Google's Chrome Web browser is gaining ground on Firefox, and according to one industry tracker may even have eclipsed its open-source rival in the global market.

Chrome was the world's second favorite Web browsing program in November, bumping Firefox from that position for the first month ever, according to Stat Counter Global Stats.

Samsung on Saturday welcomed a ruling by a U.S. court rejecting Apple Inc's request for a preliminary injunction against sales of some of its Galaxy smartphones and tablet computers.

The South Korean electronics firm said US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, had denied the request to halt the sales of the products in the United States.

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi breaks off from his rounds at the Vatican at least once a day to whip out his smartphone and shoot off a note to his followers: "Good morning, good people!" he tweets.

The Vatican's top culture man, "CardRavasi" tweets snappy quotes from the Bible, famous philosophers and dons, or passes on details about art festivals.

Can you crack the code?

That's the question Britain's electronic listening agency, GCHQ, is asking in an online campaign to find the next generation of cyber specialists.

Research In Motion Ltd., the struggling maker of the BlackBerry phones, is writing off much of its inventory of PlayBook tablets, since it has to sell them at a deep discount.

The Canadian company on Friday said it's taking a pre-tax charge of $485 million in the just-ended quarter to account for the declining value of the tablets. The model originally priced at $500 now costs $200.

A foldable robot scooter controlled by a smart phone wowed visitors to the Tokyo Motor Show on Thursday as its makers unveiled what they hope will be the future of urban driving.

The Kobot is a three-wheel scooter with just one seat that can be packed away after use in a space of around one square meter (10 square feet).

A Spanish builder stumbled on an online loophole that enables users to send Facebook messages in other users' names, prompting an alert by authorities, he said Wednesday.

Spain's Internet watchdog said it had alerted the U.S. online networking site after Alfredo Arias, 37, warned them of the glitch that allows a hacker to use Facebook e-mail addresses when sending spoof messages.

Spotify announced Wednesday that outside developers can create applications for the popular online music service and unveiled partnerships with Rolling Stone, SongKick, TuneWiki and others.

"Today Spotify becomes a musical platform," Spotify chief executive and co-founder Daniel Ek said at a press conference in New York. "Developers can create beautiful, responsive apps.

A trio of software developers said Wednesday they have cracked BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer software and promised to reveal the secret within a week.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion was investigating the "jailbreaking" claim, which threatened to mar the firm's reputation for mobile devices with tough security.

Twitter Inc. and Japan's biggest homegrown social networking site mixi Inc. joined forces Wednesday to strengthen their ground against a rapidly expanding Facebook.

For Twitter, the partnership with a local social network could point to a new strategy as the San Francisco-based microblogging service seeks to accelerate global growth. Japan is the company's second-biggest market after the U.S. and has served as a key international testing ground of sorts.