which Apple's iPhone 5 will meet when it comes in September.

The Winklevoss twins are going after Facebook from an alternate argument.

The US Federal Trade Commission confirmed on Thursday that it has accepted Apple’s plea to participate in the bidding for the assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks corp.

With a fresh release scheduled for as early as August or September, chances are there that Apple will woo its users with a device, which will be capable of stealing the show from its arch rivals. But what are the features that users demand or wish to have in their future iPhone?

HTC EVO 3D considered to be its first glasses-free 3D smartphone has competition from LG Thrill 4G aka LG Optimus 3D.

Lulzsec.com, the notorious warship of the infamous Lulzsec had broken down for a while in this morning, after suffering from heavy DoS fire from unknown attackers.

Rumor mills have had the sway over iPhone 5 news and there have been umpteen reports endorsing as well as discounting the chances of the new iPhone being released by Apple in September. However, a Bloomberg report has quoted two sources, who are familiar with the product, as saying that iPhone 5 will be unveiled in September and that it will have a smarter chip and a better camera, among a host of other bells and whistles.

Apple Inc. has filed a patent suit with a court in South Korea, claiming Samsung Electronics copied its intellectual property, the latest in the companies' legal tussle over their best-selling smartphone and tablet devices.

Apple’s next generation iPhone— iPhone 5 which is rumoured to launch in september this year, can rule the smartphone mart, if it walks in, with the following features in it.

MeeGo, the new kid in town will have to face the music from his other big brothers who rule the locality at the moment.

U.S. Federal Trade Commission will issue subpoenas to Google and other companies as part of an investigation into practices in Google's search engine business.

Google makes doodles to celebrate all kinds of significant events, and this month also happens to be Gay Pride Month. So Google decided to put a doodle to it - just not so conspicuously.

The latest rumor about Apple’s iPhone5 features is, a dual LED flash with Taiwan-based LED packaging firms Everlight Electronics, Edison Opto and Lite-On Technology being pinpointed as potential suppliers.

Apple Inc has filed a lawsuit in South Korea, claiming Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringed upon several patents, a court official said on Friday, in the companies' latest legal tussle over smartphone and tablet devices.

The Winklevoss Twins, who sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly copying their idea for the world’s most popular social networking site, are now taking the fight to a federal court in Boston, a day after they decided not to appeal a U.S. Supreme Court to undo a 2008 settlement with Zuckerberg.

PayPal is shutting down accounts of several Chinese retailers who are using the company’s online service to sell pirated DVDs

Valve Corp. has made its popular shooter game Team Fortress 2 permanently free-to-play.

Just a day after Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss indicated they gave up the fight and were not taking any lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to the Supreme Court, the twin brothers and their business partner Divya Narendra filed another status report on Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Does the Cupertino-based company have new plans for future navigation services?