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Russia’s largest social network VKontakte is having a legal civil war

What started a year ago as a shareholder dispute within VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network, appears to be emerging as a full-blown war of litigation. The faction most actively fanning the...

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Google comes to Samsung’s aid in Apple lawsuit

The lawsuit between Apple and Samsung does not have Google's name attached to it, but that hasn't kept the company from being involved. Hiroshi Lockheimer, the company's current VP of...

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NSA denies that it knew of an exploited Heartbleed for years

The U.S. National Security Agency, which has a cybersecurity mission in addition to surveillance, has disputed a report that it knew about the Heartbleed security vulnerability for at least two...

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Energy-storage device maker Ioxus raises $21 million in funding

The International Finance Corporation, the investment arm of the World Bank, has agreed to commit $5 million to round out a $21 million Series C financing for the ultracapacitor manufacturer Ioxus. According...

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Google clarifies that it can and does analyze your private data

In an attempt at clarity, Google has amended its terms of service to say that it analyzes private data, including emails, for purposes including the delivery of ads and customized...

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Mobile carriers release the Galaxy S5 early in South Korea

South Korea's major carriers have pulled their Galaxy S5 launch date forward to, well, today, despite Samsung's efforts to keep the native networks in line with the global launch date on April 11. According...

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Dish Network and DirecTV could be considering a merger

According to a report published by Bloomberg earlier, Dish Network Chairman of the Board Charlie Ergen recently approached DirecTV CEO Mike White in order to chat about the possibility of merging the two companies. Likely...

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Blackberry claims that Ryan’s Seacrest’s Typo Keyboard is a blatant ripoff

Blackberry — which recently celebrated the notable achievement of a zero percent marketshare in the smartphone space — has turned into a patent troll now. In suing Ryan Seacrest’s Typo iPhone...

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SoftBank’s CEO explains how the iPhone came to Japan

The iPhone is probably one of the more desired smartphones in the world at the moment, and despite what its critics and detractors have to say about it, they have...

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Liberty Global plans to take on Vodafone in Europe

Liberty Global, the largest cable company outside China and a voracious acquirer of European cable firms, is reportedly planning to launch a more mobile assault on the continent. Liberty SVP Manuel...

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Privacy group doesn’t want the NSA to destroy phone records

A US judge has temporarily stopped the National Security Agency from destroying phone metadata it collected, thanks to an intervention by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The privacy watchdog argued that...

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Tencent to acquire a 15% stake in JD.com to take on Alibaba

Tencent, one of China’s largest Internet services companies and the maker of WeChat, and JD.com have formed a strategic partnership. The deal can potentially boost Tencent’s competitive position against rival Alibaba Group, which...

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