New details on a hidden smartphone software application that collects data on user activities has sparked renewed debate over smartphone privacy.
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Mobile privacy debate reignites over hidden smartphone app
After an iPhone 4 goes up in smoke on a plane in Australia, a news report from Brazil suggest that another iPhone, left to charge overnight, caught fire just inches from its owner’s sleeping face.
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Another iPhone said to have spontaneously combusted
The Chinese Internet company is reportedly partnering with Softbank, Blackstone Group, and Bain Capital to acquire all of Yahoo.
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Alibaba said to be prepping bid for all of Yahoo
Online commentators Wednesday welcomed a ruling by Italy’s highest court that the editors of online publications cannot be held legally responsible for defamatory comments posted by their readers.
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Italian court: Online editors not responsible for reader comments
The bookseller retains one of the nation’s top antitrust lawyers to defend it in its dispute with Microsoft over patent infringement charges.
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Barnes & Noble hires former Microsoft legal foe David Boies
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that will help workers from India and China get employment-based green cards over the next few years.
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Skills-based visa change helps some, hurts others
The Wall Street Journal reports that AT&T is talking to Deutsche Telekom about forming a joint venture in case AT&T’s $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile is rejected by regulators.
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AT&T and Deutsche Telekom discuss a plan B?
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission adopted rules at a meeting on Wednesday to allow wireless networks of microstimulators designed to treat paralysis and other conditions.
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FCC OKs on-body medical networks
Clearwire Corp., facing a $237 million interest payment tomorrow, will have to decide between conserving cash to fund its wireless business or satisfying creditors the company may need for financing in the future.
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Clearwire Weighs Conserving Cash or Keeping Creditor Support
Hewlett-Packard Co. had its corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings cut to BBB+ from A by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, which cited the increased debt load caused by the acquisition of Autonomy Corp.
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HP Rating Cut by S&P After Autonomy Acquisition Boosts Debt