ATLANTA (AP) — A recent data breach may affect less than 1.5 million credit cards in North America, according to the card processor involved. Visa and Mastercard announced Friday that they had notified their card holders of the potential for identity theft and illicit charges because of the breach. The card processor, Global Payments, put [...]
MUNICH/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Microsoft is moving its European software distribution to the Netherlands from Germany after being caught up in patent disputes with mobile phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility Inc . “We would have preferred to keep our European distribution center in Germany, where it has been for many years. But unfortunately the risk from disruptions [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s new iPad topped Consumer Reports’ list of tablets despite the influential watchdog stoking doubts two weeks ago by saying the latest iteration of the best-selling tablet threw off more heat when used heavily. The widely followed group that reviews everything from electronics to cars, said on Monday that it [...]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese authorities shut 16 websites and detained six people accused of spreading rumors of unusual military vehicle movements in Beijing, state media reported, after the political downfall of one of the ruling communist party’s senior leaders. Authorities closed the websites for spreading rumors of “military vehicles entering Beijing and something wrong going [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Groupon Inc. said Friday that its fourth-quarter loss was wider than initially reported because it needed to increase the amount of money it sets aside for refunds. The disclosure weakened the company’s first quarterly report since it went public in November, which already had disappointed investors, and added to its list of [...]
A Michigan teacher’s aide is fighting a legal battle with the Lewis Cass Intermediate School District for removing her from her position after refusing to give the district access to her Facebook page. Kimberly Hester was a teacher’s aide at Frank Squires Elementary School in Cassopolis, Mich. last April when she jokingly posted a photo [...]
BERKELEY, Calif. — Sharp-eyed dog walkers along the San Francisco Bay waterfront may have spotted a strange-looking plane zipping overhead recently that that looked strikingly like the U.S. stealth drone captured by Iran in December. A few key differences: The flying wing seen over Berkeley is a fraction of the size of the CIA’s waylaid [...]
BOAO, China April 1 (Reuters) – Foxconn Technology Group will keep on increasing worker salaries in China and cutting the hours of work, Chairman Terry Gou said on Sunday, after it came under fire for poor working conditions for employees making Apple iPhones and iPads. As part of its efforts to relieve the pressure on [...]
NEW YORK — MasterCard and Visa said Friday that they had notified issuers of its credit cards of a potential breach of the security of customer accounts. The companies did not say how many customers were affected. Global Payments Inc., which processes credit card transactions for stores, said it had detected a breach of card [...]
TORONTO (Reuters) – A candid diagnosis of the troubles facing Research In Motion delivered by freshman Chief Executive Thorsten Heins was a welcome change for its stakeholders, but his prescription for returning the BlackBerry maker to health might be hard to swallow. RIM recorded its first quarterly loss in seven years on Thursday and said [...]
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