Tokyo-based Sony Corp. remained on a down hill slope as it continues to struggle in winning back Walkman’s industry reputation. This, as the company celebrated the music player’s 30th year anniversary on Wednesday. According to Japanese media reports, Sony has lost some 98.8 billion yen or $1.02 billion in March, the ended of the company’s fiscal year. Reports also told that it is the electronics and entertainment company’s first annual loss in the span of 14 years. According to analysts, Sony should now decide whether it will drop or re-adopt the Walkman brand, the... 

Liberal groups on Monday expressed concern over a South Korean flash video game called “Spot the Spy”, which reportedly asks gamers to “keep a close watch” on suspected spies and North Korean sympathizers. The spy game, hosted by the National Intelligence Service, was created to mark the Korean War anniversary. The game, which runs on its official website (www.nis111.co.kr), will be available online from June 22 to July 21. Game mechanics were simple, gamers were asked to pick out spies, North Korean sympathizers, and communist supporters. An NIS spokesman said that... 

Technology giant Apple Inc. pulled out an iPhone and iPod application that shows nude pictures of women and said that it will not allow inappropriate contents from reaching its users. In a statement, Apple spokesman said the company has pulled out the controversial “Hottest Girls” application after its developer Allan Leung added nude photos of women immediately after the company has approved the program. Apple said Leung has violated the terms of the iPhone Developer Program that prohibits developers to include and distribute indecent and vulgar contents, prompting the... 

Some 22 major global business groups on Friday urged the Chinese government to scrap the implementation of the order that will filter web contents through pre-installed software, saying it may pose more problems in security and privacy of the users. In their letter to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, the chamber of commerce and other trading business groups asked China to drop the controversial order, just days before its full implementation. The group represents the major technology business and other suppliers, which aims to put pressure on China to defer the plan. The group’s... 

Following reports that Chinese government is forcing Google to sanitize its content, users in the country reported that they cannot access search engine giant, according to BBC news on Thursday. Meanwhile, Google said it is now investigating the incident to determine if authorities have indeed blocked its service, adding that they have not yet measured the extent of the blockage. For the past few months, Chinese officials have accused the Internet giant of allowing pornography and other vulgar contents to proliferate in its service which is a clear violation of the country’s... 

As digital hackers are becoming more sophisticated nowadays, security experts warn that a new strain of malware is attacking automated teller machines (ATMs) worldwide and these may even evolve into something which may be harder to detect and contain. According to security firm SpiderLabs, a sample of ATM malware from a banking company in Europe can potentially harvest a complete information of card users including their personal identification number. In a statement, SpiderLabs Vice President Andrew Henwood said the ATM malware is the first digital threat of its kind with its... 

In an effort to stop child pornography and protect consumers against online criminals, the federal government has shut down an Internet service provider believed to be spreading computer viruses and pornographic materials involving minors. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday that it shut down Pricewent LLC based in a complaint filed before a federal court in San Jose, California that accused the company of spreading malware and child pornography. In a statement, FTC said the ISP company has turned down numerous requests from different organizations to block its... 

After dominating the mobile phone market, Nokia Corporation is starting to lose popularity among young consumers as other key players are emerging, according to a recent survey. Online networking giant Habbo Hotel conducted a survey, which included 112,000 teenagers ages 13 to 16 from 30 countries, said that 21 percent of respondents declared that their preferred handset brand is Nokia, a huge decline from nearly 30 percent in 2008. According to reports, handset makers posted slumping sales and weak demand for the previous months due to the ongoing financial crisis which is... 

Cuban authorities on Friday accused Microsoft Corp. for the “bias” blocking of Windows messenger instant messaging service in the country and other nations sanctioned by the United States, stressing  that it is yet another “harassment” from Washington. In a recent report, Microsoft announced the removal of the service to countries like Cuba, North Korean, Sudan, Iran, and Syrian in “compliance” with the United State’s ban on embargoed countries for the acquisition of licensed software being distributed by the computer giant. In a published report in a Cuban newspaper... 

Miicroblogging Twitter on Thursday was reportedly attack by another phishing activity, tricking its users to “handout” login and passwords to hackers. According to reports, users began to receive spam messages from their friends’ accounts asking them to login to a bogus site called TwitterCut. The said website looks exactly like the login page of the real “Twitter.com” site. The reports added that the spam messages stated that users can gain more friends if they login to the fake webpage. Once the users entered their login details, the malwares embedded in the link...