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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's accelerated efforts to carve out a position in the fast-growing mobile and social networking markets leapt into the spotlight Friday, a day after the giant Internet company reported a rare earnings miss. The company's investments in its Android mobile software and fledgling Facebook-like …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by U.S. authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material, is trying to recover its servers and get back online, a lawyer for the company said on Friday. The company and seven of its executives were charged in a 5-count, 72-page …

The January 18 protests against the US’s proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PIPA bills are being called the largest online protest in history.

Several New Zealand governmental websites have been taken offline in the continued retaliation by self styled "hacktivist" group Anonymous as DDOS links are spread among unknowing Twitter users.

(Reuters) - Shares of Cogent Communications Group Inc slumped 23 percent after the U.S. government shut down one of its customers and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched its offices. The government on Friday shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees …

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Mobile telecoms network equipment market leader Ericsson and rival ZTE have settled a dispute over patents that will see the up-and-coming Chinese company pay royalties to the Swedish firm. Ericsson, which has an industry leading portfolio of 27,000 patents, declined to say how much ZTE would pay in …

One of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, was taken offline by US authorities on Thursday amidst allegations of copyright infringement.

Hacker group Anonymous has launched its “largest attack ever” following the US government’s takedown of file sharing site Megaupload.

SEOUL (Reuters) - A German court ruled against Samsung Electronics Co in a patent suit versus Apple, another leg in a long legal battle as the two technology giants jostle for top spot in the booming smartphone and tablet markets. Samsung, which passed Apple in the third quarter as the world's top maker of smartphones, …

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand police on Saturday revealed bizarre details of the arrest of the suspected kingpin of an Internet copyright theft case against the James Bond-like backdrop of a country mansion hideaway with electronic locks, a safe room and a pink Cadillac. German national Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim …

File-sharing giant MegaUpload is dead, following an international criminal sting spearheaded by the US Department of Justice. Prior to its closure, the site boasted 50 million users a day, and accounted for four percent of all Internet traffic, according to the DoJ. That means a lot of you out there are looking for a new …

You catch glimpses of sunny parks, busy street corners and various home dwellings as smiling faces step up to offer friendly hugs and a lullaby voice sings lightly. Sound nice? It is. And you might be surprised to learn that it exists, of all places, on the Internet.

US congressional leaders put anti-online piracy legislation on hold Friday following a wave of protests led by Google and Wikipedia denouncing the bills as a threat to Internet freedom.

Internet giant Google has disappointed investors a bit, reporting net revenues of $8.13 billion for the fourth quarter of 2011. The figure is lower than the consensus estimate of nearly $8.4 billion expected by many market watchers, and even lower than the pessimistic $8.31 billion forecast by Wells Fargo. Google’s results …

Didn’t have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last week.SOPA spurs Wikipedia and other sites to shut down for a day to raise awareness about Internet censorship

New Zealand police raided several homes and businesses linked to the founder of Megaupload.com, a giant Internet file-sharing site shut down by U.S. authorities, on Friday and seized guns, millions of dollars, and nearly $5 million in luxury cars, officials said.

Shares of Internet search engine Google Inc. fell in premarket trading Friday after it revealed that it got less money for each ad in the fourth quarter.

Funding for startups rose 19 percent in the fourth quarter as venture capitalists fueled money into more companies in the Internet, clean technology and other sectors.

The European Union's Internet czar has added her voice to resistance of the Stop Online Piracy Act, in an unusually open comment on U.S. legislation.

Anonymous' devious and speedy campaign to undermine the defenders of copyright yesterday served both as revenge for the loss of Megaupload and a demonstration of the futility of trying to police the Wild West of the Internet. Within minutes of the Justice Department's triumphant announcement about the seizing of the massive …

Google CEO Larry Page has closed about 20 of the Internet search leader's less popular services during his first nine months on the job so he can pour more money and resources into other areas that he believes are more likely to bear fruit. The increased concentration on existing products such as Google's Android software, …

In response to the blacked-out internet search pages and blogs that blanketed much of the web Wednesday, Facebook users couldn't help but notice one glaring fact: There was no "closed" sign in sight, all systems were go (well, as much as they ever are on Facebook), and, aside from much traffic from Facebook users in response …

Google shares dipped sharply in after-hours trading on Thursday after the Internet search giant's quarterly earnings fell short of the expectations of Wall Street analysts.