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Article | 26/05/2010 No simple solution to Foxconn suicides

Two recent Foxconn worker suicides, the ninth and 10th this year, present a harsh reality to the Chinese electronics manufacturer and its American tec...

Article | 22/05/2010 60 percent would quit Facebook? Yeah, right

Facebook's privacy problems reportedly have the social network rethinking its approach, and a new poll suggests that the threat of user decline is rea...

Article | 21/05/2010 Google Street View Privacy Breach: Lawmakers Get Mad

Want a metric for the speed of US government? Just look at the response to Google Street View cars' accidental collection of private data.

Article | 21/05/2010 Google is Headed For Your TV

Google has partnered with Intel and Sony to create Google TV, an ambitious attempt to bake its Android software into TVs, Blu-ray players, and a Googl...

Article | 19/05/2010 MySpace's new privacy pitch: Too little, too late

MySpace is using Facebook's privacy fiasco for a little free publicity, announcing a one-click privacy feature that seems more like an attention grab ...

Article | 18/05/2010 Five years of YouTube: The ups, the downs

YouTube turns five today, and with 2 billion daily users to celebrate the birthday, is safe to say the video site is having a good life. Still, the ro...

Article | 15/05/2010 Acer to launch Chrome OS devices at last?

Remember Chrome OS, Google's stripped-to-the-browser operating system? It's reportedly ready for prime time, with Chrome OS devices from Acer leading ...

Article | 13/05/2010 Apple's iPhone 4G: what we know so far

Apple's leak control has apparently failed again, with photos and video of yet another alleged iPhone 4G prototype appearing on a Vietnamese Internet ...

Article | 13/05/2010 In Pictures: 15 fictional heroes of geek

The old saying goes, "Be nice to geeks--you'll end up working for them someday." But in fiction, some geeks go on to even greater things, like fightin...

Article | 13/05/2010 Android 2.2 packs 5x performance boost, says report

Full Flash support may be Android 2.2's most noteworthy feature, but the update known as "Froyo" could pack a wallop for other applications as well.

Article | 8/05/2010 Nokia, Apple ratchet up the patent madness

Nokia vs. Apple is not your garden variety patent infringement lawsuit.

Article | 8/05/2010 Apple Aims for iPad World Domination on May 28

After supply shortages marred the iPad's international launch, Apple has regrouped and is ready to take its vision of revolutionary computing overseas...

Article | 6/05/2010 Microsoft Kin phones: The reviews are in

The first reviews of Microsoft's Kin phones are in, and while critics don't agree on whether the phones are a success, they do agree on one thing: the...

Article | 4/05/2010 With Bumptop, Google Gains Multi-Touch Ammo

Google just landed some impressive 3D desktop software in its purchase of Bump Technologies, but a looming patent battle with Apple suggests that Goog...

Article | 1/05/2010 Bite this, Apple: 5 reasons Flash would've rocked the iPhone

The sparring between Apple and Adobe, on whether Flash belongs on mobile devices such as the iPhone, has gone from philosophical to real. Steve Jobs w...