Apple and ThinkSecret.com have reached an agreement to shut down the the popular Mac enthusiast web site, the PC World reported. "We are pleased to have reached this amicable settlement and happy to have this behind us," an Apple spokesman said on Thursday. Apple sued the web site in 2005 for disclosing trade secrets, which published company secrets about the maker of the Mac computer, the iPhone and the iPod. Think Secret's...

Microsoft, Yahoo and Google agreed to pay a total of 31.5 million dollars to settle a government probe into their role in promoting online gambling dating back to 1997, officials said Wednesday. The settlements marked the latest development in a US crackdown on Internet gambling, which has attracted a large number of Americans using offshore gaming websites. The Microsoft settlement totals 21 million dollars, including 4.5 million to the...

Google is developing a new website, a user-generated online encyclopedia, to rival Wikipedia, according to the U.S. media reports Monday. The announcement was made by Udi Manber, vice president of engineering, in a posting at Google's website. He said the Internet search powerhouse is inviting chosen people to test a free service dubbed "knol," standing for "a unit of knowledge," as an alternative to Wikipedia, which...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (S.K) -- The next launch attempt of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis will be no earlier than Saturday to give engineers "more time "to solve the faulty fuel sensors, NASA TV said Thursday. Currently, Atlantis...

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After breaking into the site, the perpetrator put up a note urging a boycott of the anime distributor's products, suggesting ways to continue downloading anime without getting found out. He also urged readers to 'trust' ...

BE CAREFUL when you buy a new computer system. The 'original' software the dealer is selling you for hundreds of dollars may be fake. This warning comes from software giant Microsoft which says that pirate syndicates are...