Apple is moving ahead with plans for a less expensive iPhone, possibly with a plastic instead of metal body, according to a new report. But new retail options for consumers already are making even the flagship iPhone 5 more affordable.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/121311-cyberattacks-bloomberg-254054.html">Chinese hackers</a> lurked in the U.S. <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/120911-hbgary-anonymous-253924.html">Chamber of Commerce network</a> for six months without being detected, enjoying unrestricted access although it is unknown what information they exploited, according to a published report.
Separate reports Wednesday morning show that Research in Motion, despite being battered this year for everything from outages to late products to lost market share, hasn’t been without its admirers.
Patricia Dunn, the former chair at HP, has died aged 58 following a long battle with cancer.
The US Federal Trade Commission is preparing to serve subpoenas to Google as a first step in a broad antitrust investigation of the search engine and advertising giant, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
The probe would focus on whether Google is using its search engine to unfairly drive traffic to its growing group of web properties, said the Journal article, citing unnamed sources.
Representatives of Google and the FTC declined to comment on the report. The information "didn't come from us", said an FTC spokeswoman.
The European Commission opened its own antitrust investigation into Google in November. The European investigation focused on allegations that Google abused its dominant position in online search to promote its other services, such as price comparison.
Internet users have been hit by a widespread web attack that has compromised thousands of web sites, including web pages belonging to the Wall Street Journal and the Jerusalem Post.
Micro-blogging service Twitter is thought to be preparing to serve advertisements to its users.
Google may open as early as March an online store to sell third-party software that complements its Google Apps collaboration and communication hosted suite, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz allegedly shared confidential information with a Wall Street trader connected to an insider-trading scandal, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal.