Technology

• Pentagon discloses largest-ever cyber theft
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is revealing that it suffered one of its largest-ever losses of sensitive defense data this spring to a cyber attack that it blames on an unspecified foreign government.
   
  
• Murdoch pressured to testify in phone hack inquiry
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  LONDON (AP) - Media titan Rupert Murdoch and his son James refused Thursday to appear in public next week before a parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking and bribery by employees of their British media empire, whose chief executive sa
   
  
• Pentagon to publish strategy for cyberspace wars
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing escalating risks of cyberattacks by hackers, criminals and other nations, the Pentagon is developing more resilient computer networks so the military can continue to operate if critical systems are breached or taken down.
   
  
• Ex-News of the World editor held in hacking probe
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  LONDON (AP) - British media say a 60-year-old man arrested on suspicion of phone hacking is Neil Wallis, the former executive editor of the defunct tabloid News of the World.
   
  
• Analysis blames NKorea for cyberattack on SKorea
  AP (July 05, 2011)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korea or its sympathizers were likely responsible for the cyberattack against South Korean government and banking websites earlier this year, according to a new analysis that said it also appears to have been linked to the 2009 massive computer-based attack that brought down U.S. government Internet sites.
   
  
• China's Baidu, Microsoft to cooperate in search
  AP (July 05, 2011)
  BEIJING (AP) - Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. will use Microsoft's Bing for some English-language results as the software giant tries to expand its small share of China's search market.
   
  
• Budgeting for wireless data on Verizon's new plans
  AP (July 05, 2011)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Are you a wireless data glutton or a nibbler?
   
  
• Israel urges Apple to remove pro-Palestinian app
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli government has appealed to Apple Inc. to remove an application called "ThirdIntifada" from its App Store.
   
  
• Dutch parliament voting on mobile 'net neutrality'
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  AMSTERDAM (AP) - The Dutch parliament appears set to approve a bill Tuesday that would force mobile Internet providers to let their customers use Skype and other third-party services on their networks without charging extra or giving preferential treatment to their own offerings.
   
  
• Google Street View told to halt filming in India
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  NEW DELHI (AP) - Google has been barred from taking pictures of streets in India for its popular Street View service until it obtains approval from the federal government, police said Tuesday.
   
  
• Egypt military posts Facebook poll on next leader
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's military rulers have posted a Facebook poll to gauge the popularity of nearly 20 presidential hopefuls, an attempt to show their commitment to a democratic transition in the face of rising criticism of their management of the country.
   
  
• Nokia to launch Microsoft platform phones in 2011
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  SINGAPORE (AP) - Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. plans to introduce its first mobile phones using the Microsoft Windows operating system this year, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.