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Telegraph: Google has updated its flagship Web search engine so that it gives higher priority to recent events and trending topics. It will use information gleaned from Facebook and Twitter to tweak about 35 percent of searches so that users will receive the most relevant information. “Given the incredibly fast pace at which information moves […]

San Jose Mercury News: In its initial public offering (IPO), online daily deal company Groupon sold 35 million shares — about 5.5 percent of the company — for $20 each. That puts the total valuation of the company at $12.7 billion, the second highest value for a tech company IPO in history. (Number one was […]

Ars Technica: Microsoft is offering a workaround that will prevent systems from being infected by Duqu, the Stuxnet-like malware discovered last month. Earlier this week, researchers revealed that Duqu exploits a vulnerability in the Windows kernel. In order to avoid infection, Microsoft recommends that users who are concerned about infection with Duqu shut off access […]

VentureBeat: Beginning around 11 am PT on Thursday, many iPhone 4S owners who tried to use the Siri voice assistant feature were told “Sorry, I’m having trouble connecting to the network.” The sporadic outages are now into the second day, and Apple has yet to provide an official reason for the problems. This is the […]

PCMag: Nielsen’s third quarter report on mobile operating systems reveals that Google’s Android continues to dominate with 43 percent of the U.S. market, up from 39 percent in the previous quarter. In fact, Android was the only mobile OS to grow its market share during the period. Second place iOS held steady at 28 percent, […]

FOSS Patents: A small Spanish tablet manufacturer has defeated an Apple lawsuit and a related criminal case in which Apple alleged that the company’s Android-based ntk tablets infringed on Apple’s iPad design rights. The Spanish firm is now seeking financial damages resulting from a customs ban on its product, and the Spanish government is going […]

CNN: Apple has finally admitted that its new iPhone 4S has battery problems, and it is promising to deliver a software fix. “A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices,” Apple said in a statement. “We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and […]

Wall Street Journal: According to a U.S. intelligence report issued Thursday, China and Russia are “the most aggressive collectors” of U.S economic information and technology. Essentially, the document accuses both countries of “active and persistent” cyberspying operations that target American companies. It says China and Russia use the information they obtain to further their own […]

DigiTimes: Citing unnamed sources involved in Apple’s supply chain, DigiTimes is reporting that Apple will revamp the iPad, iMac, iPhone and MacBook Air during 2012. The new iPhone and iMac are expected to launch late in the year. A related story claims that Apple will launch a new iPad in March, but it won’t be […]

Washington Post: Since taking over Steve Jobs’ job as CEO of Apple in August, Tim Cook has made a few changes. They include separating the company’s education division into sales and marketing groups, putting iAds under the supervision of Eddy Cue and instituting a matching donation program for employees who donate to charitable causes. In […]

eWeek: Security researchers from Hungary’s Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security say that the recently discovered Duqu Trojan exploits at least one zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The malware is installed via infected Microsoft Word documents. Duqu gained a lot of attention because of its similarities to Stuxnet, which led some to speculate that they […]

TechSpot: Gmail users will begin noticing changes to Google’s e-mail service today. The new interface features a redesigned conversation view with photos of senders, automatic resizing depending on the size of your screen, labels and chat on screen at all times, improved search features and brand new themes. In addition, a Gmail app for iOS […]