Seattle: In a landmark event, a federal appellate court on Thursday rejected Microsoft’s petition to review the $290 million ruling after losing from the patent lawsuit involving the company’s popular word processing programs. In a statement, software company i4i (based in Toronto, Canada) which... 

Beijing, China: A journalist group said Friday it has shut down its website after a series of cyber attacks which included hacking several Yahoo email accounts of foreign journalists in the country. In a letter sent through email, The Foreign Correspondents Club of China said that it had temporarily... 

A new study by media watchdog Ofcom showed that the number of children, aged 12 years old and below, who have Facebook and other social networking accounts increased in the past couple of years. According to the report, many of these children have ignored the age restrictions by the social networking... 

A United States District Court sentenced a 28-year-old computer hacker to 20 years in prison after pleading “guilty” to charges of orchestrating one of the largest credit and debit card data theft in history. US District Judge Patti Saris, in his order, said that Albert Gonzalez will spend 15 to... 

World’s largest online search engine Google Inc has ended four years of censoring to China’s Internet searches when it finally pulled the plug to the mainland on Monday. But despite the parting of ways with the Chinese government, Google said that it will still maintain other operations in the country. Many... 

Geneva, Switzerland — The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the operator of the world’s largest atom smasher, announced on Friday that they were able to pump up energy production of the machine more than three times than what they have previously achieved.  CERN reported that... 

Japanese videogame guru Shigeru Miyamoto revealed plans for Nintendo Co in participating in educational development of school children by turning the company’s popular handheld consoles as teaching aids. Miyamoto, the man behind the success of Nintendo, said that he is now devoting much of his time... 

A 20-year-old Texan is now facing charges of felony breach of computer technology after he allegedly disabled the ignition and set off the horns of more than a hundred vehicles over the Internet. Omar Ramos-Lopez, a 20-year-old Texas native, was earlier fired from his job as an auto dealer. Lopez used... 

Seattle: Microsoft Bing has gained strength after the number of online consumers using the search engine tool has significantly increased in February, according to a research group. The Nielsen Co. on Tuesday said Bing currently ranks in the third position as the most used search engine tools in US,... 

Beijing: After Google Inc. has threatened China that it will stop its operation in the country, the government on Tuesday warned the technology giant to continue filtering its search engine results or face “consequences”. In a press conference, Commerce Ministry spokesman Yao Jian said that Google...