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Software engineer Mike Caldwell shows the sides of a physical Bitcoin he minted in his shop on April 26, 2013 in Utah

US seizes Bitcoin operator accounts

US authorities seized the accounts of a Bitcoin digital currency exchange operator, claiming it was functioning as an “unlicensed money service business,” court documents showed Friday.

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The report says talks between Yahoo! and blogging site Tumblr were "serious" but that nothing has been finalized

Yahoo! talking deal, alliance with Tumblr: report

Yahoo! has begun talks with the popular blogging platform Tumblr about an acquisition or strategic alliance, the technology website AllThingsD reported Friday.

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Apple iPhone displays the Facebook app's splash screen in Washington on May 10, 2012

Facebook outlook still muddled one year after IPO

A year after a nightmarish share offering, Facebook still has its ardent backers and detractors.

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Dell quarterly profit plunged 79 percent from a year ago

Dell profits plunge on PC woes

US computer giant Dell said Thursday its quarterly profit plunged 79 percent from a year ago, as a shift away from PCs hammered the company’s bottom line.

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All of Google's advertising in Europe is sold through its offices in Ireland

‘Evil’ Google criticised by British lawmaker

A senior British lawmaker on Thursday described Google as “evil” and accused the US internet giant of unethically avoiding paying vast amounts of tax in Britain.

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Family members of US scientist Shane Todd return to the subordinate courts after a break in Singapore on May 15, 2013

Singapore asks US parents for evidence of son’s ‘murder’

Singapore has asked the parents of a US man found hanged last year in the city-state to provide evidence for their claim that he was murdered, rather than committing suicide as medical experts said.

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