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Experts: Smartphones another avenue for hackers

Smartphones are increasingly popular not only with consumers, but also with thieves who see the devices as another way to tap into bank accounts and other sensitive information, experts say. Many consumers simply don't realize how vulnerable their Androids, iPhones and other devices can be. An April study by the ...

  • Updated: 9:23 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A Vietnamese man uses a laptop to go online by a 3G device inserted into a USB pot at a cafe in Ha Noi, Viet Nam on Wednesday, May 14, 2013. Close to a third of Vietnam’s 90 million people are online and men and women browsing phones and tablets are ubiquitous in the cafes of its towns and cities. The country’s potential for growth, young population and good Internet infrastructure have made it an attractive destination for regional and international investors and startups in content provision, e-payment and other services. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen).

Russians attempt to topple Google in Vietnam

Vietnam's booming Internet scene is littered with failed startups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched U.S web companies. That's not deterring a newly launched Russian-Vietnamese outfit which believes it can unseat the American search engine in this fast-growing Asian market and also contend with a jittery, authoritarian ...

  • Updated: 8:50 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Thorsten Heins, president and CEO at BlackBerry speaks at Research In Motion's annual conference, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. Heins said Tuesday that the time is right to offer BBM on rival devices. He says iPhone and Android versions will be available for free. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

RIM unveils cheaper BlackBerry

Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets, stepping up its efforts to regain market share lost to Apple's iPhone and Android devices powered by Google's software. The lower-cost gadget, called the Q5, is the company's third smartphone to run the new BlackBerry 10 ...

  • Updated: 7:23 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A Unique Orchestra at Your Fingertips

A Unique Orchestra at Your Fingertips

Using laptops, tablets, and six sided speakers, Princeton University's Laptop Orchestra teaches students the art of creating and coding music. It's neither Mozart nor Star Wars. (May 15)

  • 11:25 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013

German court orders changes to Google search hints

Google Inc. must respect requests to remove autocomplete entries from its search bar in Germany if they are defamatory, a German court ruled Tuesday. The Federal Court of Justice upheld a complaint from an unidentified company selling nutritional supplements and its founder, identified only as "R.S." The plaintiffs claimed that ...

  • Updated: 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE- In this Monday, May 21, 2012, file photo, Google CEO Larry Page speaks at a news conference at the Google offices in New York, Monday, May 21, 2012. Page disclosed Tuesday, May 14, 2013, that he has a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he remains fit enough to keep running the Internet's most influential company. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Google CEO discloses 'rare' vocal cord problem

Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he remains fit enough to keep running the Internet's most influential company. The explanation that Page posted Tuesday on his Google Plus profile cleared ...

  • Updated: 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013

US judge in Ore. dismisses movie pirating lawsuit

A federal judge has dismissed a movie company's Internet piracy complaint against 34 Oregonians, saying the company was unfairly using the court's subpoena power in a "reverse class-action suit" to save on legal expenses and possibly to intimidate defendants into paying thousands of dollars for viewing a movie that can ...

  • Updated: 2:37 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Thorsten Heins, president and CEO at BlackBerry holds up the new BlackBerry 10 mobile device at a conference, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

RIM unveils cheaper BlackBerry

Research In Motion unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets on Tuesday, stepping up its efforts to regain market share lost to Apple's iPhone and Android devices powered by Google's software. The lower-cost gadget, called the Q5, is the company's third smartphone to run the new BlackBerry ...

  • Updated: 2:26 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 photo, Sony signs hang from a store in Tokyo. A U.S. hedge fund has proposed that Sony Corp. selling up to 20 percent of its entertainment business to use that money to strengthen its ailing electronics unit. In a May 14 letter to Sony President Kazuo Hirai, first published in The New York Times, Daniel Loeb, chief executive of hedge fund Third Point, suggested Sony take 15 percent to 20 percent of the entertainment unit public. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)

Hedge fund boss Loeb lobbies for breakup of Sony

The U.S. hedge fund manager renowned for shaking up Yahoo Inc. has set his sights on Sony Corp., proposing that the Japanese electronics giant spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music division and use the money to strengthen its ailing device manufacturing unit. Sony rejected ...

  • Updated: 1:37 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE - This April 30, 2013 file photo shows television personality Nicole Richie at AOL's web series NewFront to promote her series "#CandidlyNicole" in New York. The first webisode, where 31-year-old Richie consults with a doctor about having her "tramp stamp" (or tattoo on her lower back) removed, earned 1 million views in just its first week. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)

Nicole Richie gets candid in new AOL web series

As the Twitterverse expands with millions of users, it can be hard to have a unique voice. Nicole Richie doesn't have that problem. Some examples: "'It's 8:30am & I've already gotten into 5 fights' - thugs, and parents of toddlers." "This therapist is going to be GREAT for me once ...

  • Updated: 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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