China's minister of industry and information technology said Google is welcome to continue to do business in China as long as it follows the country's laws which include censorship of Internet content.

The combined cash bonus and stock award is in recognition for the time he filled in while Steve Jobs was on medical leave.

Now you can let the twitterverse know where you're tweeting from. But why?

Security firm's advisory details the dangers of downloading fake antivirus software, often referred to as 'scareware.'

In latest setback in patent case, appeals court reiterates that Microsoft's infringement was "willful," while both sides wait to see if the court will agree to hear Microsoft's en banc appeal.

Apple's online store is open for business, accepting preorders for the highly anticipated iPad tablet computer with relatively few snags. Limit two per customer!

The latest twist to Google's search gives users the ability to find out if the product they're looking for is available from a local retailer.

The new Awareness Social Marketing Hub is designed to help businesses leverage multiple social networks without a lot of heavy lifting.

Ahead of revelations surrounding the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series operating system, new data from comScore shows the current-generation mobile OS slipping in the rankings.

Motorola and Microsoft have announced that they have struck a deal to include Bing and other Microsoft services on Motorola's Android-powered smartphones.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the agency's highly anticipated broadband plan will call for improve online safety for children and greater access to broadband service for the poor.

Flaws originating in WebKit are chief among the issues addressed in Safari 4.0.5.

Information technology honchos are well represented in the latest Forbes magazine's list of billionaires with Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and the Google guys among the world's wealthiest.

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites gets targeted by criminals who may have gained access to travelers' credit cards.

The nation's largest wireless carrier continues its aggressive push to deploy 4G by pushing up the release date of its next-generation handsets.

A popular blog following all things Apple says that iPhone users will finally get multitasking with the 4.0 release of the iPhone OS. But when will 4.0 make its debut?

Smartphones are on track to surpass PC sales very soon, and some parts of the world balk at paid content, so vendors are about to face a challenge when it comes to making money off these devices.

New version of commercial Tomcat Java server debuts combining Java smarts with VMware virtualization.

A modest security warning about a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has quickly grown into something much larger thanks to the work of a hacker.

A survey of consumers and businesses places Big Blue at the top of the list among technology companies in protecting consumer data and privacy.

The social networking and voting site is migrating from the MySQL database to Cassandra, an open source non-relational database.

As more details surface of the national broadband plan the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to deliver to Congress, the commission said it will consider a plan to develop a free or low-cost wireless broadband network.

What was first thought to be a minor incident has turned out to be a major embarrassment for HSBC, which now acknowledges that a former employee made off with thousands of customer files.

Analyst at Broadpoint AmTech looks to the two chipmakers to turn in a healthy first quarter performance, thanks in part to an improved forecast for server sales.

At the IDC Directions conference in Silicon Valley, research firm's chief analyst argues that the cloud is here to stay, proclaiming it the dominant platform for the next two decades.

CA makes another cloud computing acquisition, picking up IT performance and availability monitoring software vendor Nimsoft in all-cash deal.

Microsoft has been previewing a radical redesign of its MSN home page since last fall, but now it's time to start pushing it out to MSN's 100 million U.S. users.

Multiple open source projects based on a new approach to databases were discussed at this week's NoSQL Live conference.

After a long time on the sidelines, Intel rival AMD is getting into the netbook game with a dedicated chip designed specifically for computers with screens 12 inches or smaller.

CEO Eric Schmidt said the search giant is continuing discussions with the Chinese government that will determine whether it shuts down its operations there.

Tens of thousands of Arkansas National Guard soldiers became the latest victims of a security breach at a military base after an unencrypted external hard drive was discovered missing last month.

Ten years after the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq still has a long way to go.

Panda Security discovered Confiker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples installed on a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone.

A report by staffing and placement firm Robert Half International shows that while many companies are still taking a wait-and-see approach to new hires, there's general optimism in the IT sector.

Microsoft's Bing search engine managed to gain market share again in February, but its success isn't exactly sending Google running for cover.

Chuck Thacker, one of the found researchers of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, has received the Association for Computing Machinery's prestigious Turing Award.

Search giant debuts online shop for apps, expanding beyond its own App Engine to offer developers working in other frameworks an integration into the marketplace.

U.S. Trade Representative describes country's talks with Google and other companies, and raises the prospect of pursuing a WTO complaint against China over Internet restrictions.

Once the leader in the social networking space, MySpace has fallen on hard times of late. But a new executive team is betting it can bring the site back to life with a site overhaul and fresh developer talent.

Malaysian tech enthusiast site TechArp claims its sources say Microsoft has moved up availability of the first service pack for Windows 7 - possibly to the end of this year.

The non-profit open source foundation looks to show it's not just an extension of its main backer, Microsoft.

Software giant pledges $2 million in cash and $6 million in software to help veterans acquire the skills and training to compete in a 21st century workforce.

In the latest edition of its monthly security ritual, Microsoft patches two bugs, both deemed "important," and issued an advisory about a flaw recently discovered in the Internet Explorer browser.

An article in DigiTimes shines the spotlight on an unintended consequence of Apple's success with devices like the iPhone, iPod and the pending release of the vaunted iPad.

Executive from the software giant pitches the new Windows Phone 7 as more than just an upgrade to its earlier Windows Mobile line, but a legitimate game change.

Though it's not known for initiating patent lawsuits, Apple could be getting ready to more aggressively defend its intellectual property in the face of increasing competition from rival smartphone makers.

Security software firm unveils prototype system designed to help carriers weed out malware and other security vulnerabilities on mobile devices.

Little-noticed but significant section of FAQ details compatibility issues users will experience when trying to upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit version of forthcoming Office suite.

For the second time in two years, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts says hackers managed to access its computer systems, stealing personal data including customer payment card data.

Networking kingpin Cisco has taken the wraps off of the highly anticipated upgrade to its CRS-1 core router, debuting the CRS-3, which promises capacity of 322 terabits per second.