By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) – Honeywell International Inc said on Monday it has teamed up with satellite internet startup OneWeb Ltd to expand the high-speed data services it offers to aircraft.
Read moreBy Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several U.S. states are investigating a massive cyberattack on No. 2 U.S
Read moreBy Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – The accused operator of the online black marketplace Silk Road had a digital journal on his laptop detailing the development of the website and predicting it would become a “phenomenon,” jurors heard on Wednesday. Prosecutors showed jurors in Manhattan federal court journal entry excerpts dated in 2010 and 2011 found on a laptop seized when the FBI arrested Ross Ulbricht, who authorities say operated the website where drugs and other illicit goods could be bought with bitcoins. “Silk Road is going to become a phenomenon and at least one person will tell me about it, unknowing that I was its creator,” a 2010 journal entry on Ulbricht's laptop said.
Read moreBy Jennifer Saba and Lisa Richwine NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Media companies that are starting to allow their programs onto Internet-delivered TV and mobile devices are putting limits on digital rights as a safety hatch if problems arise with the new distribution systems, executives say. The debate over digital rights that determine how and when content is consumed is adding a new layer of complexity to negotiations between media companies and distributors, leading to drawn-out wrangling and programming blackouts in some cases. …
Read moreBy Jennifer Saba and Lisa Richwine NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Media companies that are starting to allow their programs onto Internet-delivered TV and mobile devices are putting limits on digital rights as a safety hatch if problems arise with the new distribution systems, executives say.
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Read moreBy Elizabeth Dilts NEW YORK (Reuters) – (This is a correction to Dec. 19 story, which originally lacked the word ‘temporarily’ in 11th paragraph.) AdvisorHUB, a year-old gossip and news website for the brokerage industry, has become such a part of brokers’ daily reading routine that some call it the “New York Post of financial news.” The website’s founder, Andrew Parish, says the site has 200,000 registered users and gets half a million unique hits a month. …
Read moreBy John McCrank and Euan Rocha NEW YORK/TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd launched its long-awaited Classic on Wednesday, a smartphone it hopes will help it win back market share and woo those still using older versions of its physical keyboard devices. The Canadian mobile technology company said the new device, which bears striking similarities to its once wildly popular Bold and Curve handsets, boasts a larger screen, longer battery life, an expanded app library with access to offerings from Amazon. ..
Read moreBy John McCrank and Euan Rocha NEW YORK/TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd launched its long-awaited Classic on Wednesday, a smartphone it hopes will help it win back market share and woo those still using older versions of its physical keyboard devices. The Canadian mobile technology company said the new device, which bears striking similarities to its once wildly popular Bold and Curve handsets, boasts a larger screen, longer battery life, an expanded app library with access to offerings from Amazon. …
Read moreBy Caroline Humer and Christina Farr NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Some WellPoint Inc customers got a surprise in their inbox this week: emails meant to remind them to get a specific preventative screening such as a colonoscopy or mammogram mistakenly included personal and health information in the subject line. WellPoint declined to say how many customers received the emails or the cause of the technology issue.
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