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Kim Dotcom Wins Back Cars and Cash Seized in Megaupload Raid

Kim Dotcom, the multimillionaire founder of closed file-sharing site Megaupload, has won back cars, cash and property seized in a January 2012 raid. Requests from police to extend the length…

Facebook Rolls Out Location-Sharing Feature

Facebook users in the U.S. will soon be able to see which of their friends are nearby using a new feature the company is launching on Thursday. The “Nearby Friends”…

Fired Yahoo Exec Gets $58M for 15 Months of Work

Yahoo’s recently fired chief operating officer, Henrique de Castro, left the Internet company with a severance package of $58 million even though he lasted just 15 months on the job….

Tencent Brings Popular Game Candy Crush to China

Candy Crush Saga is King’s most popular game and the biggest contributor to its revenue China’s internet giant Tencent will launch the popular Candy Crush game on the mainland in…

Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Scanner Hacked with Glue Mould

The researchers fooled the new handset using a mould made out of glue The fingerprint sensor on Samsung’s Galaxy S5 handset has been hacked less than a week after the…

Google’s 1Q Earnings Disappoint as Ad Prices Slip

Google’s first-quarter earnings growth faltered as the Internet’s most influential company grappled with a persistent downturn in advertising prices while spending more money to hire employees and invest in daring…

Wal-Mart to Unveil New Service with Electronic Payments Provider

Wal-Mart said on Wednesday that it will announce a new service with electronic payments provider Euronet Worldwide Inc on Thursday, but gave no other details. Neither Wal-Mart, the world’s largest…

Heartbleed Fallout May ‘Slow’ Browsing Speeds

Browsing speeds could slow as websites update security systems to defeat Heartbleed attacks, warn researchers The struggle to fix problems caused by the Heartbleed bug may slow browsing speeds, warns…

Twitter Buys Social Data Provider Gnip

Twitter Inc said it bought social data provider Gnip to provide enhanced data analytics capabilities to its business customers. Twitter did not disclose the price it paid for Gnip. “Together…

Pentagon to Use Drones to Create Remote Wi-Fi Hotspots

The Pentagon is planning to turn old drones into wi-fi hotspots. The equipment needed for long-range high-bandwidth wi-fi is often unavailable to troops in the field. Engineers hope this will…

iPhone Has Edge

Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 smartphone is more durable than last year’s model and other leading Android phones, but the iPhone 5s outperformed all of them in part because of its…

Google Buys Drone Maker Titan Aerospace

Google has bought Titan Aerospace, a maker of solar-powered drones, saying it could help bring Internet access to remote parts of the world as well as solve other problems. Financial…

Sharp Drops to Five-Month Low on Report of New Share Issue

Shares in Sharp Corp fell to a five-month low on Monday after the Asahi newspaper said Japan’s largest display maker is considering another issue of new shares that could raise…

T-Mobile Ends Overage Charges, Ceo Challenges Competitors to Follow

T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.N) said on Monday it would stop charging penalties for customers who go over their data plan limits and launched an online petition calling for rival carriers…

More than 4,000 Students Participate in LA Hacks Hackathon at UCLA

The basketball court at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion was teeming with young hackers this weekend as more than 4,000 students descended on the school for the second annual LA Hacks event….