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Stock Futures Edge up as Euro Leaders Meet, Alcoa Eyed

Stock index futures edged higher on Monday as investors focused on a European meeting intended to find ways to boost the region's economies and tackle a debt crisis and prepared for the start of U.S. corporate earnings.

Windows 8: Top 5 Features that are Worth Mentioning

Windows 8 Tablet vs. iPad 2: ‘User Experience is Fundamentally Different’
Windows 8 was first mentioned at the CES 2011 in January last. Microsoft then announced that Windows 8 would be adding support for ARM microprocessors in addition to the x86 microprocessors from Intel and AMD.
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Siri: Is it a Big Data Eater?

Siri, the voice-controlled intelligent assistant, has succeeded in endearing itself to Apple fans, prompting the iPhone 4S to become the best selling iPhone ever. However, even as the users enjoy interacting with their virtual assistant, Siri is being blamed for being a data hog.
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Wall Street Dips but Rises for Week on Economy

Stocks were on track to post gains for the first week of 2012 on Friday as signs of a sustainable economic recovery overshadowed lingering concerns about the euro zone's debt crisis.
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Ramnit Social Infection: 45,000 Facebook passwords stolen

Login credentials of 45,000 Facebook users have been leaked out worldwide by the Ramnit malignant code which has invaded the world's No. 1 social network service. The biggest victims were users from the UK and France. The intrusion and theft were discovered by 'Seculert', a cyber threat management service.
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Facebook Login Risk: Ramnit Worm Steals User Details

Seculert said Ramnit has recently started targeting user accounts at Facebook, the world's largest social network with some 800 million users. Ramnit has apparently taken sensitive login details from 45,000 Facebook users throughout the world -- with most in Europe.
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Siri Doubles Apple's iPhone Data Volumes

Apple's voice recognition software Siri has prompted users of the iPhone 4S to use almost twice as much data compared with iPhone 4 according to a report published by network management software vendor Arieso.
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Woodford to Sue Olympus Over Dismissal

The ousted British CEO of Olympus Corp abandoned his three-month battle to replace the management of the scandal-tainted maker of medical devices, blaming big Japanese shareholders for not backing his campaign to take back the helm.
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Woodford Drops Battle to Return as Olympus CEO

The ousted CEO of Olympus Corp, Michael Woodford, said on Friday he is calling a halt to his three-month battle to replace the management of the scandal-tainted Japanese endoscope maker and to return to lead the battered company.
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Detroit Auto Show 2012: Craftsman to Introduce -- a Tractor?

Before next week, Craftsman's largest unveiling of a new tractor wasn't very large in scope at all. It certainly wasn't a tractor show with more than 40 introductions. It certainly wasn't an auto show of the same magnitude. It wasn't even open to the public.
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Wall Street Buoyed by Rallying Bank Shares

Banks led Wall Street to gains on Thursday even as Europe struggled again, a sign investors are betting a relatively strong U.S. economy will help U.S. stocks outperform other markets.
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Fired by email or phone? Here's how to deal with it

When Lauren Bossers, who lives in Pittsburgh, worked for a supply chain management software company in Dallas, she dealt with work and staff in the main office virtually, by phone and email. When she was laid off after her company was acquired in January 2010, well, that happened by phone, too.
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Olympus former CEO drops bid to run company: report

The former CEO of Japan's Olympus Corp is dropping his bid to retake control of the troubled company because of lack of support from Japanese institutional investors, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

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