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After roughly 30 to 40 minutes of inactivity, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) went back online. It was a troublesome moment for consumers who were looking to save big on books, DVDs and a multitude of electronics. But instead of rushing to the nearest Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) or the closest Best...

Lenovo (OTC: LNVGY) is making headlines this morning after reiterating its mission to acquire major businesses within the smartphone and PC sectors. In January, a Lenovo CFO Wong Wai Ming revealed that the company was looking at "all opportunities" -- including BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), which was...

Fourteen years ago, tech experts predicted that the Y2K bug would create a number of problems for computers, computer networks and other electronic devices. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, as much as $300 billion was spent to upgrade computers and programs to be Y2K-compliant. When...

More than two years ago, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) deleted Siri from the App Store after it acquired the application. The company made this decision after deciding to retool the voice-recognition app for use with the iPhone 4S. While Apple can feasibly delete any app from the App Store, investors...

It seems that Panasonic's (OTC: PCRFY) restructuring plan has not been successful. According to CNET, the Japanese electronics giant posted another major loss. The company lost 754.3 billion Yen ($7.42 billion U.S.) during the fiscal 2012 sales period after sales declined seven percent to 7,846...

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," says Shakespeare’s Juliet, affirming her contention that names are less important than substance. A number of firms have changed their names – some of them quite well known. Before it was Xerox (NYSE: XRX), it was Haloid. Would sales have...

Contrary to a previous report, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has no interest in acquiring Waze. Designed to be a crowd-sourced app that draws traffic data from its community of users, Waze made headlines when its CEO, Noam Bardin, told Business Insider that Apple was foolish to partner with TomTom (OTC:...

The world was shocked when Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) revealed that it planned to replace the former senior Vice President of iOS, Scott Forstall. In one headline, Business Insider wrote that Scott Forstall "may be the most valuable free agent the tech world has ever seen." Forstall was fired after...

As Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) prepares its miniature iPad for retail, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has reportedly teamed up with Samsung to build a 10-inch version of the Nexus tablet. The device, which is expected to ship before the end of 2012, will feature a 10.1-inch display. Richard Shim, an analyst at...

Twitter is following in Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) virtual footsteps by offering advertisements that fit specific consumer wants and needs. Dependent upon what a user tweets, ads will appear that target the user based on their interests. This new internet-based feature will seek to make the platform...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has already become the overall leader of the tablet market. With an iPad Mini priced at $249, the company could trounce its competitors. That's according to IHS iSuppli analyst Rhoda Alexander, who told CNET that if Apple wants to "crush the opposition," it needs to release a...

Gartner (NYSE: IT) has released a new report (via CNET) announcing that worldwide mobile phone sales declined 2.3 percent in the second quarter of the year, presenting a new challenge to device manufacturers as they prepare for the fall shopping season. Despite the decline, the tech industry still...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are in the process of making significant changes to security policies this week in an effort to prevent another hacker attack. On Friday, Wired reporter Mat Honan told the full story about his "epic hacking" that involved his Amazon and AppleID...

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) has been hit with a $1.25 million fine after preventing users from turning their phones into mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. The cellular carrier got into trouble after asking Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to remove select apps from Google Play, which was known as the Android Market at...