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Security firm AVG has come under fire for recent updates to their privacy policy. The new policy explicitly gives the company the ability to sell browsing and search history to third parties.

Microsoft stepped up to help a group, StartupBus Florida, by giving them free Windows 8 laptops and Surface 2 tablets after the group's laptops were stolen from their Austin, Texas rental during SXSW.

Imagine walking down the street and seeing your face on an advert for an embarrassing ailment. Well, you might not have to imagine, if changes to Instagram's privacy policies come into effect.

When NASA sets to retire its space shuttles in 2010 they may be interested in selling off the old orbiters. NASA is currently in the information gathering stage but selling off three shuttles for...

Leveraging an internal adapter that lets many generic PCs run Mac OS X, a company called EFi-X USA now plans to offer a solution that potentially allows customers to create their own Mac systems. ...

Microsoft Corp will soon launch a full range of online versions of its software products, including the Office suite, and expects the weak economy to accelerate growth of the nascent Web-based software market, a senior...

Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile will sell Apple Inc's new iPhone for as little as 1 euro ($1.54) for the 8-gigabyte version together with a 69 euro monthly contract, it said on Monday. Apple is set...

Due to a disparity in interest rates, New Hampshire and Vermont regulators will hold separate emergency meetings Sunday to reconsider Verizon's $2.35 billion sale of its voice and Internet land lines in northern New England...

Security breaches that are allowing the financial details of tens of thousands of Britons to be sold on the internet are to be investigated by the country's information watchdog. Without paying a single penny, The...

T-Mobile said Wednesday that it will sell the iPhone in Germany without a contract, complying with a court injunction against it. In addition, it will unlock any phone bought since November 19 -- the date...

Recent rumours, later denied by Sony Corporation, have turned out to be true. According to Reuters, Sony plans to sell its "Cell" microprocessor output facility in Nagasaki prefecture and "RSX" graphic chip production line in...

Both Ford and Microsoft have teamed up to release a special edition pink Zune for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While many companies are jumping at the chance to bring awareness to such an important cause,...

Sony Corporation is reportedly in talks to sell its production facilities for advanced microchips used in its PlayStation 3 game console to Toshiba Corporation. The sale, which would include production lines for the PS3 "Cell"...

While Microsoft is shooting for a cool $155 Million first day haul for its upcoming monster hit Halo 3, Lazard Capital Market's Colin Sebastian thinks otherwise. He believes Microsoft's estimate is "conservative" and that Halo...

Gateway Inc., a struggling computer maker, said Wednesday it will sell its professional business unit to Nampa, Idaho-based computer maker and seller MPC Corp. in a deal valued at about $90 million. MPC will continue...

Wal-Mart Inc. opened its campaign for the back-to-school PC sales season on Wednesday by unveiling a US$298 desktop from Everex that combines three of the most popular industry trends -- open-source software, a power-efficient processor,...

O2 is on the verge of wrapping up a deal to exclusively sell the Apple iPhone in the UK with a view to launching the iPod-based handset by Christmas. A number of Europe's largest operators...

South Korean prosecutors have indicted four engineers for allegedly trying to sell "Wibro" high-speed mobile Internet technology to the United States for 190 million dollars. Three former employees received secret information from Hwang, one current...

WalMart is known for being able to majorly cut its prices thanks to mass production for a wide range of products. Now that I think of it, my first DVD player was from WalMart, purchased...

Microsoft says that a report that it sold only 244 copies of Vista in China in the first two weeks is just plain wrong, the Softies say. "Recent speculation regarding sales data in China is...

Launched last July, Amie Street is a web-based music service that has always offered DRM-free music of independent artists for purchase. Amie Street recently signed a new deal with Nettwerk Music Group (home to well-known...

It seems like 'The King' has been doing very well for himself this past month. Developer Blitz Games is celebrating after selling 2 million Burger King games in just four weeks. Sales that are challenging...

Retail chain CompUSA will sell Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 Nov. 30 alongside resellers and OEM partners and ahead of the general public release, planned for late January, the software maker announced Nov. 13....

Thanks to Eurogamer for the story. Major electronics retailers PC World, Currys and Dixons have refused to stock controversial Rockstar title Bully, renamed Canis Canem Edit in Europe. All owned...

Eager early adopters received word last night that EB Games and GameStop stores would be taking pre-orders for Sony's PlayStation 3 this morning. Each store will have a limited number of units available when the...

NEC Corp. executives are negotiating the sale of the company's Packard Bell division, reportedly to eMachines founder Lap Shun "John" Hui. The move would leave NEC without a consumer PC brand, while it continues to...

Following its recent partnership with Advanced Micro Devices to put the latter's chip in its server product line, Dell Computer confirmed this week that it will launch AMD-based laptops as early as October. The move...

Don't look for Google to get into digital music sales anytime soon. The Internet search giant used a keynote slot at the annual NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) conference to quash rumors of a...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will start selling build-your-own-computer components in more than one-third of its U.S. discount stores this month as it looks for ways to tempt shoppers to buy more than just low-margin food. Wal-Mart...

Lenovo is broadening its commercial relationship with brick-and-mortar retailer Best Buy, saying it will work with the computer and electronics chain to sell notebook and desktop PCs to small-business customers. Under the deal, Lenovo will...

According to ZDNet UK Microsoft UK is urging UK vendors not to ship PCs without operating systems on them. Supplying base systems or "Naked PCs" is a missed opportunity according to Michala Alexander,...

The movie giants have announced a service called In2Movies, which will distribute movies via peer to peer technology not too dissimilar to the methods used by illegal file sharers. ...