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Vodafone shares up on Verizon, AT&T bid report

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Verizon Communications Inc. has denied a report that it's looking to partner with AT&T Inc. to buy Vodafone Group PLC, the British cellphone company that owns 45 percent of Verizon's wireless business. Verizon owns the 55 percent of

Palestinian leader clamps down on critics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st

By KARIN LAUB and DALIA NAMMARIAssociated Press HUSSAN, West Bank (AP) - Mahmoud Abbas' government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and bloggers in recent months for allegedly "defaming" the Western-backed

Egypt: Divers caught while cutting Internet cable

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's naval forces captured three scuba divers who were trying to cut an undersea Internet cable in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. Telecommunications executives meanwhile blamed a weeklong Internet slowdown on damage caused to another cable by a ship.

Egypt: Divers caught while cutting Internet cable

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

US swipes at China for hacking allegations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has taken its first real swipe at China following accusations that the Beijing government is behind a widespread and systemic hacking campaign targeting U.S. businesses. Buried in a spending bill signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday

US swipes at China for hacking allegations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

T-Mobile to start selling iPhones on April 12

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - T-Mobile USA on Tuesday said it will start offering the iPhone on April 12, filling what its CEO said was "a huge void" in its phone lineup. T-Mobile, the fourth-largest of the national U.S. phone companies, has been losing customers to the

T-Mobile to start offering iPhone 5 on April 12

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - T-Mobile USA on Tuesday said it will start offering the iPhone 5 on April 12, filling what its CEO said was "a huge void" in its phone lineup. T-Mobile, the fourth-largest of the national U.S. phone companies, has been losing customers to the

T-Mobile to start offering iPhone 5 on April 12

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

Experts: NKorea training teams of 'cyber warriors'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 24th

By YOUKYUNG LEEAP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus remains fixed on North Korea, where South Korean security experts say Pyongyang has been training a team