China's 'state-sponsored' hackers attack US again

21 May, 2013, 9:35 am IST General

Chinese "state-sponsored" hackers have renewed attacks on the US, after a unit of the Chinese army was named in February as the source of many cyber attacks on US companies, a media report said... More

Facebook booked over group exhorting cow slaughter

21 May, 2013, 9:28 am IST Social Networking

An FIR was Monday registered in Lucknow against social networking site Facebook on a complaint that claimed a group on the site exhorts people to slaughter cows, police said... More

Guantanamo hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown

21 May, 2013, 9:15 am IST Social Networking

The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats... More

China trying to manage exposure of corruption online

21 May, 2013, 9:11 am IST Social Networking

China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses... More

Former Nokia software team out to prove a point with Jolla Sailfish

21 May, 2013, 8:58 am IST Smartphones

Ex-Nokia software developers unveiled its first smartphone, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a technology dropped by the Finnish mobile phone maker... More

Dell says cannot disclose more information to Icahn yet

21 May, 2013, 8:25 am IST Smartphones

Dell Inc said in a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself unless the board determined that their proposal was "superior" to founder Michael Dell's. More

Websense to go private for $907 mln

21 May, 2013, 8:24 am IST Web services

Websense Inc said it had agreed to be taken private by Vista Equity Partners in a deal that values the online security firm at about $907 million... More

Apple's stateless subsidiaries lower tax bills

21 May, 2013, 8:22 am IST Web services

Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple has held billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government... More

Samsung Galaxy S3's Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean test firmware leaked

20 May, 2013, 8:22 pm IST tech2 News Staff Software

Heads-up, people with the Galaxy S3! The folks at SamMobile have got their hands on an image of the test firmware Android 4.2.2 update for the Samsung Galaxy S3... More

Hollywood studios ask Google to take down links to The Pirate Bay documentary

20 May, 2013, 8:08 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Software

How can we talk about free video and not have Hollywood be a part of it? In an effort to take down as many pirated movies as possible, it has emerged that the More

Yahoo! acquires Tumblr for $1.1 billion, promises not to 'screw it up'

20 May, 2013, 7:43 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Software

Yahoo! will buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in an all-cash deal that is expected to close in the second half of this year. The company has already moved... More

VoIP service providers may soon need to set up servers in India

20 May, 2013, 7:41 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Services

Skype, Viber and other such Internet voice calling services may soon have to set up servers in India to continue operating in the country. More

PC sales in India saw 3 percent growth in Q1 2013: IDC

20 May, 2013, 6:25 pm IST tech2 News Staff Desktops

As per latest figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC), PC shipments in India for Q1 2013 stood at 2.71 million units - a year-on-year growth of More

5 Online test prep sites for GRE

20 May, 2013, 6:17 pm IST Naina Khedekar Desktops 1 Comments

While GRE coaching classes are limited and not necessarily in every city, there are several online test prep services which ensure that Indian students get high-quality training to crack the test. More

Jolla's new Sailfish smartphone price and specs revealed

20 May, 2013, 5:43 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Desktops

While earlier news has stated that the Jolla Sailfish phone will launch in the second half of the year, some news regarding the pricing and specifications have come to light... More

10.1-inch Sony Xperia Tablet Z launches at Rs 38,990; available globally

20 May, 2013, 5:16 pm IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 1 Comments

Sony Mobile today announced that its Xperia Tablet Z is now available for purchase globally through Sony’s retail and operator partners as well as online channels. More

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 specs seen in benchmark tests

20 May, 2013, 5:15 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Tablets

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 featuring both a Wi-Fi-Only (GT-P5200) and a3G (GT-P5210) variant has come up in the GLBenchmark’s servers... More

Samsung grabs 95 percent share of global Android smartphone profits

20 May, 2013, 5:08 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets

The latest research from Strategy Analytics' Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service has tossed some interesting facts and figures. According to More

Stuxnet virus strengthened Iranian nuclear programme: Report

20 May, 2013, 5:01 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Tablets

The Stuxnet virus from 2009, which was supposedly designed to damage the Iranian nuclear programme, seems to have strengthened it instead... More

RapidShare lays off 45 of 60 employees to cut costs

20 May, 2013, 4:56 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Tablets

One of the world’s largest file-hosting sites on the Internet at a point of time, RapidShare has now fallen on troubled times... More