Industry

Yahoo buying developer of Donna personal assistant app

The Donna service will be shut down after the transaction

Obama selects cryptologist to head US NSA

Vice Admiral Michael S. Rogers will take over amid demands for reform of the NSA

Researchers create Android app to show when other apps track you

The app shows users when other apps are accessing their location

Lenovo’s Motorola, IBM server buys will likely get strict U.S. security review

Any U.S. probe into the Chinese firm's plan to acquire U.S.-developed technology "is not going to be resolved any time soon," attorney says

Why Android, Samsung are Real Winners in Google’s Motorola/Lenovo Deal

SDN thinking lags behind technology, VMware’s Casado says

Most enterprises need help moving beyond traditional networks, the SDN pioneer said

Google sales rise despite Motorola slip

The company also had mixed results in its ads business

Tor-enabled malware stole credit card data from PoS systems at dozens of retailers

Details of over 50,000 credit and debit cards have been stolen from 119 PoS terminals infected with a malware program called ChewBacca

FCC moves toward IP transition of phone networks

The commission approves trial runs for converting copper networks to IP

Tip of the Hat: Will smartphone failure slow Google’s ‘Internet of Things’ plans?

A look at whether Google's unsuccessful move into smartphones is a harbinger of things to come for its smart homes and robotics efforts