Google Inc., the maker of the ever-more popular Android phones, has now taken away the Top 2 spot from Apple Inc. after outselling the iPhone in the US market during the first quarter of 2010. Many of the analysts said that the change in lead for the Smartphone software industry has now sparked a tougher... 

The United States, European Union and the rest of the global community have asked China to drop or temporarily suspend the deadline to technology companies to enable them to finish computer encryption and other security programs that will be used in country’s “Green Dam” policy. The US and EU has... 

After the Chinese government was accused of ordering the series of hacking to some US organizations’ websites, Internet giant Google Inc. was allegedly attacked by hackers from China and stole its key program used by the company to access most of the online services it provides to users. According... 

Milan: A court ruling has found three Google employees guilty of privacy violation and accused the search engine giant of profiting and hosting an online video showing an autistic teenager being bullied by his classmates. In a court decision, Judge Oscar Magi said Google privacy counsel Peter Fleischer,... 

More young women in the US are using online communities than their male counterparts, according to the researchers at the University of Southern California. Online communities include popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Multiply, and MySpace, and online gathering sites which allows users... 

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... 

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...