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Massive Chinese Phishing Cyber-Attack Targets Gmail
Google has disclosed that a large-scale, spear-phishing attack focused on government officials and activists
Twitter Launches ‘Follow’ Button
Companies can now embed a 'Follow' button on their websites, to encourage readers to follow their tweets
Smartphone Sales Level Off
Android claims over a third of the US smartphone market, but growth among the major platforms is flattening
Apple To Introduce iCloud At WWDC
Apple's iCloud, to be introduced at its Developer Conference, will target cloud offerings from Google and Amazon
Google Removes 26 Infected Apps From Android Market
Google has removed 26 Apps said to be infected with a stripped down version of DriodDream
Why Google Wallet Isn’t Ready yet
Google Wallet is great in theory, but the phone, payment, and retail options are too limiting, according to Clint Boulton
Report: Android Lags Apple In Paid Applications
Most Android developers aren't making much money from their work, according to Distimo
IBM Watson Inspires Mobile EHR Link To Health Data
IBM shows how Watson-like technology can allow mobile devices to process massive stores of medical data
Tunny Machine Breaking Codes Again At Bletchley
Bletchley Park has rebuilt one of the machines that "read Hitler's mind", even though plans were flushed away
Google Chrome OS On A Smartphone Could Bury RIM
A Google Chrome OS smartphone is rumoured to be on the cards. Could this threaten RIM's Blackberry Enterprise Server, asks Clint Boulton
PayPal Sues Google Over Wallet Trade Secrets
Google executives are being sued by PayPal for using trade secrets to build the new Google Wallet service
Google Wallet Mobile Payments Limited Trial In US
Google Wallet will launch in the US to allow users to pay for goods by tapping their phone on a terminal
Wind Power Bid Pushes Google’s Green Funding To $400m
Google's $55 million investment will power 450,000 homes and boost California's green power by 30 percent
Three Billion Daily Video Views As YouTube Turns Six
YouTube is seeing 48 hours of video uploaded every minute - a major advertising opportunity
EMC Adds MapR Features To Greenplum Data Analytics
The Big Data specialist will be a key part of EMC's Greenplum HD Enterprise Edition, based on Apache Hadoop
Mark Zuckerberg: Let The Under-13s Use Facebook
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hopes to get under-13s using his social networking site before long
Internet Regulation Needed, Sarkozy Tells Tech Bosses
French President Nicolas Sarkozy lectured tech leaders before the G8 summit
Social Media Will Beat Mobile Phone Operators
While mobile operators struggle to meet data demand, the social media which use that data are stealing their lunch, says Peter Judge
Ballmer Windows 8 Statement Stirs Up Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer's "misstatement" that Windows 8 will arrive in 2012 has set Microsoft officials into denial mode
Twitter Finally Buys TweetDeck For £25M
Twitter has snapped up TweetDeck amid criticism of the microblogging site from Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Cloud Is Vicious Battleground For Microsoft And Google
Microsoft and Google vie savagely for business-cloud clients but analysts view the market as a dead heat
Millennial Kids Will Change Everything … Once Again
The establishment always views the young as being irresponsible and a threat to the status quo but Generation Y may have much to teach us, says Eric Doyle
LinkedIn Faces Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
LinkedIn's user profiles are vulnerable to a 'session management nightmare', an Indian researcher says
Will Microsoft Bing’s Evangelising Ever Pay Off?
Bing director Stefan Weitz has a lot of great ideas about where search is headed. He's just playing for the wrong team, says Clint Boulton
Advertisers Can Geo-Locate Users With IP Tricks
Geo-location privacy issues are being investigated but IP address pinpointing will be harder to legislate for
Google Takes Facebook Fight Global With Social Search
Google has translated its Social Search service into 19 languages to challenge Facebook in personalised search
Google Places Stands Foursquare With Geo-Location
Google Places now allows users to add location data about places visited via Foursquare and other Web services
Dictionary Support For Google eBooks But Papers Go
The eBookstore adds search and translate features but plans to archive newspapers have been scrapped
Google Promises Flaw Fix And Improved Privacy Tools
Google is quietly fixing its flaw and developing privacy tools, but Schmidt wants a window on your information