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Recently released court documents show that Yahoo resisted the U.S. government’s initial attempts to force it to comply with the National Security Agency’s PRISM program back in 2008. Details in the documents claim that Yahoo was threatened with a $250,000-a-day fine for failing to comply with PRISM. Under PRISM, bulk metadata from Americans’ communications is […]

T-Mobile recently unveiled new initiatives to give customers the ability to make mobile calls using WiFi networks almost anywhere around the world. Customers would also get free texting, messaging and voice mail services on domestic airline flights that are served by Gogo. CEO and President John Legere stated that his company wants to let customers […]

Intel executives recently launched the Core M processor, a 14-nanometer chip based on the Intel’s “Broadwell” architecture. Five days later, they’re already turning their attention to the Core M’s successor, another 14nm processor codenamed “Skylake.” At the Intel Developer Forum 2014, CEO Brian Krzanich and other executives showed off a notebook powered by a Skylake […]

While the Apple Watch is the first entirely new Apple product in four years, it wasn’t necessarily the most important announcement the company made at its media event Sept. 9 in Cupertino, Calif. That distinction goes to Apple Pay, a new electronic payment service that has the potential to reduce credit card security problems. Apple […]

Microsoft has rolled out a series of changes to its MSN.com homepage which it says are designed to meet the needs of the “mobile-first, cloud-first world”. The new site is aimed to encourage personalization, and includes a “services stripe” below the navigation bar, which allows users to access their OneDrive or other apps quickly, as […]

Verizon has been fined $7.4 million for violating the privacy rights of about 2 million new customers by using their personal information to market services to them without first informing them of their right to opt out. The Federal Communications Commission explained that this is the largest fine ever levied regarding privacy issues involving the […]

AT&T recently announced a cloud-based storage service designed to meet the security requirements of federal government agencies. This community cloud offering has the same features, policies, capabilities and EMC Atmos technology as AT&T’s commercial cloud storage offering. However, this service provides additional security measures, including storage towers that are physically separated from other users’ towers […]

Samsung unveiled Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy Note 4 during media events around the world on Sept. 3. Gregory Lee, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics America, explained that the company is aiming to enter a new universe of elegantly designed mobile devices. The Galaxy Note Edge stole the spotlight at the event with an […]

This past weekend, attackers posted explicit pictures of Hollywood celebrities online including Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, which were allegedly obtained via a vulnerability in Apple’s iCloud data storage service. The pictures were posted to the 4chan website, where the original poster claimed to have additional photos for which payment was being sought. Some of the […]

The Federal Communications Commission has fined T-Mobile USA $819,000 for violating federal laws that require phone service providers to stock a minimum number of cell phone models that are compatible with hearing aids for consumers that need them. The FCC explained that these rules have been around for over a decade, and stated that T-Mobile […]