The dispute between Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) and the publisher Hachette continues, with Amazon firing the latest shot. The online retailer Amazon reportedly sent letters to some authors published by Hachette and their agents, offering them 100% of their e-book revenue. An Amazon spokesperson said that Hachette should stop using its authors as “human shields”…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) recently cut support for Windows XP three months ago and now has plans to drop support for Windows 7 early next year. Microsoft made the official announcement early this month. The company also announced it was ending support for Windows Server 2003 and Office 2010. The personal computer operating system maker,…
In an interesting development, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) helped bring down a botnet called Lecpetex. This story shows both the growing sophistication of hackers and the difficulty of getting people to follow straightforward security protocols. Facebook reported that People downloaded and ran .exe files from spam messages despite years of warnings. The Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) wrote…
Twitter Inc (NASDAQ TWTR) revealed yesterday that the Germany’s 7-1 victory over hosts Brazil was tweeted about a huge 35.6 million times. This makes Germany vs Brazil as the most discussed sports game on Twitter since Twitter’s launch. This Germany Brazil match has doubled the tally secured by the previous most tweeted Soccer game, the…
Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) has filed a lawsuit against a former employee Zoltan Szabadi for accepting the job with Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG). Amazon filed a lawsuit in Seattle, Washington claiming that Szabadi’s acceptance to take a job in Google somehow breached the contract he signed with Amazon, according to various sources. Amazon has yet…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) have increased their free cloud storage offering from 7 gigabytes to 15 gigabytes. Office 365 customers will receive one full terabyte of storage. For those who want extra storage without paying the full price for Office 365, they can pay Microsoft just $1.99 a month for 100 gigabytes or $3.99 for 200…
