2012

Almost 290,000 cases of fraud were filed with the Internet Criminal Complaint Center in 2012, almost 40 percent of which had some form of fraud loss.

Apple has released a new firmware update for the mid 2012 MacBook Air today that helps to address problems with the device recovering from a crash. Apple release notes said the update addresses “a storage firmware issue that, in rare cases, may cause a system to fail to recover from crash.” The...

The U.S. tech industry added 67,400 jobs in 2012, a 1.1% increase from a year earlier, according to a new report from the TechAmerica Foundation.

The U.S. tech industry added 67,400 jobs in 2012, a 1.1 percent increase from a year earlier, according to a new report from the TechAmerica Foundation. The tech industry's growth slightly outpaced the overall private sector in the U.S., which grew by 1 percent, TechAmerica said Tuesday. U.S tech...

This year’s Google I/O developer conference is shaping up to be a very different show from last year’s spectacle . The company has downplayed expectations ahead of the event, saying that it will shift the focus back on developers and services rather than new hardware products and a new operating...

The losses were narrower than a year ago, but the company has shown little progress from its restructuring efforts. [Read more]

Sony posted its 2012 financial results report, and it appears shareholders have finally caught a break. The company enters 2013, having made a profit of $458 million in its previous fiscal year (43 billion yen). That's the first time the company is on the profitable side at the end of a fiscal year...

It's been a rocky road for Sony but it seems the company has finally turned a corner. For the first time since 2008, the Japanese electronics giant has posted a profit. In its fiscal year 2012 financial results, which ended 31 March, the company made...

We've already heard from Sony about the positive effects some of its recent moves are having on its finances , and now the company is revealing its detailed results for the last year. Sony has managed a profit of $458 million in 2012, its first in several years and a good sign after it projected...

Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer was the highest paid among all CFOs in 2012, as the Cupertino company rewarded him immensely for its financial performance.