Feb. 22, 2012 | ROY HARRIS

The shakeup in workplace conditions --- and especially pay levels --- at Apple Chinese partner Foxconn Technology is occurring far faster than most observers expected. It was just over a week ago, after all, that Apple said it was asking the Fair Labor Association, a global worker rights group, to audit working conditions at plants operated by its largest suppliers, including Foxconn.

Feb. 21, 2012 | TONY BRADLEY

Google is in some hot water for bypassing privacy controls on the Safari Web browser in iOS devices--and allegedly on Internet Explorer as well--to surreptitiously track users' online activities. While Google deals with the backlash and regulatory scrutiny from the FTC, there is an important lesson to be learned: privacy is dead.

Feb. 21, 2012 | YVES POPPE

It can only be an upward slope.

Feb. 20, 2012 | MIKE ELGAN

Sunday's launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note should be one of the biggest smartphone launches ever -- its screen is 5.3 in. diagonally.

Feb. 17, 2012 | ROY HARRIS

A dramatically slower 2011 fourth quarter for technology mergers and acquisitions shouldn't discourage corporate finance chiefs, because buyer activity this year actually could be boosted by the dampened expectations.

Feb. 16, 2012 | CORY FLYNN, CEO AND FOUNDER OF FIREWALL EXPERTS

Given the recent problems with SSL certificates provided by third-party companies, one has to wonder why we place all this trust in these vendors. We allow them to process and produce "trusted" certificates for our websites, but in the end even Google, Microsoft and state and federal governments are falling victim to fraud.

Feb. 14, 2012 | JOHN P. MELLO JR.

Viral video circles were buzzing this morning about a YouTube posting by a North Carolina father who shot his 15-year-old daughter's laptop for mouthing off about her parents on Facebook.