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Motorola Engineer Guilty of Stealing Trade Secrets

A former Motorola software engineer was found guilty of stealing trade secrets from the company, the US Justice Department said Wednesday.

Facebook's Top Execs to Get Large Bonuses

Facebook's top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent of their base salaries and other earnings,

Yahoo Confirms Departure of Four Board Members

Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday said Chairman Roy Bostock and three other directors are stepping down, in yet another major shake-up at the internet giant.

Google Releases Beta Version of Chrome for Android

Google on Tuesday launched a beta version of its desktop web browser Chrome for Android handhelds, bringing popular features from the desktop version to

Google Doodle Marks Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday

Master storyteller Charles Dickens' influence on culture lives on about 142 years after his death as Google and others celebrate what would have been his 200th

Are Your Facebook Photos Really Deleted?

You might have gone through the motions of deleting embarrassing Facebook photos months ago, but chances are they’re still lingering out there.

Verizon to Set Up Streaming Service with Redbox

Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.

Report: Amazon To Open Seattle Store

Online retailer Amazon is planning on opening a store in the Seattle area later this year, industry website GoodEReader.com reported Monday.

Study: Facebook Addiction Like Alcohol and Cigarettes

Facebook, Twitter and email could be more addicting than alcohol or smoking, a new study suggests.

Sony Quietly Cuts 100 US Jobs

Sony Electronics, the US arm of the Japanese consumer products company, has cut around 100 workers from its ranks over the past several weeks, AllThingsDigital

Microsoft Removes One of Five Patents from Android Case

Microsoft Corp. has pulled one of five patents used last year to sue Barnes & Noble Inc. for alleged infringement related to the book retailer's use of Google

HP's Whitman Awarded $16.5M Pay Package

Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the

RAW DATA: Rough transcript of FBI call allegedly hacked by Anonymous

A sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded by the hacking group Anonymous, it claimed Friday.

Facebook To Face New Profit Pressures

For all the huge numbers in Facebook's IPO papers, a surprisingly small figure stands out: $4.39, the amount the site generated per user last year.

Huff Post To Launch Online Network

AOL and the Huffington Post are launching a live video network that aims to combine broadcast news with social media.

Feds Target Sports Streaming Sites

With the Super Bowl days away, federal authorities announced a crackdown Thursday on websites that stream unauthorized broadcasts of sports events just hours

Meet Comic RayWJ - YouTube Star

The new economics of entertainment have enabled a foul-mouthed performer working on his own to carve out a very lucrative business. He doesn't have the backing

Facebook Founder Could Net $28B from IPO

Facebook Inc.'s impending initial public offering will likely net its 27-year-old founder Mark Zuckerberg a fortune of $28 billion.

Facebook on the Stock Ticker: LIKE? POKE? TMI?

Facebook the website is all about grabbing someone's attention. So it's safe to assume that Facebook the company has taken great care in choosing a ticker

Microsoft Lays Off 200 in Reorganization of Marketing Unit

Microsoft Corp. laid off roughly 200 employees Wednesday as the software giant restructured its marketing operations in an effort to streamline job

Jailed Con Artist Describes Role in Google Case

When federal investigators decided to look into whether Google Inc. was letting rogue pharmacies from overseas target American consumers with advertising, they

Facebook Files for IPO

Facebook Inc. on Wednesday filed for an initial public offering that could value the company at between $75 billion to $100 billion, putting the eight-year-old

Reports Say Facebook To File $5B IPO

Social-networking giant Facebook Inc. is preparing to file preliminary paperwork for a $5-billion initial public offering Wednesday morning, although that

Amazon Reports 4th Quarter Earnings Decline

Amazon.com reported a sharp decline in earnings for the fourth quarter, as the company continued to spend heavily on its infrastructure and new products such

Google Defends New Privacy Policy to Congress

Changes that Google Inc. made to its privacy policy last week bring it more in line with rivals Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Inc. and Apple Inc., the company said

Space Race Blastoff: NASA's New Facebook Game

Ready for an out-of-this-world Facebook experience? A new game promises to deliver has just taken off.

Megaupload Users May See Files Deleted

Federal prosecutors are warning users of the now-defunct Megaupload.com website that private server companies could begin deleting files once stored by the

Teens Migrating To Twitter

Teens don't tweet, will never tweet - too public, too many older users. Not cool.

Retaliation Fears Spur Anonymity In Internet Case

Federal law-enforcement officials say they are concerned about cyber-retaliation against agents and prosecutors, in light of suspicions that people linked to

Can a Home Computer Teach You to Fly a Real Plane?

Can flight simulator training on a home computer teach you enough to fly a real plane?

Motorola Sues Apple Over New iPhone

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. has filed its latest patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc., this time targeting the most recent version of the iPhone

Amazon Looking into Taking on Netflix

Jeff Bezos and his team at Amazon are weighing a move to beef up the retailer's video-streaming service -- possibly carving it out as a standalone,

Rep. Lamar Smith Blocks Key Provision From SOPA

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) said Friday he would remove a controversial provision from the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) until further study takes place. 

Company X Will Change Your Life

Twenty startup technology companies formally unveiled their ideas at the third annual Startup Debut Sunday night at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas – each

Report: Verizon Wireless Data Outage

Various technology websites including TechCrunch and CNET are reporting a data outage for some Verizon Wireless customers.  Based on questions and responses

Apple's Siri Is Not Anti-Abortion

If you’re going to label Siri, Apple’s iPhone 4S voice assistant, as pro-life, then you’ll have to call her an ethnocentric racist too.

Carrier IQ: Is Your Phone Spying on You?

More than 100 million smartphones track their owners' every move thanks to software preinstalled on devices from most major carriers, according to an Android

Amazon Looks to Take on Apple's Siri with Purchase of Yap

Amazon is looking to take on Apple's iPhone 4S Siri virtual assistant with the purchase of a company called Yap, according to All Things Digital.

Aerial Surveillance Coming to Lancaster

Los Angeles County sheriffs will have a high tech eye in the sky to prevent crime in the city of Lancaster by next year. The city council agreed to fund the

Wind Farms Disrupting Radar, Scientists Say

Wind farms are supposed to produce the energy of tomorrow, but evidence indicates their countless whirring fan blades produce something else: "blank spots"

How Do Free Apps for Kids Cost Parents Money?

Browse through Apple's iTunes and you'll find thousands of free game apps geared towards young children. They're all fun and games until you get the bill. Many

Siri Goes Down for Apple iPhone 4S Users

Apple's Siri virtual assistant apparently experienced an extended outage on Thursday.

Trolls: The Creeps of the Internet

Trolls are creeps who lurk in Internet chat rooms and on websites, randomly hijacking them and posting nasty comments. Some of them are taking "mean" to a

4 Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe Online

Whether you want to admit it or not, there are people looking to victimize children in all sorts of ways online. FOX 11 Tech Ninja Tshaka Armstrong has

German Satellite Expected to Fall to Earth

A German research satellite is expected to fall to Earth this weekend, but scientists said Saturday they still cannot predict where it will land.

Paraplegic Woman Walks with Bionic Exoskeleton

A paraplegic woman is walking again thanks to a wearable "bionic" robot. Check out the video.

iPad 2 Smart Cover Security Flaw Reported

An iPad 2 security flaw is making news today. According to 9to5 Mac, anyone with a Smart Cover can break into your "password-protected" iPad 2.

Endeavour's a Step Closer to Coming to Los Angeles

The California Science Center became the official owner of the space shuttle Endeavour today at a title-transfer signing ceremony attended by the astronauts

NASA Believes Satellite Debris Landed

Pieces of NASA's 20-year-old Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, are believed to have landed on earth early Saturday morning ET, the US space agency

Dead NASA Satellite Falls to Earth

NASA says the defunct UARS satellite fell to Earth overnight. The agency posted on its official Twitter site that the spacecraft crashed through the atmosphere

Meet Motorola's Droid Bionic

Motorola's Droid Bionic launched on Verizon's 4G LTE network recently, and many around the web are calling it the fastest phone currently on Big Red. We put it

NASA: Asteroid Blamed for Killing Dinosaurs is Innocent

The prime suspect behind the demise of the dinosaurs was off the hook Monday, after NASA revealed the family of asteroids commonly blamed for the extinction

Apple Cuts 'Jew Or Not Jew' from French App Store

Apple Inc. has removed an app from its French App Store that let users consult a database of celebrities to determine if they are Jewish or not. The action

Hackers Targeting Hollywood Stars

Some hackers are not after credit cards or classified government documents. They want high-profile Hollywood Twitter accounts, blockbuster scripts, and nude

Time-Warner Internet, Phone Services Online After Outage

Internet and telephone service for thousands of Southern California homes and businesses went out for more than six hours today, as one of the largest Internet

USGS: East Coast Quake Unusual but "Not a Surprise"

The magnitude-5.8 earthquake that rattled the East Coast today is an unusual occurrence, but the area has had its share of quakes in the past, seismologists at

Could Wind Power Wipe Out California's Endangered Birds?

Wind power is the fastest growing component in California's green energy portfolio, but wildlife advocates say it has an unintended consequence: dead birds,

Security Expert's Take on FOX News Twitter Hack

Stan Stahl is the President of Citadel Information Group, an information security management company. He's an expert on the ways and motivations of hackers. Here's what he had to

Can An App Get You Through Carmageddon?

Worried about avoiding the so-called Carmageddon when the 405 is shut down for a weekend next month? Don't panic! There just might be an app for that.

Lockheed Martin Hit by Unspecified Cyber Incident

The U.S. government said Saturday that U.S. weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. was hit by an unspecified cyber incident, according to Reuters.

CA Senate Rejects Social Network Privacy Bill

The California Senate has rejected a bill designed to increase privacy on social networking sites, amid objections from some of industry's biggest players.

New Technology Helping Connect Families When Disaster Strikes

Deadly tornadoes and other disasters often leave many victims isolated, unable to reach families and friends. Scott Tatum was stuck on a Mississippi road when a killer twister

Parking App Now Extends To Studio City

The new generation of the "Parker" app for iOS and Android devices now allows users in a congested area of Studio City to find open parking spaces in real

Yahoo To Keep Search Records For 18 Months

Yahoo plans to extend the amount of time it retains records on what its users search for online, less than two and a half years after breaking from the other

NASA Picks LA For New Home of Endeavour

The space shuttle Endeavour, which was built in Palmdale to replace the destroyed Challenger shuttle, will be placed on display at the California Science

Inside The Hummingbird Lab

The study of how hummingbirds fly is making big contributions to all kinds of projects... even in the military. Take a look inside the Hummingbird Lab at UC

US Astronaut Briefly Stranded During Spacewalk

Two US astronauts on Monday wrapped up the first spacewalk of the Discovery shuttle mission at the International Space Station after a robotic arm breakdown

Coloradans More Likely to be Victims of 'Electronic Pickpocketing'

Criminals can now steal your credit card information without ever laying hand on your purse or wallet. The crime is known as “electronic pickpocketing” and it’s made possible by a

Obama Unveils National Wireless Broadband Plan

President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a plan to boost broadband wireless coverage across the US and create a nationwide, interoperable wireless network

Report: Verizon iPhone Has Antenna Problems

The Verizon iPhone appears to suffer from antenna problems similar to those of the AT&T iPhone, according to a Wednesday report on Apple-centric blog ILounge.

Woodpecker Could Hold Key To Better Shock Absorption

A woodpecker's head may be the secret to manufacturing better shock absorbers, an advancement with benefits to people and technology.

Report: New iPad in Production

Apple has started production of a new version of its iPad tablet computer, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

Bulletstorm Video Game Creates Uproar

A new video game that is due on store shelves on February 22 is already stirring controversy for being violent, profane, gruesome and filled with sexual

Kepler Telescope Has Found 1,200 New Planets

NASA scientists revealed Wednesday, in a much-anticipated announcement, that its Kepler telescope has found more than 50 Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like

Egyptians Use Low-Tech Gadgets to Get Around Communications Block

Egyptians armed with low-tech electronic gadgets like dial-up modems, landlines and old-school satellite phones are finding ways to get their message out, despite efforts by the

Remembering Space Shuttle Challenger, 25 Years Later

Twenty-five years ago, as classrooms tuned in to watch the first teacher head into space, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after lift off.

New Planet Data to Fuel Search for Life Beyond Earth

Astronomers seeking new worlds capable of supporting life will next week unveil data on hundreds of possible planets circling other stars, quickening the pace

Scientists Remap Path of Early Humans

Archaeologists working in the Arabian peninsula are redrawing the road map of the first human migrations out of Africa, offering new evidence that roaming

Supercomputer Beats 'Jeopardy!' Champs

In the battle of man vs. machine, chalk one up for the robots.

Sex in Space Analyzed by US Scientist

Forget the mile-high club. Who's joined the 21-mile high club?

NASA Spots Tiny Planet, Too Hot for Life

NASA has spotted a tiny, rocky planet about the size of Earth doing a speedy orbit of a star outside our solar system, but its scorching temperatures are too

Panasonic Unveils Viera Tablet with TV Capability

The much-anticipated deluge of new tablets began Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, with Panasonic introducing a new device that

Small Cracks on Discovery’s Fuel Tank

Inspections of the space shuttle Discovery’s fuel tank revealed several small cracks on a number of support beams, NASA confirmed Thursday.

Genetic Mutation Linked to Impulsive Violence

The discovery of a genetic mutation that can contribute to impulsive and motiveless violence, especially among men under the influence of alcohol, was making

Bones Confirm Existence of Human Cousin

The existence of a human relative that roamed widely across Asia, has been confirmed by researchers through DNA analysis of 40,000-year-old bone fragments

Russian Rocket Docks with Space Station

A Russian Soyuz space rocket carrying three astronauts docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Friday, Russia's mission control said.

Raptor-Like Dinosaur Discovered in Eastern Utah

Scientists have discovered the oldest reported raptor-like dinosaur in eastern Utah.

Stuxnet Worm Still Out of Control at Iran's Nuclear Sites, Experts Say

Iran's nuclear program is still in chaos despite its leaders' adamant claim that they have contained the computer worm that attacked their facilities, cybersecurity experts in the

Could Google's New Laptops Challenge Microsoft?

Google demonstrated Tuesday its first laptops running on the company's coming Chrome operating system, a move by the internet giant to challenge Microsoft's

Glowing Plants as Eco-Friendly Energy?

Scientists have developed a way to make plants glow, which could replace electric street lights with biologically powered light 24 hours a day.

NASA Research Points to Possible Path for Alien Life

Pushing life to extremes, researchers reported Thursday that they have discovered microbes able to subsist almost entirely on arsenic, which "very likely"

Are Aliens Among Us? Sort of, NASA Says

Research conducted by biochemist Dr. Felisa Wolfe-Simon from the U.S. Geological Survey has turned the quest for alien life on its ear, suggesting that phosphorous -- which is

Pollution Causes Homosexuality in Birds, Study Shows

The nature versus nurture debate just took an unexpected turn -- thanks to pollution. Increased exposure to the toxic chemical mercury can lead to homosexuality in birds, a new

Amazon Pulls Plug on WikiLeaks

Following a growing outcry, Amazon has severed its ties with controversial website WikiLeaks, the organization that just released a trove of sensitive U.S. State Department

WikiLeaks Relying on Amazon.com

Despite outcry over the controversial information, Amazon.com's servers are still hosting leaked documents from WikiLeaks that government officials call a threat to national

Feds Seize More Than 80 Websites in Piracy Crackdown

Federal authorities said Monday they seized 82 internet websites allegedly used to distribute counterfeit products as part of a crackdown on the sale of

Facebook Plans to Trademark the Word 'Face'

Hoping to finally launch thefaceslap.com? Sorry, Charlie: Facebook could soon own the rights to the word "face."

Bill Could Give Homeland Security Power Over Tech Giants

Some members of Congress, concerned about shoddy cybersecurity at government and critical technology websites, are proposing that the Department of Homeland Security should have

The Best Black Friday Deals Are Already Here

Don't wait for the day after Thanksgiving to do your holiday shopping: Black Friday deals are already here. 

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