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| Hackers target Twitter, could affect 250,000 user accounts Friday, Feb 01, 2013 05:49 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anonymous hackers attacked Twitter this week and may have gained access to passwords and other information for as many as 250,000 user accounts, the microblog revealed late on Friday. Twitter said in a blog post that the passwords were encrypted and that it had already reset them as a "precautionary measure," and that it was in the process of notifying affected users. ... Full Story | Top |
| BofA website troubles causes by internal systems issue: source Friday, Feb 01, 2013 02:38 PM PST  (Reuters) - Some Bank of America Corp customers weren't able to access their online banking accounts on Friday because of an internal systems issue, a person familiar with the matter said. The second-largest U.S. bank by assets is working to address the problem, said the person, who wasn't authorized to speak on the record. The disruption was not caused by hacker attacks, the person said. Since last fall, U.S. bank websites have faced a blitz of "denial of service" attacks in which hacker activists disrupt operations by flooding them with information. ... Full Story | Top |
| Web startup Path to pay $800,000 to settle privacy charges Friday, Feb 01, 2013 02:33 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social networking start-up Path will pay $800,000 to settle charges with federal regulators that it improperly collected personal information on children. The company also agreed to submit to 20 years of independent privacy reviews to settle charges that it secretly collected information from its users mobile phone address books. The settlement, announced by the Federal Trade Commission on Friday, is the latest between the agency and Web companies for privacy violations. ... Full Story | Top |
| Coming soon to Facebook- more action, battle games Friday, Feb 01, 2013 01:31 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When nWay began a trial of its dark, sci-fi combat game "ChronoBlade" on Facebook last year, the San Francisco-based startup felt sure it had a hit on its hands. "First of all, what comes is, 'Wow, I had no idea you could actually do a game of this quality on Facebook,'" said Dave Jones, Chief Creative Officer of nWay, who has worked on "Grand Theft Auto. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dell nears buyout that could top $24 billion Friday, Feb 01, 2013 12:20 PM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dell Inc is edging closer to an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by Michael Dell, its founder and chief executive, and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners in a deal that could top $24 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The buyout consortium is negotiating taking Dell private at $13 to $14 per share, two of the people said. This translates into an equity valuation for the Round Rock, Texas-based company of between $22.6 billion and $24.4 billion. Dell shares were up 2.5 percent at $13.57 in afternoon trading. ... Full Story | Top |
| Apple edges out Samsung for mobile phone sales lead in fourth quarter Friday, Feb 01, 2013 12:01 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc became the top mobile phone seller for the first time in the lucrative U.S. market during the fourth quarter of 2012, outshining arch rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, a report by Strategy Analytics showed. Apple's share of the U.S. mobile phone market, including feature phones and smartphones, jumped to 34 percent from 26 percent, while Samsung's share grew to 32.3 percent from 31.8 percent, the research firm said. Samsung had been the top mobile phone vendor in the US since 2008, the firm said. ... Full Story | Top |
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