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After showcasing its light-weight, browser-based Chrome OS on CR-48 last year, Google unveiled two Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer at its developers' conference Google I/O.

Google's announcement that it is entering the home automation segment and that it has started building hardware accessories that work on Android devices, has spawned key questions.

Facebook users' personal information could have been accidentally leaked to third parties, according to one security firm, marking the latest in a growing trend of compromised personal data.

Crisis management experts say Sony has failed to pacify its users with an acceptable response to the PSN outage.

With their PlayStation Network service out for nearly three weeks, gamers are starting to get angry.

HSBC Holdings Plc (NYSE: HBC) said it plans to save up to £2-billion (or $3.5-billion) over the next two years. by downsizing its wealth management and retail segments

Business leaders are looking for a new edge. Their companies may be just barely alive, having made cuts they never thought they would have to make. The workers have been beaten down and overworked. The energy, the buzz, and satisfaction are dead. Why not turn to Internal Franchise, advises management consultant and author Martin O’Neill.

Due to the current unrest in Libya there will not be an effective monitoring and enforcement of the fishery in its waters, it will risk an internationally agreed recovery plan for the severely overfished species. There are reports that several Libyan vessels, legally unauthorized to fish for bluefin, have left from European ports in France (Sète) and Malta.

Global search engine and tech giant Google is ready to go where no other global tech giant would like to enter. It will launch a brand new range of devices which will include dishwashers, light bulbs, thermostats and basically anything which has an electrical connection to it.

On Tuesday Microsoft announced details of a $8.5 billion acquisition of online communications company Skype, but the move, conjuring up past initiatives, are leaving analysts bracing for the worse.

Thousands of Japanese residents are still waiting to be evacuated from Fukushima as the government and the Fukushima Daiichi power plant management held discussions on Wednesday over the efforts to bring down the two-month nuclear crisis to an end.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates jointly announced on Tuesday that the two companies have entered into a deal under which Microsoft will acquire Skype for $8.5 billion. Apart from creating value and emerging as a strategically important player in the voice and chat connectivity segment of the exploding web business, Skype also won real big time suitors like Microsoft, Google and Facebook. Perhaps the rivals' attempt to outbid each other and own Skype resulted in the Estoni...

Android has been a run-away success for Google, expanding the company's footprint beyond the computer to include smartphones, tablets and even televisions.

Google says the future version of Android will be more all devices.

A new emergency system that sends alerts to cellphones will be launched in New York City and Washington D.C. by major mobile device companies.

The government of Bangladesh has failed to put a stop of extra-judicial killings and human rights violations perpetrated by an elite paramilitary force called Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Caris & Co. said Kindle is a multi-billion dollar opportunity for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). The brokerage said Kindle remains the most compelling eBook device and a material contributor to Amazon's non-core business growth.

Microsoft turned the tables on long-time Skype wooers Google and Facebook to reportedly land an $8.5 billion deal to buy the popular Voice over Internet Protocol service. The following are some key facts about Skype:

A new portable tool allows medical professionals to make a stroke diagnosis on a patient wherever they are with almost as much accuracy as being in the hospital.

FBR Capital Markets said Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) and MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) have been volatile for over a year due to the Durbin Debit Interchange Amendment. The brokerage said it is worth watching in the next few months in the wake of final regulations expected from the Federal Reserve.

Wedbush Securities said that among the companies it covered in Life Sciences this week Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHTP) and Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: PCRX) are reporting earnings.