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HP profit down 32 percent, shares up as results beat estimates

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co’s quarterly profit slid 32 percent but the world’s largest personal computer maker raised the lower end of its full-year outlook after earnings per share beat forecasts, sending its stock 10 percent higher.

Original post by Soulskill

Twitter beefs up security safeguards after recent attacks

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc began introducing new technology on Wednesday to shore up security for users, responding to a spate of recent attacks on prominent accounts including those owned by the Associated Press and Financial Times.

Original post by timothy

HP second quarter quarter profit down 32 percent

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co’s quarterly profit slid 32 percent but the world’s largest personal computer maker raised the lower end of its full-year outlook as revenue from services to corporations slightly offset shrinking PC sales.

Original post by timothy

NETGEAR R6300 Wireless Retest

We retested NETGEAR’s R6300 with our new wireless test process and found that it didn’t rise to the top of the AC1750 router pack.

Original post by Soulskill

Xbox One supports Ultra HD 4K gaming

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Original post by Zach Epstein

Ireland says will not be U.S. ‘whipping boy’ on tax

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s finance minister said the country would not be the “whipping boy” for what he called a flawed U.S. Senate report that said Irish loopholes helped technology giant Apple shrink its tax bill.

Original post by timothy

‘Irrational’ hackers are growing U.S. security fear

(Reuters) – Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected.

Original post by Roblimo

Lazaridis: iPhone, Android users will abandon iMessage and WhatsApp for BBM

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Original post by Dan Graziano

Europe targets Switzerland in fight against bank secrecy

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe edged closer to lifting banking secrecy on Wednesday after Austria said it was ready to share data on foreign depositors but Vienna’s support could fade should efforts to strike a similar deal with Switzerland fail.

Original post by Roblimo

Claim: Human-like opponents prompt more aggression in video game players

Video games that pit players against human-looking characters may be more likely to provoke violent thoughts and words than games where monstrous creatures are the enemy, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Connecticut and Wake Forest University.

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Original post by Thomas Anderson