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| Twitter faces calls in Britain to get tough on online abuse Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 07:35 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter, the social media site, is under pressure in Britain to make it easier for Internet users to report abuse after more than 30,000 people petitioned it over the case of a feminist campaigner who says she was repeatedly threatened with rape. Caroline Criado-Perez helped lobby the Bank of England to make a woman, 19th century novelist Jane Austen, the new face on the country's 10 pound note, to defuse criticism that women were under-represented on the currency. ... Full Story | Top |
| Software experts attack cars, to release code as hackers meet Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:08 AM PDT  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Car hacking is not a new field, but its secrets have long been closely guarded. That is about to change, thanks to two well-known computer software hackers who got bored finding bugs in software from Microsoft and Apple. Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek say they will publish detailed blueprints of techniques for attacking critical systems in the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape in a 100-page white paper, following several months of research they conducted with a grant from the U.S. government. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Hacking talks that got axed Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:08 AM PDT By Jim Finkle (Reuters) - Hacking experts and product manufacturers have sometimes been at odds over whether the disclosure of security vulnerabilities is helpful, or harmful, to the public interest. Lawsuits, or even the threat of legal action, have resulted in the cancellation of some hacking presentations in recent years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Publicis CEO sees EPS boost from Omnicom deal Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 05:51 AM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - The merger of Publicis and Omnicom will boost adjusted earnings per share, and the new group will maintain its BBB+ credit rating, the head of the French ad group told a news conference on Sunday. Maurice Levy added that he did not expect resistance to the deal from the French government. "We don't expect that the French government will have anything else other than great support," Levy said. (Reporting by Leila Abboud; Editing by James Regan) Full Story | Top |
| Russian web search firm Yandex's co-founder dies Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 03:18 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - The co-founder and chief technology officer of Russia's market-leading internet search engine company Yandex has died after treatment for cancer, the Nasdaq-listed company said on Sunday. Ilya Segalovich, aged 48, founded Yandex in 1997 with Arkady Volozh, the company's chief executive officer. He passed away on Saturday after falling into a coma and being taken off of life support by doctors, Volozh said in a statement on the company's blog. ... Full Story | Top |
| Siemens CEO to leave following profit warning Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 02:16 PM PDT  MUNICH (Reuters) - Siemens Chief Executive Peter Loescher is to leave the company, four years before the end of his contract, after the German engineering group this week issued its second profit warning this year. Siemens said in a statement late on Saturday that at a meeting on July 31, the supervisory board would pass the decision on Loescher's early departure. "In addition, it will decide on the appointment of a member of the managing board as President and CEO," it added. Siemens, among Germany's three biggest companies by market value, did not provide further details. ... Full Story | Top |
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