February 6, 2012 – 10:16 am
Facebook, the social network giant, is set to begin showing advertisements to users on mobile devices before its $5 billion initial public offering, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
February 6, 2012 – 6:26 am
Internet service providers should do more to prevent violent extremism from being promoted on the Web, British lawmakers said in a report that states that the Internet has surpassed universities and prisons as a place where dangerous ideas are developed and traded.
February 6, 2012 – 1:20 am
A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government’s ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.
February 6, 2012 – 12:18 am
A Google Earth map that raised rumors of the lost city of Atlantis has gotten a much-needed update, ridding the seafloor of a gridlike pattern that some vigilant users suspected were sunken streets from the mythological underwater city.
February 6, 2012 – 12:06 am
Syria’s state broadcaster said on Sunday that the text message news service of a separate, pro-government TV station had been hacked and was being used to disseminate “false messages.”
February 5, 2012 – 12:28 am
Facebook’s billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a “hacker” in a 479-word essay he wrote describing his company’s philosophy of constant development and improvement.
February 4, 2012 – 11:42 pm
A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous on Saturday said it had attacked the Swedish government’s website, bringing it down for periods of time by overloading it with traffic.
February 4, 2012 – 10:57 pm
There’s plenty of high-tech stuff that can make trips more enjoyable and relaxing. The tough part is choosing and paying for it.
February 4, 2012 – 10:44 pm
High-tech havens Seattle and San Francisco, the two highest ranked cities on the list, support such high-tech heavyweights as Amazon, Microsoft and Apple.
February 4, 2012 – 11:12 am
Science editor Alan Boyle’s blog: Commercial ventures have been taking lots of small steps toward the next giant leap in spaceflight — and the federal government is helping them out.