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A Former No-Name from Taiwan Builds a Global Brand

The vodka and whiskey flowed freely in a Taipei exhibition hall the size of an airplane hangar on Oct. 7. A six-piece cover band entertained guests with Queen’s We Will Rock You and Engelbert Humperdinck’s Quando, Quando, Quando.

Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool

Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai’s police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker.

Company behind magicJack to banish calling costs

The company behind the magicJack, the Internet phone gadget heavily advertised on television, has another trick up its sleeve: free phone calls from computers, smart phones and iPads.

Motorola sues Huawei for trade secret theft

U.S. mobile phone maker Motorola Inc (MOT.N) has sued China’s Huawei Technologies Co HWT.UL for alleged theft of trade secrets, highlighting the fast-growing Chinese firm’s difficulty in shaking the nation’s reputation for piracy.

AT&T’s net adds soar with 3.2M iPhone activations

AT&T Mobility once again experienced strong quarterly subscriber growth, largely thanks to Apple and the launch of the iPhone 4.

Google helps build trade case over Web censorship

Google Inc is working with U.S. and European officials to build a case that would argue Internet censorship acts as a trade barrier, a top company executive said on Friday.

U.S. steps up Web security focus after iPad breach

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said it would step up scrutiny of online security and privacy issues following recent security breaches involving Apple Inc’s iPad and Google Inc’s collection of private data by its Street View cars.

FBI begins probe into AT&T iPad security breach

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into a security breach of Apple Inc’s iPad that exposed personal information of AT&T Inc customers, including those of several high-ranking government officials.

AT&T: iPad user data exposed

AT&T Inc said on Wednesday some users of Apple’s iPad have had personal information exposed via a network security flaw, two months after the tablet computer was launched and smashed sales expectations.

Will Samsung Galaxy S be launched on T-Mobile USA in July?

Now that Europe has gotten ahold of Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone and Asia to follow later this month, it is obviously time to speculate when it will hit the United States. The latest rumor is that it will pop up with T-Mobile in the US on July 21.