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U.S. presidential candidate Fiorina spins web around interviewer

May 10, 2015 admin chief-executive, chuck-todd, freedom-summit, indian, laid-off-during, meet-the-press, online, pakistan, record, speaks-during, string-attacks, the-outskirts, works-inside

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina apparently has learned something about registering website domain names. Shortly after the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive announced her campaign last week, she found out that a cybersquatter had bought the rights to carlyfiorina.org and was using it to criticize her record. Chuck Todd of NBC News brought up the issue while interviewing Fiorina on “Meet the Press” and showed the website, which features row after row of frowny-face emoticons representing 30,000 people laid off during her Hewlett-Packard tenure from 1999 to 2005

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Music streamer Spotify revenues topped 1 billion euros in 2014

May 8, 2015 publisher chief-executive, chuck-todd, daniel, meet-the-press, online, operating-loss, speaks-during, the-outskirts

Online music streaming service Spotify's revenues leapt 45 percent to top 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) last year, though its operating loss widened due to product development and expansion costs, its holding company said. The company, founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, was reportedly valued at about $8 billion in a recent fundraising. It said the increased loss was due to substantial investments in product development and international expansion, as well as an increase in staffing.

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Exclusive: Microsoft has no plans to pursue Salesforce – sources

May 8, 2015 publisher another-unnamed, chicago, chief-executive, chuck-todd, citing-people, current-market, daniel, matter, microsoft, microsoft-corp, operating-loss, salesforce-com, speaks-during, unnamed

Microsoft Corp currently is not weighing an offer for Salesforce.com Inc , two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, dampening speculation that Microsoft could be drawn into bidding for the cloud software company. Bloomberg News, citing people with knowledge of the matter, reported earlier this week that Microsoft was evaluating a bid for Salesforce after the latter was approached by another unnamed would-be buyer. Microsoft considers Salesforce's current market valuation expensive, one of the people said

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U.S. Homeland Security to set up cyber security office in Silicon Valley

April 21, 2015 admin government, internet, johnson, photo-during, private-sector, relationships, said-on-tuesday, san, secretary, speaks-during, talented, Technology, white

By Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in the final stages of planning to set up a satellite office in California's Silicon Valley, aiming to build relationships with the technology industry and scout for talent there, the department's secretary said on Tuesday

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EU Google probe encourages investors in Russia competitor Yandex

April 21, 2015 publisher antitrust-probe, employee-works, european-union, johnson, photo-during, relationships, russian-google, san, secretary, speaks-during, works-at-yandex

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) – The European Union's antitrust probe into Google sparked a big rally in Russian search engine Yandex NV last week, even though the “Russian Google” still faces significant challenges, competitive and otherwise. Yandex has amassed a $6.54 billion market capitalization, mainly by selling advertising against the web browser used on 64 percent of Russian desktop computers. With Russian stocks recovering and the EU looking into whether Google has an unfair competitive advantage, some investors hope Yandex can win more screen space and advertising revenue

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Egypt’s Sawiris considers buy in Italy internet sector: Corriere della Sera

March 14, 2015 admin acquisition, cairo, corriere, egypt, his-office, internet, italy, naguib-sawiris, reuters, sawiris, speaks-during, telecom, tycoon-said

Naguib Sawiris is considering making an acquisition in Italy's Internet sector, the Egyptian tycoon said in an interview published on Saturday. Sawiris, whose family founded Egypt's giant Orascom group, said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that he planned to create a new data center in Milan, which would be Italy's biggest, by the end of April. “We are also weighing up another acquisition, still in the Internet sector,” said Sawiris, who made an unsuccessful bid to buy a stake in Telecom Italia in 2012

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Ryan Gosling dismisses ‘Hey Girl,’ discusses new film at SXSW

March 14, 2015 publisher 67th, cairo, egypt, his-office, love, naguib-sawiris, reuters, river, sawiris, speaks-during, telecom

By Piya Sinha-Roy AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – With a drop of a microphone, Ryan Gosling dispelled his Internet infamy, saying he had never once uttered the phrase, “Hey Girl,” which has made him a viral phenomenon. Gosling was the anticipated opening day guest at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival covering film, music and technology in Austin, Texas, being quizzed by Del Toro not on his Internet fame, rather his directorial debut, “Lost River.” But Del Toro threw in cheeky references to the infatuation with Gosling that has made him an online celebrity, such as his love for Disneyland, where he has been photographed on dates, riding rollercoasters. Gosling, 34, responded by blushing and hiding his face in embarrassment, and when Del Toro teased him for finally saying “Hey Girl” while telling a story about never having said the phrase, Gosling dropped the mic, joking he was done

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China puts tech bill that concerns West on hold: U.S. official

March 13, 2015 admin annual-session, cairo, chinese, congress, krista-hughes, love, naguib-sawiris, river, said-the-bill, sawiris, speaks-during, telecom

By Krista Hughes WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has put a hold on a draft counter-terrorism law that would require technology firms to hand over sensitive information to government officials, a senior U.S. official said in a good sign for Western businesses who saw the rule as a major impediment to working in the world’s second largest economy

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State Department upgrades network security against cyber attacks

March 13, 2015 admin address-whether, agency-carried, brief-statement, chinese, desktop, naguib-sawiris, network-during, planned-outage, security, speaks-during, telecom, the-security

The State Department on Friday said it was upgrading the security of its unclassified computer network to defend against cyber attacks, leaving some employees unable to send outside emails or access the internet. Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the agency, which in November said it had suffered a cyber attack, was improving “the security of its main unclassified network during a short, planned outage of some Internet-linked systems.” The agency carried out an upgrade in November that also left workers unable to send outside emails or to get to the internet. In a brief statement, Psaki said the department continued to monitor “activity of concern” on its unclassified network but did not address whether there had been a recent, new attack that prompted the latest security upgrade.

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N.Y. man missing ahead of fraud trial over Facebook claim: lawyer

March 10, 2015 creative 2003-contract, apple, china, facebook, mobile-phone, news-conference, said-on-monday, speaks-during

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – An upstate New York man, who was set to face trial in May for attempting to defraud Facebook Inc and founder Mark Zuckerberg, is missing, his lawyer said on Monday. Paul Ceglia, 41, had been required to wear an electronic bracelet before his trial. Representatives for Bharara's office and the Marshals Service did not respond to requests for comment.