TECHNOLOGY

Foxconn International Holdings Ltd, the world's top contract cellphone maker, expects a dramatic improvement in its 2011 results, its chairman told shareholders, lifting its shares as much as 15 percent to its biggest daily gain in more than a year.

A group of researchers at a German university has uncovered a vulnerability in Android smartphones which allows hackers to get hold of a user's contact and calendar data over open Wi-Fi network.

PopCap Games Inc, the maker of popular smartphone and Facebook games Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies, could list as early as November, it chief executive David Roberts said on Wednesday.

Internet firm Yahoo may replace its Geo-Platform with Google's, a move that could reduce its operating costs by about 2 percent to 5 percent

Organizations hoping to relocate applications into the cloud have five preferences: rehost on infrastructure as a service (IaaS), refactor for platform as a service (PaaS), revise for IaaS or PaaS, rebuild on PaaS, or replace with software as a service (SaaS), according to a report by Gartner Inc, an information technology research and advisory corporation providing technology related insight.

Google’s Superfast broadband internet service will be launched in Kansas City, Mo. by 2012 beginning and then it will tip-toe to the Missouri side of the state line in the next few months.

A new study has revealed that Netflix movies account for a lion's share of peak hour Internet traffic within the United States. The Sandvine Inc study shows that web browsing now accounts for only less than 17 percent of peak hour traffic, with Netflix movies and TV shows shattering the lead held by web browsing and peer-to-peer file sharing even late into the last year.

Sony chief executive Howard Stringer apparently downplayed the severity and gravity of the massive hacker attack on the company’s PlayStation Network, saying the security breach and the subsequent service outage were a hiccup and that no networks are 100 percent secure.

Google announced earlier this year that they plan to increase their hiring efforts by adding over 6,200 new employees. The Mountain View company kept its word by leasing a new campus as huge as 630,000 square feet. This marks Google's third campus which will be an addition to their 19 acre property on Charleston Road.

Nearly a month after PlayStation Network went offline, Sony has restored the services and has thanked its loyal fans by offering them free games, movies and music as part of a 'Welcome Back' package.

Sony Corp's CEO was unapologetic about the company's delay in informing owners of more than 100 million accounts of its networked services whose information was stolen by hackers last month.

Dell Inc. (DELL), the world's second-largest personal-computer maker, saw first quarter profit climbed 177 per cent to $945m. Non-GAAP earnings were 55 cents a share while revenue eased up 1 percent to $15 billion.

In Loretto, Kentucky, Greg Davis of Maker's Mark carries on an old family tradition of making bourbon with red winter wheat to stimulate taste buds in the front of the mouth.

North American PlayStation Network customers will get free game downloads and video rentals as a welcome back following a massive outage and data breach.

Hewlett-Packard Co slashed its 2011 earnings forecast as it embarks on a spending spree to revamp a troubled division, while long-time foe Dell Inc delivered another blowout profit.

Apple is said that they may be planning something big to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its retail stores this Thursday, according to a source cited by The Boy Genius Report.

German researchers have discovered that nearly all Android phones have an authentication flaw that could allow hackers to steal digital credentials over open wireless networks.

Hundreds of health organizations and professionals signed a letter to McDonald's Corp , asking the fast-food chain to stop marketing junk food to children, including with Happy Meals and the Ronald McDonald clown character.

Intel's chief executive rejected speculation the world's largest chipmaker might adopt rival ARM Holdings' technology to build mobile chips and said smartphones using its silicon are about a year away.

The New York Public Library launched a new iPad app today.

Symantec Corp's chief executive is looking to do acquisitions and next week may let investors know just how hungry the security and storage software company will be this year.

A number of social networking tech companies, including rivals Facebook and Google, are teaming up against a social networking bill in California.

The days when Mac users need not worry about their computers getting infected with malicious software may be coming to an end.

A new study from Northwestern found more black college students are into Twitter than whites because of a stronger interest in celebrity and entertainment news.

Intel's chief executive rejected speculation the world's largest chipmaker might adopt rival ARM Holdings' technology to build mobile chips, and said smartphones using its silicon would go on sale next year.

In its first look at the growing controversy about location tracking by smartphones, the Federal Communications Commission has invited Apple, Google and consumer advocates to a forum in late June.

Sony CEO Howard Stringer said keeping its database secure is a never-ending process.

Hewlett-Packard Co slashed its 2011 profit forecast as it prepares to spend heavily to revamp a troubled division that provides everything from computer maintenance to high-level tech consulting, sending its shares tumbling over 7 percent.

Apple has proposed a standardized SIM card smaller than those it currently uses in the iPhone and iPad to be able to produce thinner devices, an Orange executive told Reuters on Tuesday.