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The following is an excerpt from Alex Cuadros & Crayton Harrison | May 17, 2013 | Bloomberg.com |
The 57-year-old co-founder of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) recaptured the title from Mexican investor Carlos Slim yesterday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the software maker hit a five-year high. It ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Jonnelle Marte | May 14, 2013 | Smartmoney.com |
Emails are not private. A message may have one sender and one recipient but it can, with little effort, be read by a third party. In fact, despite the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unlawful searches, federal ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from PETER LATTMAN and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | May 17, 2013 | Nytimes.com |
Marlene Castro knew the tall blonde woman only as Laurene, her mentor. They met every few weeks in a rough Silicon Valley neighborhood the year that Ms. Castro was applying to college, ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Jennifer Rooney | May 16, 2013 | Forbes.com |
AT&T T -0.4%‘s “It’s Not Complicated” TV ads have been some of the most talked-about commercials of the past year. Featuring spunky, endearing kids, they’re cute, largely unscripted and a little irreverent. Mostly lauded for their ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Time.com | May 15, 2013 |
In the 117 years since the first solar cell was developed and the 110 years since the first powered flight, you’d have thought we would have combined the two technologies by now. When you’re trying to get from place ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Joanna Stern | May 16, 2013 | Yahoo.com |
Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, hit the app jackpot Tuesday afternoon when he pressed the download button on a word game app called Say the Same Thing and sent Apple over the 50 billion app download ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Brandon Griggs | May 14, 2013 | CNN.com |
(CNN) -- Tuesday is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's birthday. He's 29. If that seems insanely young for a billionaire, remember that he co-founded Facebook when he was a teenager.
Zuckerberg has a lot to celebrate. He's amassed ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Will Oremus | May 15, 2013 | Slate.com |
"OK, Google": Forget Web Search, Now You Can Hold a Conversation With Your Computer
Forget “OK, Glass.” As of today, the hot new voice command is “OK, Google.” As in, “OK, Google: Show me things to do ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from AP | May 15, 2013 | cbsnews.com |
Smartphones are increasingly popular not only with consumers, but also with thieves who see the devices as another way to tap into bank accounts and other sensitive information, experts say.
Many consumers simply don't realize how vulnerable their ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from LUCIA MUTIKANI | May 13, 2013 | Thefiscaltimes.com |
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in April as households bought automobiles, building materials and a range of other goods, pointing to underlying strength in the economy.
The Commerce Department said on Monday retail sales edged up 0.1 percent ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Andrea Shalal-Esa and Deborah Charles | May 14, 2013 | Reuters.com |
(Reuters) - The top U.S. general in charge of cyber security warned on Tuesday that the United States is increasingly vulnerable to attacks like those that destroyed data on tens of thousands of ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from BYRON L. STUDDARD | May 14, 2013 | abcnews.com |
For decades, Wall Street has provided investors with a bit of supposed seasonal wisdom this time of year in the form of a rhyming slogan: "Sell in May and go away."
The saying actually originated in ... Read More
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