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- 10 May 2013
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News: Reports: Icahn, Southeastern make alternative bid for Dell
Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have made a counter-offer for Dell that would keep the computer company still publicly traded, according to reports.
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News: New York man pleads guilty to illegally selling Intuit software
A former support employee in Rochester, New York, has pleaded guilty to illegally selling Intuit software through eBay, taking advantage of the software company's policy to supply free replacement disks of its products at the request of customers.
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News: Salesforce.com to buy Clipboard, shutting down service
Salesforce.com is to acquire Clipboard, a Web clipping and sharing service, and is closing down the service.
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News: Payment card processors hacked in $45 million fraud
A vast debit card fraud scheme that allegedly netted US$45 million has been linked to the hacking of credit card processors in the U.S. and India.
- 09 May 2013
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News: 3D-printable gun maker ordered to take down blueprints
U.S. Department of Defense Trade Controls has apparently ordered Defense Distributed to removed the blueprints for a 3D printable gun from its website.
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News: Microsoft Patch Tuesday targets multitude of Internet Explorer faults
Microsoft is issuing critical security bulletins this Patch Tuesday that affect all versions of Internet Explorer and deal with an exploit that attackers are actively working.
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News: Facebook close to acquiring navigation app Waze so it can sell you ads while you drive
The Facebook rumor mill is churning with reports that Zuckerberg and company are inching ever closer to sealing the deal on a purchase of the popular crowdsourced navigation app, Waze.
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News: US lawmakers introduce apps privacy bill
New legislation introduced by a group of U.S. lawmakers would require mobile application developers to obtain consent from consumers before collecting their personal data and to secure the data they collect.
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News: FCC moves toward new airplane broadband service
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a major step toward helping more airlines offer in-cabin wireless broadband, with the agency voting Thursday to explore using new spectrum for air-to-ground broadband service.
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News: G2 Crowd challenges Gartner's Magic Quadrant with crowdsourced grids
Might the hegemony of Gartner's Magic Quadrant be under threat? It sounds like a long shot but Chicago startup G2 Crowd thinks it has come up with a disruptive alternative - ditch analysts and ask IT professionals what they think instead.
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News: Intel acquires two software companies
Intel has acquired two software companies as it continues to build its burgeoning portfolio to include more tools to write and manage programs and interfaces.
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News: Why the IT Industry Is Desperate for H-1B Reform Legislation
Amid broad agreement that more skilled workers would boost the tech economy, industry experts suggest that comprehensive immigration bill coming up for debate doesn't go far enough to help fill IT, engineering and manufacturing jobs.
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News: Sony profitable again, but core electronics still struggling
Sony made good on a promise to return to profitability after offloading a number of valuable assets last year, but its core electronics business is still losing money.
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News: California may outlaw 3-D printed guns
Proposed legislation in California aims to ban guns made using 3-D printing, after an organization Defense Distributed fired a handgun made with the technology, and said it would distribute its drawings online.
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News: Silicon Valley tech incubator hosts Norwegian royals
Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit tried touchless gesturing systems and other technologies developed by Norwegian startups at a tech incubator in Palo Alto on Wednesday afternoon .
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News: Telstra and Seven West buy a stake in online health directory
Telstra and Seven West Media have signed a $10.4 million agreement with HealthEngine for a stake in the online health directory business.
- 08 May 2013
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News: San Francisco axes cellphone warning law in settlement with CTIA
San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA.
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News: More data isn't always better, says Nate Silver
Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.
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News: EMC lays off more than 1,000 as restructuring continues
As part of its ongoing restructuring, EMC today announced its latest round of layoffs, which are expected to include 1,004 positions.
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News: Fusion-io CEO resigns, is replaced by former HP executive Robison
Fusion-io President and CEO David Flynn has resigned and will be replaced by Shane Robison, the former CTO of Hewlett-Packard.
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