Reuters – Microsoft Corp has put its talks with media companies about an online subscription service for TV shows and movies on hold, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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Exclusive: Microsoft Web TV subscription plan on hold
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AP – Facebook said Wednesday that it has stopped most of the spam that has flooded many users’ pages with pictures showing graphic sex and violence.
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Facebook warns of recent wave of spam
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AP – Puzzled by Netflix Inc.’s recent changes? You’re not alone. Here are basic questions and answers about the company’s reversal of its decision to split off its DVD-by-mail service and rename it “Qwikster.”
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Questions and answers about Netflix’s flip-flops
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Reuters – The WikiLeaks organization said on Thursday it was releasing tens of thousands of previously unpublished U.S. diplomatic cables, some of which are still classified.
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WikiLeaks publishes tens of thousands more cables (Reuters)
Reuters – A major cyber attack on the IMF aimed to steal sensitive insider information, a cyber security expert said on Sunday, as the race to lead the body which oversees global financial system heated up.
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IMF cyber attack aimed to steal insider information: expert (Reuters)
AP – Computer hackers in China broke into the Gmail accounts of several hundred people, including senior U.S. government officials, military personnel and political activists, Google Inc. said Wednesday.
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Google says Chinese hackers broke into Gmail (AP)
Reuters – Sony Corp suffered a huge breach in its video game online network that allowed the theft of names, addresses and possibly credit card data belonging to 77 million user accounts, in one of the largest Internet security break-ins ever.
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Sony Playstation suffers massive data breach (Reuters)
AP – Sony Corp. is investigating the outage of its PlayStation Network, a system that links gamers in live play worldwide.
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Sony investigating PlayStation Network outage (AP)
Reuters – AT&T Inc survived the loss of its exclusive U.S. rights to sell the Apple Inc iPhone.
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AT&T weathers loss of iPhone exclusivity (Reuters)