BARCELONA, Spain - Facebook users spend almost 30 minutes a day on the site poking and messaging their friends on average, with access patterns similar on mobile phones and computers, a British study showed on Monday.
BARCELONA, Spain - Facebook users spend almost 30 minutes a day on the site poking and messaging their friends on average, with access patterns similar on mobile phones and computers, a British study showed on Monday.
BARCELONA - The mobile phone industry recently reached the milestone of its four billionth connection worldwide, but the cold winds of economic crisis will chill celebrations at the sector’s biggest annual gathering this week.
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers believed to be based in Romania have been launching attacks on software security firms specialising in computer defence. Romanian HackersBlog website on Friday was claiming three victims: Finland-based F-Secure, Kaspersky Labs in Russia, and a Romanian security software seller Bit Defender.
SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube said it is dabbling with letting people download videos to computers as an alternative to watching clips streamed over the Internet. Video owners would be able to offer downloads for free or for small fees paid through a Google Checkout service, according to YouTube product manager Thai Tran.
WASHINGTON - Better think twice before choosing a password for emails, online bank accounts and airline tickets. Passwords that show no imagination or distinctiveness are easy prey for information pirates, a new US study says.
SAN FRANCISCO - PandaLabs, a computer security firm, is reporting that cyber-crooks are setting traps on popular news-sharing website Digg.
Every gamer knows the names of the heavy hitters in electronic entertainment: Electronic Arts, Activision, Ubisoft and the rest. They’re the companies that can spend big bucks on state-of-the-art production, expensive licenses and elaborate promotional campaigns.
SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Monday began synchronizing its free online calendars and Gmail contact lists with smart phones using software licensed from arch-rival Microsoft.
SYDNEY - Global mobile phone companies Vodafone and Hutchison Whampoa will merge their Australian businesses to create a company able to take on the dominant operators, the two firms said on Monday.
SINGAPORE – Charmaine Decena and her family had always dreamed of buying their own apartment in Singapore, but they are now staring at the possibility of returning to their hometown in Philippines.