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| Japan's DoCoMo holds out to iPhone mania, but at what cost? Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 11:49 PM PDT  By Sophie Knight and Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's largest mobile provider and a pioneer of the mobile Internet, is one of just a few holdouts among the world's big mobile carriers not offering Apple Inc's iPhone to its 60 million customers. It is paying heavily for that obstinacy - with a net 3.2 million users jumping ship to its two domestic rivals over the last 4-1/2 years - but is determined to protect the walled garden of services it has built around its own smartphones. ... Full Story | Top |
| UK teams with defense and telecom companies on cyber security Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:30 PM PDT By Brenda Goh LONDON (Reuters) - Nine of the world's biggest weapon makers and telecoms providers are teaming up with Britain to bolster the country's cyber security, aiming to tackle the increasing threat of hacking and other such attacks. Britain made cyber security one of its top national defence priorities in 2010, citing the growing menace of digital attacks from criminals and state-sponsored overseas groups. ... Full Story | Top |
| Samsung Electronics' second quarter misses forecast as smartphone worries deepen Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 08:59 PM PDT  By Miyoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd missed already modest expectations for its quarterly earnings guidance on Friday, deepening worries that its smartphone business may have peaked, as growth in sales of its blockbuster Galaxy phones begins to wane and new rivals emerge to eat away at its market share. The Galaxy S, powered by Google's free Android platform, propelled the South Korean firm into the top rank of smartphone makers in 2012, overtaking Apple Inc whose iPhone had set an industry standard five years earlier. ... Full Story | Top |
| Samsung estimates second-quarter profit at record high, misses forecast Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 04:46 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd estimated its April-June operating profit rose 47 percent to a record 9.5 trillion won ($8.3 billion), lifted by the late April launch of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphones. The guidance - released ahead of full quarterly results due by July 26 - was worse than an average forecast of 10.16 trillion won by 43 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Samsung estimated its second-quarter sales at 57 trillion won, versus a market forecast for 58.7 trillion won. (Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Stephen Coates) Full Story | Top |
| Samsung on track for record second-quarter profit as smartphone peak looms Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 04:35 PM PDT  By Miyoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Smartphone leader Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is set to report a record $8.9 billion quarterly profit on Friday, even as growth in sales of its blockbuster Galaxy series begins to wane and new rivals emerge to eat away at its market share. The Galaxy S, powered by Google's free Android platform, propelled the South Korean firm into the top rank of smartphone makers in 2012, overtaking Apple Inc whose iPhone had set an industry standard five years earlier. ... Full Story | Top |
| UK teams with defence and telecom companies on cyber security Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 04:01 PM PDT By Brenda Goh LONDON (Reuters) - Nine of the world's biggest weapon makers and telecoms providers are teaming up with Britain to bolster the country's cyber security, aiming to tackle the increasing threat of hacking and other such attacks. Britain made cyber security one of its top national defence priorities in 2010, citing the growing menace of digital attacks from criminals and state-sponsored overseas groups. ... Full Story | Top |
| Internet sites join July 4 protest against surveillance Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 11:44 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The online community rallied on Thursday in support of live protests against the U.S. government's surveillance of internet activity, a practice recently exposed by a former contractor for the National Security Agency. Websites such as Reddit and Mozilla supported a campaign in cities across the United States to "Restore the Fourth" - a reference to the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which protects citizens against unlawful search and seizure. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sentences for cyber crime and snooping to be tougher across EU Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:13 AM PDT  STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - EU lawmakers agreed on Thursday to toughen criminal penalties across the European Union for cyber attacks, especially those that include harming critical national infrastructure and hijacking computers to steal sensitive data. The 28 EU member states currently have a patchwork of varying tariffs for cyber crime. The decision mandates national maximum sentences of at least two years in prison for attempting to illegally access information systems. ... Full Story | Top |
| NATO says its security not compromised by alleged U.S. spying Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 08:17 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday he had no reason to believe that NATO's security had been compromised by alleged U.S. spying on its European allies. The German magazine Der Spiegel, citing secret documents, reported last Saturday that the United States had bugged European Union offices in Brussels and gained access to EU internal computer networks. Der Spiegel quoted from a September 2010 "top secret" U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) document that it said fugitive former NSA contractor Edward Snowden had taken with him. ... Full Story | Top |
| French agency spies on phone calls, email, web use, paper says Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 06:36 AM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - France's external intelligence agency spies on the French public's phone calls, emails and social media activity in France and abroad, the daily Le Monde said on Thursday. It said the DGSE intercepted signals from computers and telephones in France, and between France and other countries, although not the content of phone calls, to create a map of "who is talking to whom". It said the activity was illegal. "All of our communications are spied on," wrote Le Monde, which based its report on unnamed intelligence sources as well as remarks made publicly by intelligence officials. ... Full Story | Top |
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