The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday announced a controversial decision, legalizing the so-called “jailbreaking” of the popular Apple iPhone and unlocking of other mobilephones and smartphones. Jailbreaking an iPhone allows users to use the device on other carriers... 

Computer giant IBM Corp. has raised its annual forecast for this year as the technology sector batted for bigger sales in the coming months. The company made the announcement despite shaky market conditions in the technology sector, saying that the worst is finally over for the sector and bigger sales... 

Computer giant Microsoft Corp. and the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) have teamed up to produce the most detailed 3-D images of space and the planets through the so-called “WorldWide Telescope.” Microsoft’s “WorldWide Telescope,” which has been steadily increased viewership... 

A human rights group on Wednesday cried foul over recent moves of the Chinese Internet regulators, who want to reduce the anonymity among online users in mainland China. State Council Information Office director Wang Chen, in his address to the national legislature in April, has called for the extensive... 

A group technology experts and volunteers has released on Thursday a new version of the popular open-source blogging website WordPress. Dubbed as WordPress version 3.0, the new software hosts more than 2, 700 upgrades, which include 1, 217 bugs fix. At least 218 volunteers have provided the software... 

In a bid to attract more consumers to its doors, the world’s largest coffee chain Starbucks Corp. announced on Monday that it will be offering unlimited use of wireless internet access (Wi-Fi) in all company-operated stores starting July 1. Starbucks hopes to take back lucrative share of the restaurant... 

A mobile phone security firm on Monday revealed that hackers have developed new types of computer virus that can be planted in Smartphones running on Microsoft Windows operating system. In a statement, San Francisco-based security firm Lookout said that the viruswas planted in video games designed for... 

Due to the rising number of suicides at its China plant, Foxconn Technology Group, the manufacturer of the Apple iPhone and iPad tablet computer, announced on Thursday that it will raising its workers’ pay by 30 percent to curb further incidents from happening again. Taiwan-based Foxconn pushed the...