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PayPal Flies Solo on Nasdaq

PayPal on Monday returned to the Nasdaq as an independent company, no longer tethered to eBay ...

EFF Launches Write-to-Congress Tool

Email has made communicating with elected officials easy, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation this week launched a new tool that is going to make it easier yet ...

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Swipes, Taps and Cursor Movements Can Foil Cyberthieves

Swipes, taps, cursor movements and other ways of interacting with electronic devices can be used to protect online merchants from Net fraudsters ...

Social Networks Funneling More News

News consumption on Facebook and Twitter has increased significantly in the last two years, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center and the Knight Foundation ...

Apple Scarfs Up Nearly All the Smartphone Profits

Ninety-two percent of worldwide profits from smartphones go to Apple, according to press reports citing data released Monday by Cannacord Genuity ...

Apple Gives Fans a Taste of New OSes

Apple on Thursday released to consumers a preview of the latest versions of its mobile and desktop operating systems -- iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan -- which contain a number of new features, including a revamped two-factor authentication scheme ...

Apple Watch Sales Sink

After a glorious first week of sales following its introduction in April, sales have slid rapidly for the Apple Watch, according to data from Slice Intelligence ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Is Isolating the Internet Key to Bulletproof Security?

With so many cybersecurity pros drowning in an ever-rising tide of hack attacks on their computer systems, an emerging approach to defending those systems may be the life preserver they've been looking for ...

GoPro Whittles Down Hero4 Action Cam

GoPro on Monday announced the Hero4 Session, a 1-inch cube video camera that weighs just 2.6 ounces -- less than half the heft of an iPhone. ...

Reviewers Sing Apple Music’s Praises

Apple rolled out its new subscription music streaming service Tuesday, and it has been getting mostly raves from reviewers ...

Faster, Cheaper Fiber Could Rev Up Internet

Researchers have found a way to significantly improve the performance of fiber networks, which could lead to benefits for both consumers and Internet service providers ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Will LastPass Breach Poison Trust in Password Managers?

A data breach is no picnic for any organization, but for a company that makes its potato salad by protecting other people's passwords, it's the mother of all nightmares. Yet, that has happened to LastPass twice ...

Data Requests Put Amazon Between Rock, Hard Place

Amazon's recently released first report on government requests for information revealed that from January to May, it received 813 subpoenas and 25 search warrants ...

DxO One Bridges iPhone-DSLR Camera Divide

DxO, known for its top-notch digital imaging software, on Thursday announced a new compact camera designed to allow iPhones and iPads to capture higher-quality digital images ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Routers Becoming Juicy Targets for Hackers

Most consumers pay as much attention to routers as they do to doorknobs. That's not the case with Net marauders. They're finding the devices ripe targets for mischief ...

Amazon May Try Out Delivery-Sharing

Amazon is developing a mobile app that will be the cornerstone of an Uber-type service for neighborhood package delivery, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday ...

Apple’s Safari Declares Open Season on Mobile Ads

Apple is sending a shiver down the spine of anyone who depends on mobile advertising for a living with the inclusion of ad-blocking extensions for iOS 9 in the next version of its Safari browser ...

Synaptics Gives Spacebar Some New Touches

Touchpad pioneer Synaptics has touched up an unlikely area on a keyboard: the spacebar ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Patch Tuesday Sunset Will Be a Mixed Bag for Windows Security

Microsoft will phase out Patch Tuesday -- its monthly potpourri of software product fixes -- when it rolls out Windows 10, which could be a mixed bag for the operating system's security ...

US Snooping Costs High-Tech Sector $35B and Counting

Other countries' concerns over U.S. government surveillance programs likely will cost American businesses more than US$35 billion, according to a report released Tuesday by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation ...

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