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 - Larry Page presages a bolder era at Google
 Google Inc's Larry Page is back in charge of the company he founded a decade ago and, while some investors are uneasy about his credentials, they hope he will breathe new life into the Internet search giant
- Data breach shows new 'spear-phishing' risk
 Tens of millions of customers and employees of major banks, hotels and retailers are now at risk of "spear-phishing" attacks after hackers stole their email addresses in what may become one of the biggest data breaches ever, security experts warned.
- Targeted cyber attacks to rise further: Symantec
 Targeted cyber attacks will pose a growing threat to companies around the world this year after the Stuxnet worm hit Iran's nuclear programme in 2010, security software maker Symantec Corp said on Tuesday.
- India win sweeter with Google's ice cream doodle
 Google made the lifting of the World Cup trophy even sweeter with a doodle to mark the 119th anniversary of the first officially documented Ice Cream Sundae.
- Gmail Motion: Google's April Fool's prank
 In tune with its tradition of April Fool's hoaxes Google unveiled another new feature. This time for its popular email service, Gmail. The new fabricated Gmail feature is called Gmail Motion.
- New memoir highlights tension between Allen, Gates
 In a memoir out next month, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen details tensions in his relationship with Bill Gates, including a scene from 1982, when he overheard Gates talking to current CEO Steve Ballmer about reducing Allen's stake in the company while he was undergoing cancer treatment.
- Facebook to be worth $234 billion by 2015
 Facebook will have market value of $ 234 billion by 2015, up from its current valuation of $ 85 billion.
- Google blocks competition: Microsoft to EU
 Microsoft Corp escalated its attack on Google Inc. by complaining to European regulators on Thursday that its fiercest rival is an Internet bully that abuses its dominance of online search and advertising.
- Google takes on Facebook with '+1' button
 Google Inc will begin allowing users to personally endorse search results and Web pages, its latest attempt to stave off rival Facebook Inc while trying to jump onboard a social networking boom.
- Google doodle celebrates Robert Bunsen's b'day
 Continuing its tradition of of celebrating important events with a doodle, Google has an animated image of a laboratory on its home page. It is to observe the 200th birthday of German chemist Robert Bunsen.
- James Gosling, the father of Java, joins Google
 The man behind the Java programming language, James Gosling is moving to Google. "Through some odd twists in the road over the past year, and a tardis encountered along the way, I find myself starting employment at Google," Gosling posted on his blog.
- India trails other BRIC countries in digital access
 India is trailing the BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia and China in the drive to get its population connected to digital technologies such as the Internet and mobile phones, a new report shows.
- Facebook drops uprising page after Israel protest
 A Facebook page calling on Palestinians to take up arms against Israel has been removed from the social-networking site after a high-profile Israeli appeal.
- Amazon faces backlash over Cloud Drive service
 A new Amazon.com Inc service that lets customers store songs and play them on a variety of phones and computers is facing a backlash from the music industry that could ignite a legal battle.
- Must watch: 'Boom Boom' boost for Pakistan team
 A video titled 'Boom Boom World Cup', posted on YouTube, has gone viral. Sung by Asif Shah, the music video is directed by Iftikar Ahmed Khan and produced by UHM Media Vision Lahore. It has already
- Website to pay $950,000 for Beatles piracy
 The owners of a California Web site that sold Beatles songs for 25 cents each before they went on sale legally through iTunes have agreed to pay the band's EMI Group label $950,000 to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit, court papers showed on Monday.
- Bhaskar Pramanik named Microsoft India chairman
 The world's top software firm Microsoft has named former managing director of Oracle's India operations, Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman of its India unit.
- Internet pioneer Paul Baran dies
 Internet pioneer Paul Baran's invention of packet switching in the 1960s enabled computer-to-computer data transmissions.
- Google working on mobile payment technology
Google is joining Citigroup and Mastercard to set up a mobile payment system that will turn Android phones into a kind of electronic wallet, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
- New app lets parents read to children from afar
 Parents whose hectic schedules mean they can't be at home when their children go to bed can now buy an app which enables them to read their youngsters a goodnight story or sing them a lullaby from afar.
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