Google kills Buzz
With the launch of its more successful Google+ social networking service, Google on Friday said it plans to shut down Buzz.
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There are upsides to reporting cybercrime, US authorities say
Not only might companies have ethical, civic and legal obligations to alert authorities to cyberthreats, businesses may find that the authorities can be helpful, law enforcement agents and prosecutors said on Friday.
HP investigates Android TouchPads
HP is investigating how several TouchPads reportedly shipped to end users running Android, instead of webOS.
Oracle may launch its own PaaS offering
Oracle may unveil its own platform-as-a-service offering next week, setting it in competition with Microsoft's Azure, Salesforce's Heroku and many other smaller services, analysts said.
Former HP CEO Apotheker to get more than US$9.6 million
Outgoing Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker will get a severance payment of US$7.2 million, plus a $2.4 million performance bonus and additional stock benefits, according to documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.
Amazon Web Services receives critical govt certification
Amazon on Thursday said that many of its Web services now have a crucial certification that allows federal government agencies with strict security requirements to use the services.
Android tablets lose ground to RIM, TouchPads
Android tablets are losing ground to new entrants, including the much-criticized Research In Motion PlayBook and even the discontinued Hewlett-Packard TouchPad, IDC reported in its second quarter report on tablet and ebook sales.
Google offered to split mobile revenue with Sun, papers show
Google hoped at one time to codevelop Android with Sun, and was prepared to offer Sun a share of its mobile service revenue in return for making Java open source, according to newly released documents in Oracle's lawsuit against Google.
Oracle, Google execs to head to mediation in Java-Android case
Google and Oracle will send top executives to mediation in front of a magistrate judge, in a last-ditch attempt to settle their differences over Google's use of Java in the Android OS without having to go to trial.
HTC sues Apple, armed with ex-Google patents
Armed with new patents transferred from Google, HTC has filed a new lawsuit against Apple and amended two previous legal complaints.
Carol Bartz out as Yahoo CEO
Carol Bartz has been fired from her job as Yahoo CEO and replaced on an interim basis by the company's chief financial officer, Tim Morse, according to Yahoo.
WiLan sues Apple, Dell, HTC and others
Canadian patent licensing company WiLan has set its sight on a handful of technology companies, filing a patent infringement suit against Apple, Hewlett-Packard, HTC, Dell, Novatel, Sierra Wireless and others.
HP to manufacture more TouchPads in response to demand
Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will manufacture more TouchPads in response to "stunning" demand following its decision to discontinue the tablets.
Microsoft's Office 365, SkyDrive down for some users
Microsoft's Office 365 and SkyDrive were hit by outages on Wednesday, with some customers saying they lost access to e-mail and other services for up to four hours.
Google wants judge to dismiss four charges in Oracle suit
Google is hoping to head off some of the complaints Oracle has made against it by asking a California judge for permission to file summary judgment on four issues.