Microsoft targeted in bribery probe—report

US authorities are investigating whether Microsoft or its partners bribed officials in China, Italy and Romania to get software contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

US authorities are investigating whether Microsoft or its partners bribed officials in China, Italy and Romania to get software contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

European data protection agencies intend to take action against the US Internet giant Google after it failed to follow their orders to comply with EU privacy laws, a French agency said on Monday.

The Philippines is one of the top sources of spam that hit the US and Europe recently, according to a technology firm specializing in content development and threat management solutions.
Dominant mobile network Smart Communications Inc. has partnered with European telecom giant Vodafone for the development of new and innovative services for the Philippine market.

Facebook has to better explain to users what happens to their personal data and give them more control, the data commissioner in Ireland, home to the website’s international headquarters, said Wednesday.
Apple said Tuesday that the iPhone 4S, the latest version of its hot-selling smartphone, would go on sale in more countries in Asia, Europe and Central America this month.
Blackberry users across much of the globe experienced outages in key functions for a second straight day Tuesday, while a Canadian merchant bank jacked up pressure for a management change.
NEW YORK—The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone confirmed Monday that an outage had hit some of its services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Canada-based Research in Motion said it was investigating the disruption that has led to many user reports of not being able to receive or send e-mail, or use instant messaging, [...]

When the English Defense League sprang to life two years ago, it had fewer than 50 members—a rough-and-tumble bunch of mostly white guys shouting from a street corner about what they viewed as uncontrolled Muslim immigration.
LOS ANGELES — The head of the Sony Corp. unit that makes the PlayStation 3 game console says there’s no going back on a push to offer always-connected play despite a series of hacking attacks that downed its network and will cost the Japanese company around $173 million in special costs. Kazuo Hirai, group chief [...]
FRANKFURT, Germany - Chinese computer maker Lenovo said Wednesday that it would buy the electronics group Medion of Germany to double Lenovo’s share of Europe’s biggest personal computer market. A Lenovo statement said the company would offer 13 euros ($18.75) for each Medion share, a premium of 29 percent over the average closing price for [...]