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Stories written by Tran Ngo

SHANGHAI — A day after a security company in the United States accused a People’s Liberation Army unit in Shanghai of engaging in warfare using cyberattacks against U.S. government agencies, organizations and corporations, China’s defense ministry issued a strong denial while insisting that the company’s report was flawed. On Wednesday at a Beijing news conference, [...]
February 28th, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »

On Tuesday, the Twitter account for Jeep was presumably taken over by the same hackers referenced as the hacker groups LulzSec and Anonymous who got into Burger King’s account by using the hashtag #OpMadCow. The Twitter description for Jeep was changed to “The official Twitter handle for the Jeep – Just Empty Every Pocket, Sold [...]
February 27th, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »

The “5″ in the iPhone 5 name stands for more than being the fifth generation iPhone. It also represents it being fifth in customer satisfaction, which is exactly where Apple’s latest handset placed in a report from OnDevice Research. In a poll completed of more than 320,000 table and smartphone users in six countries – [...]
February 14th, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »

Even though Japanese consumers are one of the world’s most voracious smartphone consumers, on Thursday BlackBerry said that they will not be offered its new line of smartphones. Two days following the release of its new BlackBerry Z10 handset in Canada, BlackBerry, a Waterloo based company, announced that it will not be following suit in [...]
February 12th, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »

The world’s largest asset management firm, BlackRock, took an $80 million interest in Twitter Inc., according to a source claiming to have knowledge of the private deal. The six-year old social media company will not raise any new capital as part of the deal that values Twitter at over $9 billion. BlackRock intends to purchase [...]
February 4th, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »

PARK CITY, Utah – For some, the notion Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs was a little unnerving. Even the actor himself was concerned about what he was signing up for in playing the lead role in the movie “jOBS.” A biopic written by Joshua Michael Stern about the late founder of Apple. Kutcher told audiences on [...]
February 4th, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »

Apple’s stock sell-off: How fickle are its consumers? Is it time to sell off your Apple Stock? Do you still like them? If your answer is yes to the last question, then you shouldn’t sell it. On Thursday, investors were stressing over Apple’s prospects, although the company’s quarterly report showed record profits of $13.1 billion [...]
February 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »

According to a statement from Apple today, the tech giant sold 47.8 million iPhones, but will the sales continue? Apple ended 2012 on a high note for iPhone sales; however, many people fear the company’s momentum is already showing signs of slowing down. Although the results were higher than the average projected sales of 46 [...]
February 2nd, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »

Apple has been ordered to pay $165,000 by a Chinese court. The payment must be made to two companies who claim that unlicensed copies of their work were sold via Apple’s online store, along with eight Chinese writers. According to a court official, the No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing ruled on Thursday that [...]
January 24th, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »

The Apple store in Paris France was raided on New Year’s Eve, as masked burglars took what is believed to be products valued at one million euros. The store, involved in heist is located in the Opera area of Paris. At around 9 pm, on New Year’s Eve, gunmen wearing masks forced their way in. [...]
January 19th, 2013 | Posted in Wired | Read More »