In the wake of recent high-profile hacking attacks, the "cyber-insurance" business is booming as both supply and demand for computer coverage rise.

High-profile cyber-attacks by hacker groups like Anonymous, LulzSec and AntiSec in the last several months have not only prompted governments around the world to retaliate with arrest warrants, but also impacted the cyber-insurance...

T-Mobile plans to sell the HTC Wildfire S, a revamped version of its hit Android phone, on August 3 for $80 with a two-year contract.

The Bellevue, Wash.-based carrier said the new Wildfire offers a 3.2-inch touch screen display, 5.0-megapixel lens and 600-megahertz processor. It runs on Android 2.3 and HTC's user interface, and comes packaged with turn-by-turn navigation, and access to Facebook and...

A popular Egyptian blogger is building on the success of social media to stoke political change in his country by now using Twitter to raise awareness and funds for charity.

Mahmoud Salem, a.k.a. "Sandmonkey," has recruited 20 of his fellow Egyptian Twitter users to wage an awareness campaign for an impoverished neighborhood in Cairo. His so-called Tweetback initiative culminates in a public event at which corporations and other donors will learn about the work of a particular...

A popular Egyptian blogger is building on the success of social media to stoke political change in his country by now using Twitter to raise awareness and funds for charity.

Mahmoud Salem, also known as "Sandmonkey," recruited 20 of his fellow Egyptian Twitter users to wage an awareness campaign for an impoverished neighborhood in Cairo. His so-called "Tweetback" initiative culminates in a public event at which corporations and other donors will learn about the work of a particular...

AT&T added more than 300,000 new subscribers in the April-June quarter, surpassing expectations and showing the carrier hasn't been hurt by losing exclusivity of the iPhone or the emergence of rival 4G networks.

The Dallas, Texas-based company's number of new subscribers tripled what many analysts predicted. AT&T also said it activated over three and half million iPhones, the same number it did in the first quarter, indicating the availability of the iPhone at competitor Verizon has...

A new social network, called "Proust," aims to pick up where Facebook leave off, creating intimacy between families and friends to share and preserve memories.

Barry Diller's New York-based media company IAC launched the free social site, named after the 19th-century French novelist and inspired by the popular Proust Questionnaire. Users document and group their life experiences through chapters, which can be viewed as a localized map or a timeline of milestones.

The site asks...