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Even as Silicon Valley speaks out against the U.S. government's surveillance methods, technology companies are turning a handsome profit by mining personal data and peering into people's online habits.

As we get closer to the end of the year it's time to get those 'Best Of...' list ready.

The Scot's dramatic grand slam win, ending Britain's 77-year wait for a men's singles champion, sparked more online interest than Baroness Thatcher's death, the UEFA Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium and the Duchess of Cambridge giving birth to Prince George.

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is again asking Google to do more to prevent people from using the search engine to find illegal drugs and pirated videos, music and games.

A former chief operating officer of the online file-sharing service Napster was killed when he was struck by a sheriff's patrol car while riding a bicycle, authorities said Monday.

Europe's top regulator has warned Nokia not to try to become a "patent troll" after the Finnish company sold most of its cellphone-making business to Microsoft Corp. this year but retained its patent portfolio.

Watching digital artist Kyle Lambert's stunning photo-realistic iPad paintings emerge from a blank screen is an awe-inspiring experience.

Eight major technology companies have joined forces to call for tighter controls on government surveillance, issuing an open letter Monday to President Barack Obama arguing for reforms in the way the U.S. snoops on people.

If you're one of the embittered millions who responded to the launch of Windows 8 with furrowed brows and vitriolic online screeds , you can finally relax.

Cybersecurity vendor Prolexic, which is known for helping companies defend against denial-of-service attacks, has been acquired by Akamai Technologies.

Michael Griffin said his former school knew about his sexuality, but the school's headmaster said the marriage plans breached the terms of his contract A gay high school teacher says he has been sacked from his job, after applying for a marriage license to wed his long-term partner.

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The startup is housed in a garage-like space in San Francisco's tech-heavy South of Market neighbourhood, but it isn't like most of its neighbours that develop software, websites and mobile-phone apps.

Apple this week revealed that 74 percent of iDevice users are running the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 7. According to stats released by Cupertino , 74 percent of users were on iOS 7 as of Dec. 1. Another 22 percent are still running iOS 6; the remaining 4 percent use an earlier version of the software.

Small businesses are using social media to promote their businesses and lure shoppers this holiday season -- and they're not just on Facebook or Twitter.

IDC is predicting that Microsoft-based tablets will increase to more than 10 percent of the tablet market by 2017, and that Android tablets will drop two percentage points from their 60.8 percent current market share.

Apple wants Samsung Electronics to pay $22 million of the legal bills that the iPhone and iPad maker has rung up so far defending its mobile device patents in a courtroom battle.

This combination of 2013 file photos shows chefs, Nigella Lawson as she arrives at Isleworth Crown Court in London, left, and Paula Deen crying on NBC News' "Today" show in New York.

DECEMBER 06: A sign in a window at a retail store advertises for a job opening on December 6, 2013 in New York City.

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