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Ireland's Sir Bob Geldof shakes hands with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates of the U.S. at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London

Hackers launch fake Microsoft security updates

England based security developer and vendor Sophos, in a statement, said that a fake anti-virus, which is a replica of Microsoft’s security update, tricks the user into installing malicious software.
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Silk Road, the online underground store for buying illegal drugs

From marijuana to LSD, now illegal drugs delivered on your doorstep

It sounds almost surreal. A place where you can login and order marijuana to LSD, which will be delivered on your doorstep by the US Postal department, obviously clueless, after you pay for the drug through bitcoin. All you need to do is become a Tor network member and open a bitcoin account, both completely legal. Though online transactions and delivery to your address is part of the whole process, the authorities are struggling to shut down the drug store or identify the users. Word of the mou...
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Pandora increases IPO by 48 percent

Online radio company Pandora Media Inc increased the proposed value of its initial public offering by almost 50 percent, hoping to catch investor fever that has taken Internet companies such as LinkedIn to new heights.
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Pandora increases IPO value by 48 percent

Online radio company Pandora Media Inc raised the proposed value of its initial public offering by almost 50 percent, hoping to catch the investor fever that has taken Internet companies such as LinkedIn to new heights.
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Skype sued in for patent infringement

Internet video phone company Skype Inc was sued in U.S. federal court Thursday for infringing the patents of a Luxembourg company, which has filed similar lawsuits against Skype in Europe.
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iOS 5 Impact: After iPad 2, iPhone 5 could feature full HD 1080p playback

Apple's iOS 5, unveiled at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) the week by Steve Jobs, will feature the capability to play high resolution 1080p video content on iPad 2. What this means by extension is that the next generation iPhone will also sport this feature. iOS 4 hadn’t given iPhone and iPad users the 1080p playback facility -- they only had the 720p playback. Users could not even sync 1080p content to iOS devices through iTunes. Now that will change with the arrival of iOS 5.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) banner is seen at Moscone Center, San Francisco

Apple WWDC 2011: Can iCloud help iPhone 5 beat Android?

Technology giant Apple’s much awaited iCloud, which was presented by none other than Steve Jobs himself to the world as part of keynote address on the first day of Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011, is expected to help iPhone 5 beat Google Android and breeze past Google’s own cloud-based Music Beta digital locker.
Apple Becomes Largest Semiconductor Buyer in the World

WWDC Highlights Apple's Software Foundation

The software innovations announced by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) are laying the foundation for the next round of share gains in mobile phones, tablets and computers, especially with 4G connectivity going mainstream next year, Barclays Capital said.
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Apple's WWDC silence over iPhone 5: A giveaway to Android?

Apple fans will cheer the announcement of iOS 5 at the WWDC; but it is the Android camp that will be heartened by the fact that there has been no word on the iPhone 5. An iPhone 4 S in August? And the true iPhone 5 in 2012? will that be too late? Or, will it fit better into Apple's strategy?

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