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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
LONDON (AP) -- Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet....
EU probes new Google privacy policy
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws....
HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the stumbling technology company's stock price during the next two years....
Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give
NEW YORK (AP) -- The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though....
Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies....
Motorola: Some refurbished tablets weren't wiped
NEW YORK (AP) -- Motorola Mobility says about 100 Xoom tablet computers that it refurbished for sale on Woot.com may not have been properly wiped of the previous owners' data....
Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Facebook's long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including recent laggards Zynga and Groupon. But analysts said the halo effect may fade, because some companies basking in Facebook's glow just aren't as financially sound as the world's largest social network....
Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documents
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook is baring its business soul....
Poland halts copyright law after mass protests
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland's prime minister says he is suspending the ratification process for an international copyright treaty after widespread protests and attacks on government websites....
Japanese entrepreneurs aim for Silicon Valley
TOKYO (AP) -- For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places. Especially Silicon Valley....