SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates.Intruders recently infiltrated the systems running the world's largest online social network but did not steal any sensitive information about Facebook's more than ...
HAMDEN, Conn. -- The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of the past decade. Facebook, Twitter and other technologies make it increasingly difficult to stay isolated -- even if you're stuck ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When online voters nixed the clothes iron token from Hasbro's Monopoly game, the appliance was held up as passe, as something your grandmother once used to ease the wrinkles out of linens and handkerchiefs."Despite being an integral part of life when the token was added to ...
NEW YORK -- Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled new, versatile BlackBerrys after excruciating delays allowed Apple, Samsung and others to build commanding leads in an industry that is redefining society. But the first phone won't come out in the United States until March, and one with a physical ...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Back in 2010, Michael Dell acknowledged that he had considered taking his company, Dell Inc., private, but he declined to say much about it.When he was asked at an investment conference whether he had considered that sort of move for his company, Dell said simply "Yes." When ...
LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft may have relinquished its starring role in America's gaudiest gadget show a year too early.After 13 straight years in the spotlight, Microsoft's decision to scale back its presence at this week's International CES deprived the software maker of a prime opportunity to ...
Unable to resist the "Try me!" sign, 8-year-old Julian Rivas held up a box containing the Star Wars Death Star Lego set in front of a yellow kiosk and was blown away.On the kiosk's TV screen, Rivas could see not only himself holding the box but also a 3-D image of the Death Star as it would ...
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Engineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, jokes with colleagues and roams the office building just like other employees at his company in Silicon Valley.But Goecker isn't in California. He's more than 2,300 miles away, working at home in Seymour, Indiana.It's all made ...
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a set of broad new rules aimed at protecting children's privacy when they visit websites or use mobile Internet applications, after making some modifications based on objections from leading tech and entertainment companies.The new rules would ...
Struggling Best Buy Co., hoping that the Christmas season will boost its fortunes, agreed Friday to give founder and former chairman Richard Schulze more time to make a takeover bid for the electronics chain.The announcement came amid a two-day burst of trading that ended about where it ...
