News Corp approves split into two firms June 28

The company focused on news and publishing will retain the News Corp name
The company focused on news and publishing will retain the News Corp name
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News Corp said Friday its board approved the breakup of the media-entertainment conglomerate headed by Rupert Murdoch into two separate companies, to be effective June 28.

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Google team captures Galapagos Island beauty for maps

This true-color NASA satellite image released on August, 22, 2004 shows the Galapagos Islands
This true-color NASA satellite image released on August, 22, 2004 shows the Galapagos Islands
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Google has followed in the footsteps of Charles Darwin to gather images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for the Internet titan’s online maps.

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Google team captures Galapagos Island beauty for maps

This true-color NASA satellite image released on August, 22, 2004 shows the Galapagos Islands
This true-color NASA satellite image released on August, 22, 2004 shows the Galapagos Islands
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Google has followed in the footsteps of Charles Darwin to gather images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for the Internet titan’s online maps.

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Indian search engine Just Dial IPO oversubscribed

Indian IT professionals work on their laptops during an Open Hack Day organised by Yahoo! in Bangalore on July 25, 2010
Indian IT professionals work on their laptops during an Open Hack Day organised by Yahoo! in Bangalore on July 25, 2010
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Indian search engine Just Dial’s initial public offer to raise $174 million was oversubscribed nearly 12 times in what marked the country’s biggest IPO this year, stock exchange data showed Thursday.

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Kim Dotcom mulls suing tech giants for ‘copyright breach’

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom at his mansion in Auckland on January 20, 2013
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom at his mansion in Auckland on January 20, 2013
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Internet mogul Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was considering taking legal action against tech giants such as Twitter, Google and Facebook for infringing copyright on a security measure he invented.

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Kim Dotcom mulls suing tech giants for ‘copyright breach’

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom at his mansion in Auckland on January 20, 2013
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom at his mansion in Auckland on January 20, 2013
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Internet mogul Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was considering taking legal action against tech giants such as Twitter, Google and Facebook for infringing copyright on a security measure he invented.

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US report urges action on intellectual property theft

A Bangladeshi shopper browses pirated software in a shopping centre in Dhaka on October 30, 2010
A Bangladeshi shopper browses pirated software in a shopping centre in Dhaka on October 30, 2010
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A high-powered commission said Wednesday that intellectual property theft was costing the United States the equivalent of all its exports to Asia and urged a tougher approach to China.

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Twitter tightens security after high-profile breaches

Twitter is stepping up security measures
Twitter is stepping up security measures
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Twitter said Wednesday it was stepping up its security measures for the popular messaging service following a series of high-profile breaches by hackers hitting media organizations and others.

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Risky behaviour starts young on social media: survey

Nearly 70% of children aged between eight to 12 are using a social media website, according to a survey by McAfee
Nearly 70% of children aged between eight to 12 are using a social media website, according to a survey by McAfee
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Australian children are accessing social media websites at an increasingly younger age, a new survey suggests, with one in five “tweens” admitting they have chatted to someone online they do not know.

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German software giant SAP to hire people with autism

SAP is one the world's largest software firms and has a 65,000-strong workforce
SAP is one the world's largest software firms and has a 65,000-strong workforce
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German software giant SAP has said it intended to employ hundreds of people globally with autism as software testers and programmers over the next seven years.

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