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Take a line-by-line look at your cellphone bill - all dozen or so pages. See a $9.99 charge for horoscopes, flirting tips or some such thing that you didn't request? Once only a big problem with landline telephones, cramming - the placement of unauthorized charges on phone bills by outsiders - is gaining a foothold in the mobile-phone marketplace, ... (more)

It's official: After several days of rumors, Yahoo [NASDAQ: YHOO] has all but confirmed that it will be purchasing the blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

It is up to consumers and voters to change the lousy behaviour of big banks, energy giants and internet multinationals.

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend $85 to see Guy Kawasaki present at the Air New Zealand Social Media Breakfast last Wednesday.

Plan properly, prepare for uncertainty-the former secretary of defense's new book is full of great lessons for success in various fields.

'Google is cheating British taxpayers out of millions... what they are doing is just immoral': Web giant accused of running 'scandalous' tax avoidance scheme by whistleblower A former Google executive turned whistleblower says he has 100,000 emails that expose the 'immoral' tax avoidance scheme used by his former employer.

Google has announced a revamping of Google Maps and it is much more than a few changes.

The 8.1-inch Windows 8 tablet, which will likely cost around $380 when it launches, is the first Windows 8 tablet to come with a screen size under 10 inches, and today we're seeing basically everything else about the tablet leak that we didn't already know.

Tensions within the Conservative Party over Europe, gay marriage and "Swivelgate" are the focus of many of Sunday's newspapers.

Customers of Lifeline, a federal program for low-income Americans, benefit by getting discounted phone service.

Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference.

Should Metra get Wi-Fi? Even if it's expensive and hard to implement and maintain? The commuter-rail network is considering the possibility, the Chicago Tribune and other news agencies report, but price and technology are major barriers, despite that a DePaul University report shows 48 percent of Metra riders use personal electronic devices during ... (more)

Shares of Tableau Software soared nearly 64% on Friday, promising a massive return for its venture capital backers New Enterprise Associates and Meritech Capital Partners .

Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters.

In a possible move aimed at snatching up the young social media demographic, Yahoo has had "serious talks" about acquiring Tumblr, with the price tag reportedly being as high as $1 billion.

Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.

One year after a record initial public offering that made Facebook more costly than almost every company in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, its stock lags its $38 IPO price.

An internal Scoogled ad from Microsoft has leaked online today, revealing that Microsoft has plans to take a jab at Google Chrome's 'Now Everywhere' feature.

Microsoft has responded to a high-profile put-down by Google CEO Larry Page, but Oracle, at least for now, won't be drawn into a public fight with the executive.

"Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco Wednesday for the opening day of Google's annual showcase for its latest breakthroughs.