At a recent cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, Charlie Miller of Independent Security Evaluators demonstrated how a hacker could take control of an Apple (AAPL) iPhone by sending a series of

A standing-room-only crowd gave up their Sunday this week to convene at a San Francisco hotel to talk about their passion for Twitter as a business tool. It was the first TWTRCON. No shortage of big

The best job in the world was recently filled. It's not, as you might guess, the position of president of the United States. Or even CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS). No, this one trumps even that (at least

It’s a given: Your boss is a clunk-head. But can you gripe about the troglodyte on the Internet without losing your job? Some workers have discovered that the boss monitors their chat-room

Another illusion shattered: Some bloggers are paid by manufacturers or retailers to thump the tub in behalf of various products. Shocking. The bloggers are carrying on in the fine tradition of newspa

Twitter has signed an online advertising deal with Microsoft (MSFT), taking a major step in backing the increasingly popular service with a sound business model. Microsoft will sponsor “ExecTwe

No matter where you turn - TV, the Internet - it seems there's someone, somewhere, looking for a low. And if "everyone" is looking for that low, then it's less likely to happen, right? We d

Twitter wants to know what you’re doing. For the uninitiated, the popular micro-blogging application allows users to keep in touch, providing a blow-by-blow account of each person’s life

After 18 months of fuss and fulmination, top Internet companies have agreed to new guidelines intended to limit what information they should share with governments worldwide.The guidelines look about

T.S. Eliot might have been off by a few months – it looks as though June might turn out to be the cruelest month of the year rather than April. Renewed fears of inflation and slower growth cause