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Does It Matter Whether Facebook Changes the Way Advertisers Use It?

Posted: June 7, 2013 at 6:46 am

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) said is would simplify its ad formats to make it easier for marketers to invest to reach portions of its one billion plus members. The change ...
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Microsoft Alliance with FBI: A Model for Fighting Cybercrime

Posted: June 6, 2013 at 6:25 am

The FBI and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), working together, took down a network that has committed a series of cyber frauds that have cost banks $500 million. The "Citadel" network, ...
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Posted: June 6, 2013 at 4:02 am

Reuters Business ‏@ReutersBiz12m ECB seen holding rates as it waits for signs of euro zone recovery http://reut.rs/1b7c84Q Forbes ‏@Forbes29m The financial crisis is disease that Bank of America can't seem to shake; ...
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Hacking Apple: Two-Factor Authentication May Not Be Good Enough

Posted: May 31, 2013 at 6:50 am

Security problems that had been limited almost exclusively to Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows and Windows-compliant products have migrated to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) ones. Given the surge in the ...
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Traditional Internet Providers Face WiFi Networks

Posted: May 30, 2013 at 6:05 am

Experts knew a long time ago that as superfast wireless broadband expanded, wired services from cable companies to telecoms would lose customers, perhaps at a rate that could badly damage them ...
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Unhappy Eighth Birthday, YouTube

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 6:46 am

Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube, which was founded eight years ago, has barely changed, except for the number videos posted at the site. It brings in almost no revenue for ...
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Online Video Ad Prices Hurt by Facebook

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 7:03 am

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will hurt the value of online video ads just the way it hurt the value of display ads beginning three years ago. And the effect of ...
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Yahoo! Posts New 52-Week High After Microsoft Renews Search Revenue Deal

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 4:46 pm

The 2009 agreement between Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is scheduled to run for 10 years, but the agreement contains provisions to allow the two companies ...
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Microsoft Needs a Smart Watch

Posted: April 15, 2013 at 7:00 am

All the other major tech companies want to build a smart watch to compete with smartphones and tablets, so why shouldn't Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). It needs a product success ...
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Analog Devices CEO Jerry Fishman Dies

Posted: March 30, 2013 at 9:32 am

Analog Devices (NASDAQ: ADI) long time CEO Jerry Fishman has died. The company announced: Analog Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), with great sadness, announced today that Jerald G. Fishman passed away ...
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Spammers Fight Back: Internet Battle Rages

Posted: March 28, 2013 at 7:05 am

Anyone worried about the stability of the World Wide Web will take no solace in the battle between an organization that has attempted to keep the Internet largely free of spam ...
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The West Virginia Google Glass Trouble

Posted: March 26, 2013 at 6:26 am

Bill HB 3057, proposed in the West Virginia legislature by 56-year-old Republican Gary G. Howell, would establish "the offense of operating a motor vehicle using a wearable computer with a ...
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VirnetX Stock Tumbles on Hung Jury

Posted: March 14, 2013 at 2:52 pm

In a patent infringement case similar to the one it won against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), a jury has been unable to reach a verdict in lawsuit brought by patent ...
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Google Admits to Privacy Violations, to Pay $7 Million Fine

Posted: March 13, 2013 at 6:50 am

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) admitted that as it collected data for its street mapping initiative, it collected private data from unprotected Wi-Fi systems as well. The penalty for the action ...
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Online, Bloomberg Surpasses Reuters

Posted: March 13, 2013 at 6:22 am

Reuters has a new online challenger, at least in terms of audience size. Terminal sales rival Bloomberg now has more monthly unique visitors than Reuters, in an arena in ...
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