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The manufacturer of BlackBerry smart phones has been issued an ultimatum on Thursday by India: Allow access to highly encrypted information by August 31 or face a blockage of two popular messaging systems. The real-time messaging services have been under scrutiny because the encryptions make it impossible for intelligence agencies to monitor and, thus, India [...]

Unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose last week to its highest level as number of U.S. workers filed new claims for jobless benefits. This is a fresh signal of a weak jobs market. Labor Department said on Thursday that the number of new claims for jobless benefits rose 2,000 to 484,000 in the week ended August 7, [...]

In an emerging battle over regulating Internet access, web companies are taking sides. Facebook indicated Wednesday that it did not support a proposal by Google and Verizon that critics say could let providers of Internet access chip away at that openness. Meanwhile an executive of AT&T, one of the companies that stand to profit from [...]

CEO John Chambers of Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) warned of “unusual uncertainty” in the economy and forecast revenue that missed Wall Street targets, sending its shares plummeting and raising fears that a nascent recovery in technology spending could be disrupted. The cautious comments from the man often known as Silicon Valley’s biggest cheerleader disappointed investors [...]

Dell announced Tuesday that Dell Streak will hit stores this Aug. 13. Users will be able to place pre-orders for the device on Aug. 12 at dell.com/mobile, and pick one up in stores the following day. It retails for $299.99 with a two-year AT&T contract, or $549.99 without one. Dell revealed the Android-based Streak in [...]

U.S. safety officials have yet to identify any new defects beyond those reported by the car maker itself, five months into an investigation of safety issues involving Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles. In more than half of the crashes blamed on sudden acceleration analyzed by the government, data from the vehicles’ “black boxes” show the driver [...]

A Canadian business has been ordered to stop sending domain register and renewal notices to domain owners posing as the originating registrar. The FTC has been investigating complaints accusing the Canadian company called 1646153 Ontario and its members, Steven E. Dale, Isaac Benlolo, Kirk Mulveney, and Pearl Keslassy of sending the unsolicited mail since 2008. [...]

The probability of another recession over the next 18 to 24 months is higher than that of expansion, researchers said in the latest issue of the regional Fed bank’s Economic Letter. There is a “significant” chance the U.S. economy will slip back into recession in the next two years although a reversal is unlikely in [...]