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A few years ago, Dave Getty and his wife went on a road trip through Texas. They didn't bring a laptop, so they relied solely on their smartphones to surf the Web. They quickly realized how important it is for sites to be mobile-friendly. "It was an eye-opening experience," said Getty, a spokesperso...

The fixes Sony made to its PlayStation Network last year after its system was hacked may not have made it impenetrable: Reports are circulating that the hacktivist group Anonymous has breached the network again. The rumors started with a tweet posted to the group's account that has since been taken ...

The Ministry of Commerce in China has approved Walmart's bid to buy a controlling stake of Chinese e-commerce company Yihaodian, part of Walmart's bid to increase its global retail presence. Prior to the approval, Walmart already possessed a 17.7 percent share in Yihaodian, one of the fastest-growin...

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh is nothing if not persistent. Even though an earlier order for the CEOs of Apple and Samsung to speak to each other to avoid a lengthy trial did not yield anything positive, she is asking the two men to try again. With the jury set to begin deliberating over the companie...

Why does Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak think cloud-based computing will bring "horrible problems" over the next few years? Sounds crazy, but to tell you the truth I think Woz is correct -- to a point. The more we transfer everything to the cloud, the less control we will have over it, according to W...

A group of major retailers in the United States on Wednesday announced a new mobile commerce platform, Merchant Customer Exchange. Members include 7-Eleven, Best Buy, Lowe's, Sears Holdings, Target, Walmart, Shell Oil and Sunoco. The group will announce more members over time. MCX is still searching...

Wall Street has been in a foul mood over Internet stocks, and online professional recommendation company Angie's List has not escape the market's wrath. Its stock fell 15 percent on Tuesday -- a selloff that appears to be largely related to the end of a 90-day lockup period for shares issued in a se...

Microsoft's upcoming Surface, the company's first in-house tablet PC, is scheduled to launch later this year. Microsoft hasn't confirmed how much the Surface will cost, but a recent Engadget report pegs its price at $199, greatly undercutting presumed rival iPad and matching the price of much smalle...

Barnes & Noble has dropped the prices on its Nook tablet product line with the Nook Color, the 8 GB Nook Tablet and the16 GB Nook Tablet now retailing for (US)$150, $180 and $200 respectively. That amounts to a $20 reduction from the Color's original price and $50 the 16 GB device. Now averaging...

Barnes & Noble has dropped the prices on its Nook tablet product line with the Nook Color, the 8 GB Nook Tablet and the16 GB Nook Tablet now retailing for (US)$150, $180 and $200 respectively. That amounts to a $20 reduction from the Color's original price and $50 the 16 GB device. Now averaging...

Information technology security is an unending challenge for both the private and public sectors. Private sector firms have their own security protocols and commercial motivations to ensure security -- as well as the obligation to meet appropriate government regulations. Federal agencies not only ha...

After posting revenue growth of 45 percent from a year prior, many companies would see an increase in stock price reflecting investor confidence. However, daily deal leader Groupon posted its first-ever quarterly profit as a public company and quickly saw its shares fall to new lows. This isn't norm...

App.net founder Dalton Caldwell watched the social Web's trajectory with admiration and then dismay over the years. From all accounts, he liked its initial promise. As it morphed into a commercialized, ad-supported ecosystem of products, however, he apparently grew disillusioned. Hence the crowd-fun...

Google has agreed to buy the Frommer's brand of travel publications. John Wiley & Sons, the publishing company that own the Frommer's travel brand, confirmed it will sell all of its travel assets to the Internet giant. The assets have been on sale since March, when the company announced it aimed...

When SAP's five founders launched the company in June 1972, it's unlikely they foresaw where the IT industry would travel in the decades to come. SAP's core business applications, including enterprise resource planning solutions, continue to support tens of thousands of companies globally -- but h...