Apple on Thursday said it is working to fix a security flaw in its iOS mobile operating system that soon could be used by criminals to gain access to users' devices.. Apple on Thursday said it is working to fix a security flaw in its iOS mobile platform that is being used to jailbreak iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch devices and may soon be leveraged by more nefarious individuals.

Apple announced on Thursday that more than 15 billion applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch have been downloaded from its App Store.

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by Apple to immediately stop Amazon.com from calling its online shop for smartphone programs an "App Store."

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge denied Apple Inc's attempt to quickly stop online retailer Amazon.com Inc from using the "App Store" name, according to a court document.

LONDON (Reuters) - Skype, which is being bought by Microsoft for $8.5 billion, introduced a new service on Thursday allowing users of Android phones to make free video calls to Skype contacts, including those on Apple iPhones.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp made its biggest move into the mobile, Internet-accessible world of "cloud" computing on Tuesday, taking the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office software suite.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp made its biggest move into the mobile, Internet-accessible world of "cloud" computing on Tuesday, taking the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office software suite.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp made its biggest move into the mobile, Internet-accessible world of "cloud" computing on Tuesday, taking the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office software suite.

Microsoft took its Office software into the Internet "cloud" on Tuesday, moving the suite of popular business tools online amid budding competition from Google's Web-based products.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - First it was chatting, then texts. Now apps are distracting young drivers, with more than a third of college students at a U.S. university saying they use them while behind the wheel.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - First it was chatting, then texts. Now apps are distracting young drivers, with more than a third of college students at a U.S. university saying they use them while behind the wheel.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Drivers of London's black cabs have launched a LDNtaxi iPhone application which allows customers to hail a taxi online using their mobile phones.

Taipei said Monday it had fined Google Tw$1,000,000 ($34,600) for refusing to grant customers a seven-day trial period when they download apps for their cell phones.

More virtual livestock looks set to be traded and petulant fowl hurled at targets as social gaming takes hold in the booming mobile phone market, industry experts say.

Apple on Thursday released an update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), closing multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to run malicious code on an affected system.. Apple on Thursday released an update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), closing multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to run malicious code on an affected system.

Scientists have created a "batphone" by designing a smartphone app to help people capture the ultrasonic calls of bats in their area, the Zoological Society of London has revealed.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc may face hurdles in stopping online retailer Amazon.com Inc from using Apple's App Store name through a trademark lawsuit, a U.S. judge indicated at a hearing on Wednesday.

More than 90 percent of US tablet computer users have downloaded applications and most have bought apps, spending over $50 on average during the past 12 months, according to a study released on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - A game application is trying to raise awareness of the now largely forgotten epic floods which inundated Pakistan almost a year ago, hoping to use social media and smartphones to reach an untapped group of people.

DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will expand the use of its on-board smartphone applications for the 2012 model year, the automaker said at a safety and technology show for reporters.