Governments around the world are requesting more information about internet users than ever before. That's according to statistics released by Google in its latest bi-annual transparency report. In the second half of 2012, the operator ...
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Apple posted record revenue and pre-tax profits in its fiscal 2013 first-quarter results, covering the three months to 29 December. However, the company's shares continued declining in value in after-hours trading - falling by a further ...
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Google's Transparency Reports, released every six months, are interesting not just for what they reveal about government requests for Internet user data, but also for what they do not reveal. Transparency reports are basically a biannual ...
Oracle must dramatically step up its security game, security experts said this week, following the release of a number of very public vulnerabilities in Java, many of which still remain unpatched. “Oracle should just take a mulligan ...
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Global internet connection speeds around the world slowed in late 2012, according to a survey that suggested a temporary stall in broadband gains. Akamai Technologies' third quarter "State of the Internet" report also found Brazil and ...
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Late Apple chief Steve Jobs threatened to slap Palm with patent lawsuits to prevent the tech rival from hiring away its talent, according to court documents available on Wednesday. Unsealed copies of an email exchanged between Jobs and ...
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Google has reported a "steady increase" in government requests to hand over data from internet users in the second half of 2012. The web giant's semiannual "transparency report" showed the most requests came from the United States, with ...
Google's fourth-quarter revenue was up 36% from the previous year, thanks to continued growth in its advertising business. Revenue for the quarter, ended Dec. 31, was $14.42 billion, up from $10.6 billion a year earlier, Google announced ...
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Responding to a growing user base of online service providers, VoltDB has outfitted its namesake in-memory database management system with additional tools to communicate with other technologies usually found in a Web applications stack. ...
Researchers from Boston University have invented a unique way of using LED lights to transmit location information to mobile devices within buildings. Researchers Dan Ryan and Aaron Ganick’s start-up, ByteLight, is based entirely ...
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Beset by some very public vulnerabilities in Java, and apparently unable to properly patch those bugs, Oracle must dramatically step up its security game, experts said Monday. "Oracle should just take a mulligan and redesign Java before ...
In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama on Monday argued with certainty and forcefulness about the dangers of climate change and the role of technology in fighting it. It wasn't just a moral point for Obama, but a jobs ...
New documents have been filed in court showing how a number of big, Silicon Valley-based companies operated an informal "no poaching" agreement to prevent them from taking each other's staff. The agreement, which contravened ...
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A strong Q4 helped. The fourth quarter of 2012 saw Google generate revenue of $14.4bn (£9bn), up 36 per cent on the same period in 2011. Total revenue from outside the US accounted for 54 per cent of Google's sales for the quarter. ...
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Larry Page, CEO, Google, recently accused Apple of waging a “thermonuclear war” against Google, quipping that things are not going in the iDevice manufacturer’s favour. Speaking to Wired magazine, Page reflected on the ...
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