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  • Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

    The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.

    Written by Marc Ferranti • 25 May 12 22:22

  • Quickbooks Online outage leaves some customers in sour mood

    Intuit's Quickbooks Online service suffered an outage this week that left "a small subset" of customers unable to access their data, but the company says the problems with the on-demand accounting software have now been fixed.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 25 May 12 17:12

  • Refund for some Facebook investors

    Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook's stock in Friday's IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

    Written by AAP • 25 May 12 09:43

  • China's Sina Weibo targeting Japanese advertisers

    One of China's top Twitter-like sites, Sina Weibo, is working to attract Japanese companies to advertise on its platform by helping the firms open and use accounts on the microblogging service.

    Written by Michael Kan • 25 May 12 05:42

  • Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

    Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

    Written by Grant Gross • 24 May 12 23:37

  • Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

    Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

    Written by Grant Gross • 24 May 12 20:53

  • Customisable Cloud SLAs on the way, researchers predict

    Service-level agreements and legal standards for Cloud offerings will become more customised to individual customers and vertical industries as the cloud market continues to mature and providers look for ways to differentiate their offerings, researchers at the University of London predict.

    Written by Brandon Butler • 24 May 12 20:30

  • Yahoo Axis may be game changer for search and the troubled company

    With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.

    Written by Sharon Gaudin • 24 May 12 20:08

  • Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera

    Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram.

    Written by Cameron Scott • 24 May 12 18:56

  • About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365

    About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC).

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 24 May 12 18:55

  • European privacy regulators want more detail on Google's policy changes

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    Written by Peter Sayer • 24 May 12 17:42

  • Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court

    Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs • 24 May 12 15:24

  • Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

    IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

    Written by Michael Cooney • 24 May 12 13:33

  • Box to beef up IT administration features of cloud content management software

    Box will start letting customers test a new set of IT administration controls for its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software on Thursday.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 24 May 12 13:00

  • Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services

    Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday -- but they claim to have discovered more than 100 such bugs over the past few months.

    Written by Loek Essers • 24 May 12 12:56

  • Myer to make $300 million online

    Myer believes it can generate up to $300 million in online sales as women and young people head to its website to buy clothes.

    Written by AAP • 24 May 12 10:00

  • Facebook used as terrorist tool: Expert

    Terrorist groups are using Facebook to recruit loners from Western countries like Australia to their cause and authorities are struggling to stop it, a leading counter-terrorism expert says.

    Written by AAP • 24 May 12 09:43

  • Google to offer mapping and other software in Syria

    Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software Picasa, and its Chrome browser, it said Wednesday.

    Written by John Ribeiro • 24 May 12 07:46

  • Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case

    The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court.

    Written by John Ribeiro • 24 May 12 05:35

  • Most jurors sided with Google on APIs and 'fair use'

    Most of the jurors in the Oracle v Google trial thought Google's use of 37 Java APIs in Android should be allowed under the doctrine of fair use, one of the jurors revealed Wednesday after the trial had ended.

    Written by James Niccolai • 23 May 12 23:34
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