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• F.T.C. Suggests New Policy Guidelines for Mobile Apps

  

  In a strong move to protect the privacy of Americans as they use the Internet on their smartphones and tablets, the FTC said the mobile industry should include a do-not-track feature in software and apps and take other steps to safeguard personal information.

• Twitter Hacked! 250,000 User Accounts Breached

  Hackers' latest victim is Twitter. Roughly 250,000 accounts were breached though Twitter said "limited information" was breached.

• Inside the Madness: Why Can Apple Do No Right?

  

  Jim Cramer’s researcher, Nicole Urken, takes a look at what Apple vs Amazon says about investing in the tech sector.

• Apple pips Samsung for mobile phone sales lead in fourth quarter

  SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1- Apple Inc became the top mobile phone seller for the first time in the lucrative U.S. market during the fourth quarter of 2012, outshining arch rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, a report by Strategy Analystics showed.

• Symantec to NYT: Chinese Hack Not Our Fault

  

  Symantec begs to differ with The New York Times' suggestion that it might be partially to blame for a security lapse that missed most of the intrusions from China.

• Cisco Systems names Motorola CEO Brown to board

  SAN JOSE, Calif.-- Computer networking gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. said Friday that it appointed Motorola Solutions Inc. Chairman and CEO Greg Brown to its board of directors. He has worked at Motorola since 2003 and was named CEO of the company in January 2008. He became deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in December.

• US tablet shipments soar during holidays, threaten to surpass PCs

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 31- Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook's prediction that tablets would one day outsell personal computers appears to be coming true.

• Blackberry 10 Is 'Lovely, Fast and Efficient': NYT's Pogue

  

  RIM's Hail Mary pass, its bet-the-farm phone, is finally here. And guess what? It's lovely, fast and efficient, bristling with fresh, useful ideas, says the NYT's David Pogue.

• One Kings Lane: Disrupting Home Decor

  

  One King's Lane CEO Doug Mack makes his Power Pitch. Will his venture into the home goods space sway a panel of experts he has what it takes to compete with the established brands?

• Google Maps Out North Korea With Crowd-Sourced Data

  

  Efforts to map out North Korea have been made over the last few years, but on Monday, Google was finally ready to officially update the region on Google Maps.

• For Graph Search, Facebook Had to Go Beyond ‘Robospeak’

  

  Before Facebook introduced a new search tool this month, it assembled an eclectic team to scrutinize what users were searching for on the site — and how.

• EXCLUSIVE-Researchers warn of widespread networking gear bugs

  BOSTON, Jan 29- Bugs in widely used networking technology expose tens of millions of personal computers, printers and storage drives to attack by hackers over the regular Internet, researchers with a security software maker said.

• UPDATE 1-U.S. government warns of hack threat to network gear

  *Warns of problems in UPnP networking technology. BOSTON, Jan 29- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users on Tuesday to disable a common networking technology feature, after researchers warned that hackers could exploit flaws to gain access to tens of millions of vulnerable devices.

• Twitter's Vine Features Porn Video as 'Editor's Pick'

  

  Twitter blames "human error" for pornographic video slipping into Vine's "Editor's Picks" section.

• Is Facebook Blocking Twitter's New Video-Sharing Application Vine?

  

  Twitter released Vine, a new application for quick video sharing, and the app may already be butting heads with rival Facebook.

• Big Deals on Big-Screen TVs for Super Bowl Sunday

  

  The days leading up to Super Bowl Sunday on February 3 are traditionally the best time of year to snag a deal on a super-sized set.

• Sundararajan: More Problems Ahead for Apple

  

  There are more stormy waters ahead for Apple and the company will have to make some sacrifices to stay on top, writes this expert.

• CORRECTED-UPDATE 3-Samsung puts lid on capex for 1st time since financial crisis

  *Samsung shares up 12 pct in 3 months; Apple down over 20 pct. But with the personal computer market shrinking for the first time in 11 years, the global smartphone market growing more slowly, and Apple Inc moving to buy fewer of Samsung's microprocessors used in the iPhone and iPad, the South Korean IT giant is now forced to keep a lid on spending.

• QLogic shares climb on strong 3rd-quarter results

  NEW YORK-- QLogic's stock rose more than 13 percent Friday after the computer networking equipment supplier's fiscal third-quarter results beat analysts' expectations.

• UPDATE 3-China's Lenovo sees RIM as M&A option, CFO says

  *Lenovo says has talked to RIM about strategic ventures. TORONTO, Jan 24- A senior Lenovo executive said on Thursday that the Chinese computer maker may consider Research in Motion as a takeover target, sending the Blackberry maker's shares up 2 percent just a week before it launches a make-or-break line of redesigned smartphones.