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BlackBerry Mulls BBM Spin Off – Report
BlackBerry reportedly considers spinning off its popular BBM Messenger into its own company
Greenpeace: YouTube Removed Our F1 Shell Protest Video
Greenpeace thinks a copyright order wasn't the only reason its video of an anti-Shell protest at the Belgian Grand Prix was taken down
First Facebook Transparency Report Highlights US Government’s Data Hunger
Report throws up no surprises for which country is the hungriest for user data - America, followed by India and the UK
ARM Improves Its M2M Potential With Sensinode Acquisition
The small Finnish company is responsible for shaping a number of M2M communication standards
Judge Approves $20m Facebook Privacy Settlement
Facebook has agreed to make changes to its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities as part of a $20m class-action settlement covering the use of names and likenesses in advertising
Lenovo And Pokki To Restore Start Menu To Windows 8
Lenovo turns to third-party software to bring the Start menu back
Chinese Internet Blasted By ‘Biggest DDoS It’s Seen’
Experts spot major jump in DDoS activity in China, as DNS provider takes a battering
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Announces Retirement
Steve Ballmer is to step down as Microsoft CEO in the next 12 months
Syria’s Online Conflict: The Hackers And Their Weapons
Attacks on missile warning services, sophisticated malware campaigns and the Syrian Electronic Army make for a chaotic cyber conflict, TechWeek finds
PayPal Here Offers Mobile Payments To SMBs
PayPal Here allows small businesses that deal in cash to accept card payments using their smartphone
Quiz Of The Week: Tablets Of 2013
With Microsoft struggling and Apple snoozing, it's been a good year for Android
Annoying A Dragon In His Den, Starring Piers Linney
New star of Dragon's Den, Piers Linney, doesn't like certain journalists and he doesn't like it when you question Microsoft's virtual credentials either
One Developer Is Responsible For 47,000 BlackBerry World Apps
BlackBerry World has 127,000 applications, but more than a third come from one Hong-Kong based developer
Yahoo Regains Crown As US Traffic King
Yahoo gets more hits in July, but data doesn't include mobile app traffic
Ubuntu Edge Misses £20.8m Funding Target By Two Thirds
Canonical takes positives from record breaking crowdfunding campaign
Mobile Malware Hits Record Level, Warns McAfee
McAfee issues stark warning about the growing levels of malware and ransomware infecting mobiles
HP Enterprise Boss ‘Reassigned’ By Whitman
The man in charge of HP's enterprise business has been reassigned as Whitman's management shakeup continues
First Batch Of Jolla Sailfish Smartphones Sell Out
Sailfish-powered Jolla smartphones are ordered in 136 countries
Facebook And Partners Back Internet.org For Global Internet Access
Mark Zuckerberg announces the Internet.org project that aims to bring cheaper internet access to the world's developing countries
David Miranda ‘Forced To Hand Over Passwords’
Glenn Greenwald's partner and occasional assistant claims he was told to hand over passwords for social media and email accounts
Firefox OS-Powered ZTE Open Phones Sell Out In The UK
The first Firefox OS smartphone to be released in the UK has sold out on eBay
AMD Releases R-Series CPUs For Embedded Systems
AMD expands its embedded CPU portfolio, one of the key strategic areas for the company going forward
Open Source Mobile OS: The Four Contenders
Which should iPhone and Android fear most: Firefox OS, Sailfish, Tizen or Ubuntu Mobile?
Zmap’s Fast Internet Scan Tool Could Spread Zero Days In Minutes
The 45-minute Internet scan could be a force for good... or evil
Amazon Latest Hit By Series Of High-Profile Outages
Amazon's US and Canadian websites became briefly unavailable on Monday, following problems with Google and many others
UK Government Smashed Guardian Drives In ‘Symbolic’ Bid To Stop Leaks
"Bizarre" moment as GCHQ experts oversee the destruction of hard drives
KPMG: New Breed Of Cyber Attack Could Cripple Banks
British banks should watch out for fresh kinds of attacks as they can't afford to suffer another systemic shock, KPMG says
Google: We Should Not Be Subject To British Privacy Law
Google said to have made claim in defending itself against circumvention of Apple Safari cookie protections
Researcher Hits Zuckerberg’s Wall To Report Facebook Bug
Facebook says researcher broke terms and conditions when proving an exploit