A bill to let U.S. spy agencies share intelligence on cyber threats with private companies was backed by a House of Representatives intelligence panel on Thursday. In a 17-1 vote, the Perman... Read more
Research In Motion does not install, nor authorize, its carrier partners to install “Carrier IQ” monitoring software on its BlackBerry smartphones, the company said on Thursday.... Read more
A copy of the first issue of Action Comics, in which Superman was unveiled to the world, has sold in an online auction for a record $2.16 million. It cost 10 cents when it was published in 1... Read more
U.S. auto sales rose 14 percent in November, paced by gains at Chrysler Group LLC and Volkswagen AG, as consumers returned to showrooms even without the lure of a big year-end sale. Chrysler... Read more
MPs should debate the “harmful effect” of violent computer games at a time when parents are thinking of buying them as Christmas presents for their children, the chairman of the... Read more
2011 could be the year of the virtual stocking as Christmas apps start to trickle into the UK App Store Charts. Four of the 15 new entries in this week’s charts use festive features to... Read more
Toyota Motor Corp and BMW AG agreed on Thursday to join hands on a broad range of environmental technologies, forging a partnership between two engineering stalwarts in the increasingly comp... Read more
Shortly after Apollo 13 astronauts reported, “Houston, we have had a problem,” Commander James Lovell jotted down handwritten calculations in hopes of guiding his crew safely hom... Read more
Blackstone Group and Bain Capital are preparing a bid for all of Yahoo Inc with Asian partners in a deal that could value the Internet company at about $25 billion, a source familiar with th... Read more
Three hackers say they have exploited a vulnerability in Research In Motion’s PlayBook tablet to gain root access to the device, a claim that could damage the BlackBerry maker’s... Read more
