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Hackers reportedly shut down Internet service in Palestine Tuesday Service was apparently completely shut down in Gaza and partially shut down in the West Bank after hackers unleashed malware on the main ISP in Palestine, Paltel....

Bank of America has decided to back off from a controversial fee that it announced in September: a US$5 ding every month for consumers who use their debit cards to make a retail purchase. The plan had endured sustained consumer outrage since it was publicly revealed Bank of America, which did not return a call to CRM Buyer in time for publication, ...

Google might soon quit surprising you with ridiculously off-target ads in your search resultsand Gmail. Or, you may finally find out how they deliver ads that are strikingly right-on. The search leader has announced an upcoming feature called "Why These Ads?" The company willalso launch an Ads Preference Manager that is designed to let users make ...

From April through mid-September, with a 45-day hiatus in between, hackers were busy attacking a series of targets, culminating in the chemical and defense industries, Symantec has reported A total of 29 chemical industry companies and 19 others, mainly in the defense sector, were hit....

Yahoo may have shelved the prospect of a company sale, or at the very least pushed the idea to its back burner. Instead, it is reportedly giving serious thought to selling its Asian assets and redistributing the proceeds to shareholders via a special dividend or buyback shares, according to a Bloomberg article citing unidentified sources. It has b...

Barnes & Noble has sent out invitations to a press conference this week in New York City. The specific topic of the event, set for Nov. 7, is unclear -- but it's almost certain the spotlight will be on its Nook It is widely expected that B&N will unveil its answer to Amazon's Kindle Fire -- that is, a 7-inch Nook Color tablet designed to compete wi...

Think about what has happened in information technology in the last 15 years. The inventors of Google began their collaboration in 1996 but did not adopt the brand name until 1997. The BlackBerry mobile device came on the market in 1999. And the Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA) was enacted by Congress in 1996 for the purpose of improving the way the federal government manages information technology...

What Open Source Can Learn From Steve Jobs, Part 1 The Fall of the House of Stallman...

The Obama administration is urging Congress to pass cybersecurity legislation the White House first proposed in May That proposal incorporates many of the ideas of Senate and House leaders, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt pointed out....

The crumbling wall between TV and the Internet may soon be reduced to dust. YouTube is preparing to debut 100 TV channels, partnering with dozens of media companies, Hollywood production companies, and celebrities including Madonna, J-Z, Ashton Kutcher and more. The subjects range from health and family issues to sports and dance YouTube has p...

AT&T on Monday announced the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the HTC Vivid ...

Until Dec. 31, buyers of Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet will be able to get a free unit if they buy two tablets The deal is open to anyone who buys a PlayBook from an authorized reseller. In addition to the extra tablet, RIM is also throwing in the choice of a free accessory -- a leather sleeve, a charging pod or a high-speed HDMI cable. RIM ...

Google unveiled a software update for Google TV on Friday that includes a slew of apps These are based on Android 3.1, Google spokesperson Jacques Herbert told TechNewsWorld. This is the latest version of the so-called "Honeycomb" release....

The explosive adoption of the Internet has created a new kind of Web-savvy customer who expects a rich, efficient, personalized online user experience that's accessible 24/7 via any online access point -- Web, mobile device or social media -- and that provides consistent engagement across multiple channels. To get a sense of just how impressive ...

I ran into a new forward-looking video from Microsoft last week that showcases a number of Microsoft technologies as they might be used a decade from now. Intel produced a video a few years ago, equally compelling, showcasing a future based on its technology; unfortunately, it hasn't been able to demonstrate a single design win yet that indicates it is on that path. This got me thinking of a Philips video (unfortunately I don't have a link) in the 1990s that basically predicted the iPhone -- a device it never actually made. ...

The Future Enterprise, Part 4: Working Smarter For most of the short history of computing, people have been forced to adapt to the way computers work, rather than the other way around; however, that trend is starting to change in a big way.

The Federal Communications Commission has voted unanimously to reform the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation system. It is creating a new Connect America Fund, with a budget of US$4.5 billion to meet the end-goal of this policy shift: extending broadband infrastructure to rural Americans, as opposed to subsidizing rural phone service.

Samsung reported its quarterly earnings this week, showing a healthy jump in its smartphone business. The company's smartphone sales quadrupled, shooting up from 7 million in last year's third quarter to 28 million globally in third-quarter 2011. Samsung also saw a 44 percent increase from the previous quarter, according to Strategy Analytics....

RIM has agreed to let Indian officials conduct lawful surveillance of consumers in that country using its BlackBerry services, according to a Wall Street Journal The decision is yet another step in RIM's long, drawn-out battle with New Delhi over the latter's demands to monitor users of BlackBerry services in India....

Google has made a slew of updates to its Google+ social network. It has added new features, provided integration with Google Apps, and made the network available to businesses, universities, and schools that use Google Apps The point behind the upgrades is to continue to drive traffic to the fledgling network and fight the feature wars with other s...