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Microsoft offers bounties for novel hacker tactics

Microsoft on Wednesday posted bounties of up to $100,000 for "truly novel" ways to hack the latest version of its Windows software for powering computers.

Dotcom 'in tears' after Megaupload files deleted

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was "in tears" after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site.

Send your tweets into space

Lone Signal wants to send your messages to a star, 17 light years away, in the hopes of communicating with intelligent life on other planets.

Yahoo rejects fears hackers will exploit old user IDs

Yahoo Inc on Wednesday downplayed concerns that its plans to recycle inactive user IDs could leave users exposed to hackers, saying only 7 percent of those IDs are tied to actual Yahoo email accounts.

Facebook has never been stronger since IPO: Sandberg

A year after Facebook Inc's fumbled IPO, Wall Street remains slow to recognize what Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg argues has been an across-the-board improvement in its business.

Cisco set to open new centre in Israel

The US technology giant Cisco plans to open a new research and development center in Israel, the company's CEO John Chambers said during his meeting with Israel's Minister of Finance Yair Lapid.

Microsoft says freed millions of PCs from botnet

Microsoft said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 million from bank accounts worldwide.

Huawei says has no plans to buy Nokia

Chinese network equipment and cellphone maker Huawei Technologies Co HWT.UL said it "has no plans to acquire Nokia", responding to a Financial Times report that it would consider buying the Finish phone maker.

Google launches 'Start Searching India' campaign

Google India launched a campaign which is aimed at simplifying the web for the country's internet users.

US security expert says surveillance cameras can be hacked

A US security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facilities or gain access to sensitive computer networks.

Apple got up to 5,000 US data requests in 6 months

Apple received over the last six months between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from US law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters, the company said today.

Saudi Arabia plans to block WhatsApp within weeks: report

Saudi Arabia plans to block Internet-based communication tool WhatsApp within weeks if the US-based firm fails to comply with requirements set by the kingdom's telecom regulator, local newspapers reported this week.

Samsung analysts ask hard questions as S4 marketing charm wears off

Analysts fell under Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's marketing spell when they made what they now admit were hopelessly optimistic forecasts for its smartphone sales.

Ideas for keeping your data safe from spying

Experts say there are steps anyone can take to improve privacy, but they only go so far.

'Ringleader' says Apple did not raise e-books prices

An Apple executive at the center of an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. government said on Thursday the company "didn't care" what price publishers set for e-books.


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