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Personal data on roughly 25 million individuals and 7.25 million families in the United Kingdom have been lost, Chancellor Alistair Darling of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) office announced Tuesday ...

Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 have been released to manufacturing and are now available for MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) subscribers to download, the company announced Monday ...

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Monday published the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (GNU AGPLv3), a version of the GNU GPLv3 designed specifically for network-oriented free software ...

Making good on last week's rumors, Amazon on Monday officially released Amazon Kindle, its new portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, magazines, newspapers and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display ...

Dell unveiled a new consumer electronics system Monday that combines multimedia computing with high-definition television and entertainment ...

Given that Google and theOpen Handset Alliance released the Android software development kit (SDK) this week, you might think that would have been the hottest topic of conversation on the Linux blogs in the ensuing days ...

When Google announced its Android cellular platform last week, some took it as a sign that it could be moving away from its previously discussed plans to bid in the upcoming Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction of 700 MHz wireless spectrum. Recent news, however, suggests otherwise ...

Just a few days have passed since the release of the Android software development kit (SDK), but already developers are knee-deep in application projects for the new cell phone platform ...

In a move designed to bolster its offerings in the mobile market, Qualcomm will acquire mobile banking provider Firethorn Holdings for US$210 million ...

A group of researchers have successfully cloned primate embryos for the first time and used them to create stem cells, opening up the possibility that the same could be done with humans ...

Marvel Comics is opening its archives to the public with the launch of the online subscription serviceMarvel Digital Comics Unlimited, the company announced Tuesday ...

The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) made good on its promise to deliver a software development kit (SDK) for the new Android platform Monday, and Google sweetened the offering with a new US$10 million developer's challenge ...

With its Android announcement and formation of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), Google has made it clear that it believes the mobile Internet is the next step in the evolution of the cellular industry ...

Google's search technology may infringe on a patent that was awarded in 1997, a year before the Internet giant's founding, according to a lawsuit filed last week ...

The holiday season may bring joy to consumers and retailers alike, but hand in hand with that joy comes the inevitable pain of post-holiday returns ...

More than two years after the filing of the first complaint, Take-Two Interactive Software announced Friday the proposed settlement of all U.S. consumer class action lawsuits over the "Hot Coffee" modification that could be used to enable sexual content in its "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" video game ...

R&B recording artist Alicia Keys' MySpace page was hacked not once but twice this week, according to Exploit Prevention Labs ...

There's little doubt that Google and the other members of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) made one of the biggest technology marketing splashes in recent memory on Monday with their introduction of Android. What kind of lasting impact the platform will have on the cellular industry, however, is less certain ...

With Google's Android rollout this week, hand in hand with the creation of the Open Handset Alliance, the Linux community has had plenty to discuss regarding the platform, its openness, and what it would all mean for wireless users ...

Flanked by landmark partners including Coca-Cola and Microsoft, Facebook on Tuesday unveiled a new advertising system that allows marketers to tap into the power of personal connections on the wildly popular social networking site ...