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Yahoo appoints Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO

YoopyaJul 17, 20120

Technology firm Yahoo has appointed leading Google executive Marissa Mayer as its next chief executive (CEO). Ms Mayer, 37, will become the firm’s third CEO

Analysis: Is Twitter building ad business at expense of innovation?

YoopyaJul 12, 2012August 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Is Twitter a technology platform, a media company — or both? With Twitter’s recent moves pointing toward “media company,” there is a growing

Social networks scan for sexual predators, with uneven results

YoopyaJul 12, 2012April 8, 20230

(Reuters) – On March 9 of this year, a piece of Facebook software spotted something suspicious. A man in his early thirties was chatting about

Analysis: Tech Inc’s invincible aura fades

YoopyaJul 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Hopes are evaporating that top technology companies will offer a safe harbor this year from the economic storms swirling across Europe, Asia and

Virus could black out nearly 250,000 PCs

YoopyaJul 6, 20120

(Reuters) – About a quarter-million computer users around the world are at risk of losing Internet access on Monday because of malicious software at the

Microsoft stumbles into crucial financial year

YoopyaJul 6, 20120

(Reuters) – An ugly first week for Microsoft Corp’s new financial year, probably its most important to date, has done little to inspire confidence that

Yahoo CEO search down to Levinsohn, Hulu’s Kilar

YoopyaJul 6, 20120

(Reuters) – The race to become Yahoo Inc’s next chief executive appears to have come down to two candidates: current interim CEO Ross Levinsohn and

“It’s a boson:” Higgs quest bears new particle

YoopyaJul 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Five people were shot dead after a gunman facing eviction seized hostages in an apartment in the southern German city of Karlsruhe on

Scientists find new particle, probably the Higgs

YoopyaJul 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Scientists at Europe’s CERN research center have found a new subatomic particle that could be the Higgs boson, the basic building block of

Microsoft takes $6.2 billion charge, slows Internet hopes

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp admitted its largest acquisition in the Internet sector was effectively worthless and wiped out any profit for the last quarter, as