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Yahoo's board is said to OK buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash

Yahoo's board is said to OK buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1-billion cash acquisition of blogging site Tumblr.

Google gives a virtual nod to 'Palestine'

Google gives a virtual nod to 'Palestine'

Google has switched the tagline on its Palestinian website, replacing the words “Palestinian territories” with “Palestine&...

LivingSocial hacked; 50 million customer accounts compromised

LivingSocial hacked; 50 million customer accounts compromised

(Bloomberg) — LivingSocial Inc., a daily deal coupons site, said that more than 50 million customers may have been affected by a...

Boston bombings: Social media spirals out of control

Over the last few days, thousands of people have taken to the Internet to play Sherlock Holmes.

Supreme Court critical of patents on human genes

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a scientist can hold a...

Live from Facebook headquarters: Introducing Android

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- The Facebook phone is the technology world's version of a unicorn, a mythical device rumored for years but never to...

Anonymous claims responsibility for hacks into North Korean social media

Anonymous claims responsibility for hacks into North Korean social media

As North Korea continues to threaten the U.S. and South Korea with war rhetoric, hackers have taken over the country's social media accounts...

Google leads way in April Fools' Day jokes

Google leads way in April Fools' Day jokes

Google is known for being a bit of a prankster when it comes to April Fools' Day, and the Silicon Valley giant this year once again lived up...

NASA temporarily loses communication with space station

NASA temporarily loses communication with space station

In what could be called a three-hour space oddity, the International Space...

Hacker group Anonymous claims responsibility for government website takeover

Hacker group Anonymous claims responsibility for government website takeover

Hacker group Anonymous claimed to have taken over the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in protest of attempts by federal...

Aaron Swartz was 'killed by the government,' father tells mourners

Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old Internet genius, was eulogized on Tuesday as a person who wanted to make the world better but was hounded into...

Aaron Swartz dies at 26; Internet folk hero founded Reddit

Aaron Swartz, who co-founded Reddit and became an Internet folk hero for fighting to make online...

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