A security flaw in Apple Inc's iPhone allows unauthorized users to gain easy access to private contacts and e-mails even when the device is locked, but the company said a fix is on the way. Popular technology blog Gizmodo and an online forum run by the Mac Rumors site showed that it took only three

Videogamers, your glasses to transport you into three dimensional space. Visual computing technology company Nvidia has unveiled the first mainstream 3D gaming technology at the inaugural NVISION 08 conference in San Jose, which focused on the convergence of technology with Hollywood, games and business. With Hollywood migrating to 3D for event movies like "Journey to

GeoEye Inc on Thursday said it will provide imagery from its new $502 million high-resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to Google Earth and Google Maps after the spacecraft is launched on September 4. GeoEye spokesman Mark Brender said the Google logo was on the first stage of the Delta II rocket that will launch the new satellite,

Hewlett-Packard Co said on Thursday a German court has found Pelikan Hardcopy to be in violation of laws on unfair competition. Earlier this month, the court ordered Pelikan, a provider of printing supplies, to stop importing and distributing inkjet cartridges that infringed on HP's patents.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is looking at cutting some 1,200 jobs in its latest round of cost cutting, a person familiar with the matter said, as weak financial markets spur layoffs across Wall Street. The job cuts would amount to roughly 5% of the work force of the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank, which has already

Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co, South Korea's top automaker, said on Friday they had decided to hold brief work stoppages twice next week over a wage dispute and working conditions. Hyundai's daytime and night shift union members plan to stage four-hour strikes each on Tuesday and Wednesday, if they fail to reach a deal,

Dell Inc, the world's No. 2 personal computer maker, said on Friday its Asia Pacific business was holding up even as corporations turned cautious about spending on technology because of slowing global growth. Dell managed to maintain sound margins and balanced profitability in the region with total revenue growing by 25% in the latest quarter

Oil rose more than $1 to $117 a barrel on Friday, as energy companies prepared for Tropical Storm Gustav to deliver what could be the hardest hit to the heart of U.S. offshore production since the devastating 2005 hurricane season. Crude for October delivery was rose $1.41 or 1.2% to $117 a barrel by 0705

Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer, posted a 5.5 percent rise in first-half operating profit, lifted by strong performance in Latin America growth markets, and reiterated its 2008 targets. Chief Executive Jose-Luis Duran told a conference call that sales in French hypermarkets were slightly better in July and August than in the first half. Operating profit