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IBM Thinks Siri Is Spying, Bans It

Kevin Spak — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:53:09 CDT

IBM has banned employees from using Siri on its network, because it doesn't trust the iPhone digital assistant. On Monday, IBM's CIO told the MIT Technology Review that though employees are free to use their personal iPhone at work, it was having problems with apps posing security risks. She said...

Apple Turning iCloud Into Instagram Wannabe

Kevin Spak — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:56:05 CDT

Apple is planning a complete overhaul for its iCloud service, transforming it from a basic cloud storage service into a photo-sharing service à la Instagram, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . At the moment, iCloud just lets you store a single "photo stream" online and access it from any of...

Apple Has Killed a Half Million Jobs

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:36:11 CDT

Accused of shipping American jobs overseas , Apple reacted by saying it has actually created US jobs— some 514,000 in fact . Now BusinessInsider takes a closer look at the numbers and finds that the tech behemoth has actually eliminated 490,570 positions, nearly the same amount it has created. Here's...

Microsoft Joins Barnes & Noble in E-Book War

Matt Cantor — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:37:47 CDT

There's a new major player in the battle for the e-book market. Microsoft is investing $300 million in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary devoted to the bookseller's Nook e-reader plus its College division. Microsoft will have a 17.6% stake in the company (currently dubbed "Newco"), valued at $1....

The Secrets Behind Apple's Super-Low Tax Rate

Mark Russell — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:06:22 CDT

Apple is one of the most profitable companies in the world—and also one of the most aggressive and creative at avoiding taxes, reports the New York Times , which outlines a number of the company's tax-avoidance strategies. Among them: Despite its well-known Cupertino, California, headquarters, Apple partly avoids the state's...

Apple Beats Expectations Again, Sells 35M iPhones

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:08:20 CDT

Apple, the world's most valuable company, is trumping skeptics once again by reporting blow-out iPhone sales. Apple says it sold 35 million iPhones in the quarter, almost twice as many as it sold a year ago and above analyst expectations. Company shares were down before the report because investors believed...

iPhone 5 Casing: Terminator's 'Liquidmetal'?

Mark Russell — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:41:01 CDT

The new iPhone 5, coming this fall, may not go back in time to kill John Connor, but it could be made from Liquidmetal, at least according to the latest rumors. Unlike normal metals, which are crystalline, Liquidmetal is an alloy more like metallic glass, with the elasticity of plastics...

Parents Suing Apple Over 'Addictive' Kid Apps

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:35:00 CDT

A group of parents are angry with Apple for toying with their kids. Their class-action lawsuit attacking the company for luring clueless children with "addictive," expensive game apps was recently given the go-ahead by a San Jose judge . Games are "highly addictive, designed deliberately to be so, and tend to...

Latest Threat to Hit Macs: 'Sabpab' Trojan

Rob Quinn — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:25:34 CDT

With popularity comes some nasty bugs for the unwary: A Trojan known as "Sabpab" is the latest piece of malware infesting Macs, according to security firm Sophos. The malware is spreading through a weakness in Java and through an infected Word document purporting to be a statement from the Dalai...