The search giant is investing in a company that tries to predict the future by sophisticated scanning and analysis of thousands of websites.

Technology advances and lower costs make public cloud services a more attractive option for the enterprise.

Announcement comes just days before a big event in New York where new phones and a new OS are also expected.

A new report from PA Consulting in England tests Apple's iPhone 4 alongside other smartphones, and finds that its antenna issues are worse than its peers.

Researcher at Barracuda Networks has taken the measure of the "crime rate" on Twitter, which ranks somewhere in between e-mail and Facebook on the threat counter.

At the Black Hat security conference, Whitehat Security CTO Jeremiah Grossman describes a browser flaw that could allow hackers to capture entries stored in Web forms.

Addressing financial analysts at an annual company event, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer declared that slate computers are "job one" for the company.

At the company's annual meeting with financial analysts, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, boasts that the software giant is "number one" in cloud computing.

Networking vendor Aruba goes mesh to secure the Black Hat wireless network, pitting its cloud-based security service against a notoriously hostile crowd.

Privacy concerns over Google and the CIA; HP's enterprise slate; why online gaming might help your career and more.

At the Black Hat security conference, retired General and former CIA director Michael Hayden explains the dangers of cyber attacks.

Lawmakers introduce voluntary incentive auction act that they hope will achieve a compromise between dueling interests.

Oracle became the latest technology company to feel the Justice Department's fury after it was hit with a lawsuit alleging it defrauded the federal government on a massive software contract.

With the iPad on its heels, Amazon cuts the price of its newest e-book reader and adds Wi-Fi support.

Security researcher at Black Hat conference warns that outside hackers can gain control of a home router and use it as an entry point to take over the LAN.

At Black Hat, security researcher presents his latest work demonstrating the widespread misconfiguration of websites that implement SSL protection.

Windows 7, desktop virtualization and unified computing lead the pack in Computer Economics' report. But investment in some other well-known technologies is stalled.

New products and services are aimed at medium-sized companies that can't afford enterprise-class security.

A 23-year-old man was arrested last week in Slovenia for allegedly creating and selling the Butterfly botnet kit used to spread the loathsome Mariposa botnet.

Technology earnings reports have been mixed so far this quarter.