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AVG Technologies prices at $16/share: source (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Reuters - Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies NV priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, at the low end of the expected range, according to a market source.

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Android ?malware? turned out to be benign (Appolicious)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Appolicious - Consumers got a lesson in malware safety this week when Symantec and Lookout security companies presented different perspectives on ?Android.Counterclank.? Symantec identified the string of apps as malware, but Lookout insisted the apps weren?t malicious but merely annoying adware Trojans. After several days of debating the semantics of malware, Symantec retracted its original statement, falling in line with Lookout?s assessment after all.

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Exclusive: Hacked companies still not telling investors (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Reuters - At least a half-dozen major U.S. companies whose computers have been infiltrated by cyber criminals or international spies have not admitted to the incidents despite new guidance from securities regulators urging such disclosures.

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Android OS rules in U.S., gets a Bouncer to keep malware out the Market (Appolici

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Appolicious - The Android platform expanded its dominance in the U.S. smartphone market during Q4 of 2011, according to the latest ComScore report. Apple may have boosted its share of the mobile handset market with the release of the iPhone 4S, but Android?s still the clear winner in terms of OS use, powering 47.3 percent of surveyed subscribers. That?s up from 44.8 percent last year, growing by slightly more percentage points than Apple?s increase to 29.6 percent from 27.4 percent.

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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

AP - A sensitive conference call between FBI and British police's cybercrime investigators was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, officials and hackers said Friday.

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Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

AP - Microsoft Corp. slammed search rival Google Inc. with full-page newspaper ads Wednesday, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to internally merge the data it collects on user activity across services such as YouTube and Gmail are meant to allow advertisers to better target customers.

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Summary Box: Facebook to go public, raise $5B (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

AP - GOING PUBLIC: Facebook files paperwork for its much-anticipated initial public offering of stock. It hopes to raise $5 billion, the most ever for an Internet IPO.

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All-time top 10 IPOs for Internet companies (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

AP - Facebook is hoping to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock. It would be the largest IPO ever for an Internet company. Here are the top 10 so far, according to Renaissance Capital, an IPO investment adviser:

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Amazon launches online shopping service in India (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Reuters - The world's largest online retailer Amazon.com Inc entered India on Thursday with the launch of its shopping website junglee.com, in a major boost to the country's fast-growing e-commerce market.

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Online video firm Youku sues rival Tudou: report (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Reuters - Youku.com, China's largest online video company, filed a lawsuit against its No.1 rival, Tudou Holdings Ltd, saying it incurred losses because of claims by Tudou that Youku had misused copyrighted material, the government-run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

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Key Internet operator VeriSign hit by hackers (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Reuters - VeriSign Inc, the company in charge of delivering people safely to more than half the world's websites, has been hacked repeatedly by outsiders who stole undisclosed information from the leading Internet infrastructure company.

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Amazon makes India debut with Junglee.com (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

AP - Amazon.com is coming to India, with the Thursday launch of Junglee.com, a watered-down version of its global shopping portal.

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NY Times adds digital subscribers, but ad revenue shrinks (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Reuters - The New York Times Co, which is grappling with sinking advertising revenue and a recent change in the top management, said it continued to add subscribers for its digital products in the fourth quarter.

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New version of Showyou is a Flipboard for video (Appolicious)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Appolicious - While there is no shortage of video to consume online and via mobile devices - 60 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! - finding clips and programs most relevant to you is challenging.

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Facebook's Zuckerberg to keep iron grip after IPO (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Reuters - Facebook unveiled plans for the biggest ever Internet IPO that could raise as much as $10 billion, but made it clear CEO Mark Zuckerberg will exercise almost complete control over the company, leaving investors with little say.

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