Articles by Rachelle Dragani

LightSquared's plans for launching a faster wireless network have been hampered by new government tests that show the broadband network could interfere with GPS systems The proposed wireless network, being developed by LightSquared, is supposed to be the fastest way yet to access a broadband network. Approved in January by the Federal Communication...

More than 200,000 Citigroup bank accounts were hacked in last month, according to just-released data from the company, and federal regulations could tighten because of the security breach Details of the hack remain scarce. The bank says hackers probably accessed names, card numbers, addresses, and e-mail information. Social Security numbers and oth...

Oracle's March announcement that it will discontinue developing software for Intel's Itanium platform has reportedly compelled HP to send the software company a letter demanding Oracle reverse its decision, threatening legal consequences if it doesn't comply HP officials believe Oracle's decision violates contractual agreements and would be detrime...

Tech giants Microsoft, Facebook, Research In Motion and several venture capitalist firms penned their support for the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger in a letter filed to the FCC on Tuesday, stating the increased capacity potential possible through the merger could spur innovation in the wireless marketplace While certain other organizations have exp...

Tech giants Microsoft, Facebook, Research In Motion and several venture capitalist firms penned their support for the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger in a letter filed to the FCC on Tuesday, stating the increased capacity potential possible through the merger could spur innovation in the wireless marketplace While certain other organizations have exp...

Innovative 3D technology, connectivity, a new Move controller and the reveal of a 3G NGP (Next Generation Portable) were some of the highlights rolled out by Sony's video game division at the E3 2011 Conference in Los Angeles on Monday ...

Popular online coupon marketer Groupon filed for an initial public offering with the SEC on Thursday, meaning the public will soon have the chance to buy into one the world's fastest-growing companies Groupon hopes to raise US$750 million in the deal, which will be underwritten by a group of investors from Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Goldman ...

The Gmail accounts of hundreds of high-profile individuals were hijacked through a so-called spear phishing campaign originating in China, according to Google Hackers apparently gained access to users' accounts using passwords likely obtained through malicious software and targeted phishing techniques....

After reviewing data from previous studies, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released a statement Tuesday asserting cellphones are possibly carcinogenic toward humans The report was put together in Lyon, France, after a week-long conference with international experts for the IARC, which is the cancer arm of the World Health Or...

Barnes & Noble has introduced its new Nook -- a more elementary, less expensive black and white WiFi e-reader device geared toward a simpler market and hoping to compete in the growing e-reader field ...

Facebook hopes to one day be permitted to draw young children into the Facebook fold. CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently suggested altering legal restrictions that prevent children younger than 13 from signing up for a Facebook account....

Nine months after Barnes & Noble put itself up for auction, Liberty Media made a bid for the retail bookstore chain John Malone's Liberty Media offered US$17 per share for a 70 percent stake in the company, making the potential deal worth over $1 billion....

Nine months after Barnes & Noble put itself up for auction, Liberty Media made a bid for the retail bookstore chain John Malone's Liberty Media offered US$17 per share for a 70 percent stake in the company, making the potential deal worth over $1 billion....

The Android platform tops the list in sales of smartphone operating systems for the first quarter of 2011, according to a report by market researcher Gartner Total smartphone sales accounted for 23.6 percent of global handset units overall, and various phones sporting Google's Android OS took 36 percent of that market. They sold more than 36.3 mill...

Roaming planets, untied to a solar system or stellar orbit, were recently found by a team of astronomers, according to a report in Nature ...

A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., calls for electronic surveillance reforms that would require law enforcement to have a probable-cause warrant before obtaining email or other online data, or tracking ongoing mobile activity, among other enhanced legal protections The legislation revises the 1986 Elec...

The cloud-based storage system Dropbox is the most recent online provider to be criticized for misleading customers in terms of of privacy and security, according to an FTC complaint filed last week The complaint, brought by popular security blogger and Ph.D. student Christopher Soghoian, claims that Dropbox deceived customers by making them belie...