TECHNOLOGY

Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) say the Foxconn explosion was definitely preventable and caused by the manufacturer's negligence.

The man who proclaimed the world was going to end this Saturday was quite alive and well when IBTimes spoke to him on Sunday night.

The European Union set the date on Monday for the launch of the first satellites in its Galileo global navigation system and said the long-delayed program would come in below budget.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is determined to let children younger than 13 to have access to his social networking behemoth in future despite an influential Senate panel coming out strongly against diluting the online security of young children. That will be a fight we take on at some point. My philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age, he said.

Sony has released the first estimates of the cost of the earthquake and the hacking of the PlayStation Network.

Shares of electronics company Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd <2317.TW> fell as much as 5 percent on Monday on fears major client Apple Inc may shift orders to other producers following a blast at one of the company's plants in China.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said it was unfair and illogical for public domains such as Twitter to reveal people’s privacy where newspapers are controlled, a report said

The new look of the Apple iPhone 5 might resemble the fourth- and fifth-generation iPod Nano more than the current crop of iPhones and iPods.

The iPhone 5 which is claimed by many viewers as the next big thing has taken a different turn, according to revelations from industry insiders and some analysts.

An autonomous researcher said there are numerous security exposures in business social network LinkedIn, due to the ways it handles and broadcast cookies over SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), a report said

Had Sony stuck with the Airboard portable computer it launched in 2000, Satoru Maeda rather than Apple's Steve Jobs might have been feted as the creator of tablet PCs.

A security flaw in the LinkedIn’s professional networking website makes users' accounts more prone to hacking without the use of passwords.

Apple's iPad devices have proven irresistible for consumers but some observers have questioned whether the device could ever be useful for business.

Apple's iPad devices have proven irresistible for consumers but some observers have questioned whether the device could ever be useful for business.

Apple's iPad devices have proven irresistible for consumers but some observers have questioned whether the device could ever be useful for business.

Foxconn Technology Co Ltd on Sunday confirmed that a third person has died following a large explosion at a plant in southwestern China on Friday that local media have linked to production of Apple's iPad 2.

Silicon Valley chip designer Marvell Technology said it was to invest $200 million in Israel to accelerate research and development of critical communications, mobile and system-on-chip technologies.

Apple commemorated its 10th Anniversary of its retail store on Thursday and is very likely to launch Apple 2.0 this Sunday.

Apple iOS and Android are the leading operating systems in the smartphone arena. Since Android is an open platform, manufacturers have been able to adopt Android with ease and spend more time on developing features instead, thereby resulting in a wide variety of features unique to specific Android models.

Apple Inc is investigating an explosion that killed two people, injured 16 and forced a production halt at a Foxconn Technology Group factory in China said to produce the popular iPad 2.

On Doomsday, May 21, Apple has its order status web page down to update the systems. Could it be the dawning of a new time?

According to neuroscientists, the worship of Apple is real. Scientists compared MRIs of Apple fans to those who identify themselves as religious and found that the same part of the brain lights up in both groups. This indicates that Apple triggers the same emotions and reactions as for those who are religious.

Microsoft and Intel have appeared in public as partners until recently, when Microsoft rebutted comments made by a top Intel executive regarding Windows 8. There are few details surrounding the next installment of Microsoft’s operating system. But Intel senior vice president Renee James hinted on Tuesday that there will be four versions of Windows 8 running on the ARM processor. These versions, she said, will not support legacy software and applications.

Engadget, a multilingual technology weblog and podcast about user electronics, revealed Acer will delay the release of its 7-inch Iconia Tab A100 tablet till the second half of 2011.

Harold Camping, leader of the independent Christian ministry Family Radio Worldwide, has prophesized that a rolling earthquake will cause the destruction of the world on May 21, 2011.

Sony’s supplementary website So-net Entertainment was compromised by hackers which accounted a loss of $1,200 worth virtual points, reports said

The United States continues to lag behind other countries in broadband adoption and download speeds, according to a report released by the Federal Communications Commission on Friday.

Retailer Sears Holdings Corp said its chief financial officer, Michael Collins, has resigned to pursue another opportunity.

Mobile service providers are reworking charges for wireless connections on tablet computers to lure in customers put off by costly fees.