Twitter Promises It Will Not Become A Patent Troll
Twitter's lead engineer confirmed in a post on the company's blog on Tuesday that Twitter will not use its patents aggressively. "Patent trolling" is a…
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Windows Phone Marketing Boss Leaves Microsoft After Just Five Months
BGR exclusively broke the news last November that Samsung's vice president of consumer and enterprise services Gavin Kim had left the company to join Microsoft. As…
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Megaupload Was Working On IPO Prior To Shutdown
Before Megaupload was shut down by the United States government, the company was preparing to go public and enter the U.S. stock market with a…
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FCC Fines Google $25,000 For Unauthorized Data Collection And Impeding Investigation
The Federal Communications Commission has fined Google $25,000 for impeding a U.S. investigation into the data collection scandal surrounding its Street View project, in which the Internet giant…
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Google's Sergey Brin: Apple And Facebook Pose Huge Threat To Internet Freedom
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said during an interview published on Sunday that Apple and Facebook pose serious threats to Internet freedom because of their closed…
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Netflix Paid $1 Million For A Recommendation Algorithm It Never Used
Netflix in 2006 held an open competition to find the collaborative filtering algorithm that would best predict whether or not a user would like a…
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Non-Profit ISP Focused On Privacy Raises Over $43,000 In One Day
Nicholas Merrill's crowd-funded Internet Service Provider raised more than $43,000 in donations in less than 24 hours, CNET reported on Thursday. "I had no idea that…
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Veto Of Radical Strategy Shift Led To Former RIM CEO's Resignation
Former Research In Motion co-chief executive Jim Balsillie sought a radical shift in strategy before he stepped down, Reuters reported on Friday. Citing two unnamed…
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U.S Government Attempts To Silence Megaupload's Lawyers
Lawyers representing the six major Hollywood studios, the United States government and Megaupload met in District Judge Liam O'Grady's courtroom on Friday, CNET reported. The…
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Apple To DOJ: We're The Good Guys, Not The Bad Guys
In a filing with the United States district court for southern New York, Apple claims the Department of Justice has its story all wrong. The…
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Following Apple Dividend, Google Shareholders Seek The Same
A number of Google shareholders are asking for the Internet giant to follow in Apple's footsteps and return part of its $44.6 billion in cash…
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Google Posts Q1 Results, Beats Wall Street's Consensus; Announces 2-For-1 Stock Split
Google on Thursday reported its results for the first quarter, topping Wall Street's estimates. The Internet giant managed earnings of $10.08 per share on $10.65…
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DOJ Likely To Lose eBook Antitrust Suit Against Apple
The United States Department of Justice is likely to lose its antitrust lawsuit targeting Apple and book publishers, according to a report from CNET. A…
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Non-Profit ISP Wages War On FBI And DOJ By Putting Privacy First [Video]
Nicholas Merrill, formerly the head of a New York-based Internet Service Provider that fought the FBI and DOJ in court over the constitutionality of the…
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Barnes & Noble Reportedly Prepping Nook eReader With 'GlowLight' Display
Barnes & Noble may be looking to beat Amazon to the market with an eReader that includes a front-lit E Ink display. The Digital Reader…
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Sony Confirms Plans To Shed 10,000 Jobs Amid Shake-Up
Sony on Thursday confirmed earlier rumors suggesting plans to release 10,000 workers during the course of fiscal 2012. The figure includes employees expected to leave…
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Google+ Receives A Major Facelift [Video]
Google on Wednesday announced a major redesign for its Google+ social networking site that will introduce a more functional and flexible user experience. The new…
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Nokia Trims Q1 Outlook, Confirms More Than 2 Million Lumia Phones Sold
Nokia on Wednesday lowered its outlook for the first quarter of 2012, noting that performance from its devices and services division will have a greater…
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U.S. Military Offers $2 Million For First Humanoid Robot
The United States is challenging every entrepreneur, engineer, developer and inventor to create the first military robot. The individual or team that creates a humanoid…
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'Extremely Poor' Symbian Sales, Mixed Lumia Sales To Leave Nokia With Another Rough Quarter
Nokia is in store for yet another rough quarter according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley. The struggling Finnish phone vendor posted a massive €954 million…
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Sony Sees Massive $6.4 Billion Annual Net Loss, Its Worst Ever
Sony has revised its full-year earnings projections for the fiscal year ended March 31st to include a tax hit that will see the company report…
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Apple Downgraded As Carriers Prepare To Stunt iPhone Growth
Following a huge week that saw Apple's stock climb above $630 amid a fresh round of analyst upgrades, one analyst isn't sold on the notion…
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AOL Sells 800 Patents To Microsoft In $1 Billion Deal
AOL and Microsoft on Monday announced an agreement in which the software giant will purchase 800 patents from AOL in a $1.056 billion cash deal.…
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Rivals Already Eying Google Eyewear; Project Glass Competitors Now In Development
Google unveiled "Project Glass" earlier this week, an undertaking that it hopes will bring eyewear equipped with heads-up display technology to the masses. The new…
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Stolen Samsung AMOLED Technology Sold To Rival, 11 Suspects Arrested
Nearly a dozen suspects have been arrested and charged with crimes related to the theft and sale of AMOLED display technology under development at Samsung.…
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'Anonymous' Hacks Chinese Government, Protest Freedom And Civil Rights
Notorious hacker group "Anonymous" on Thursday claimed responsibility for attacks on several government Web sites in China. The group has launched various Internet attacks on the…
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Bears Maul Nokia's New Windows Phone; Lumia 900 Sales Seen Fizzling
Reviews of Nokia's new Lumia 900 smartphone have been mixed. We thought the sleek handset was a breath of fresh air for Microsoft's Windows Phone…
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