Industry

FCC approves Verizon purchase of Vodafone stake in Verizon Wireless

Verizon expects the deal to buy a 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless to close early next year

Europe clears Microsoft acquisition of Nokia devices business

FTC approval over the weekend means the acquisition of Nokia's smartphone business can move forward

The techie oppression must end now

Geeks? Sure. Nerds? Maybe. Just don't call them 'techies' if you have an ounce of compassion in your soul

The Chrome Apps empire could be coming to iOS

Google plans to let developers deploy Chrome-packaged apps on any platform where there's Chrome -- including Android and iOS

PASSWORD cache discovered — White House targets patent TROLLS — GOOGLE crawling with robots — OMIDYAR on 1st Amendment — The T-WORD

Two million log-ins stolen from Facebook, Google, ADP payroll processor

The attackers are using the 'Pony' botnet command-and-control server software

China passes Japan to become world’s 2nd largest IT market

The U.S. still has an IT market three times the size of China, though the latter is seeing far more rapid growth, IDC says

Critics to Congress: Put the brakes on patent bill

A patent reform bill targeting so-called trolls needs more time to mature, several groups say

Yahoo acquires mobile video app startup Ptch

Yahoo continues its string of acquisitions, will shut down the Ptch video service by Jan. 2

Fibre Channel hits key landmark on the way to 32Gbps

Specification calling for 32Gbps is finished, though faster SANs may not ship until 2016