LONDON | Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:29pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook faces regulatory scrutiny in Ireland, site of its European headquarters, over its handling of personal information, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The newspaper said the Irish data protection commissioner is to conduct a privacy audit of Facebook’s activities outside the United States [...]

By Alistair Barr Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:06pm EDT (Reuters) – The rock-bottom price of the new Kindle Fire tablet computer is raising questions about Amazon.com Inc’s ability to keep up with demand and the device’s effect on the company’s already razor-thin profit margins. Amazon’s billionaire Chief Executive Jeff Bezos unveiled the Fire on Wednesday [...]

Thu Sep 29, 2011 2:22pm EDT (Reuters) – BlackBerry maker Research In Motion brushed off suggestions on Thursday that it would discontinue production of its PlayBook computer tablet as “pure fiction” after an analyst said the company may be considering an exit from the market. “Rumors suggesting that the BlackBerry PlayBook is being discontinued are [...]

By Brian Winter SAO PAULO | Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:06pm EDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A much-hyped $12 billion plan for Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn to produce iPads in Brazil is “in doubt” due to stagnant negotiations over tax breaks and Brazil’s own deep structural problems such as a lack of skilled labor, government sources [...]

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) dismissed a report on Thursday that it was pulling the plug on its PlayBook tablet computer. Major US retailers, meanwhile, slashed the price of the PlayBook by up to $200. The move comes a day after Amazon unveiled a tablet rival with a $199 price tag. RIM stressed its [...]