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Microsoft has opened its rather modest – and somewhat retro – social networking site to the public. read more Original post by Emma Woollacott

SpaceX was forced to abort the launch of its Falcon 9 mission to the International Space Station on Saturday, just half a second before liftoff. read more Original post by Emma Woollacott

TORONTO (Reuters) – Imagine taking a snapshot of a group of friends and having your smartphone instantly reveal the identity of everyone in the photo. Original post by timothy

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan banned access to Twitter on Sunday because of “blasphemous” material, a Pakistani official said, but normal service was resumed after 12 hours. Original post by timothy

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd come face to face on Monday in court-directed mediation in the United States over a dispute in which the iPhone maker claims the Korean firm has “slavishly” copied some of its products. Original post by timothy

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese Internet firm Alibaba Group is in talks with existing shareholders, including Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, to raise about $2.3 billion in equity to partly finance its deal with Yahoo Inc., two sources said. Original post by timothy

(Reuters) – The Nasdaq is planning to revamp its systems for handling stock offerings after acknowledging that technology problems had affected trading in millions of newly issued Facebook shares on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Original post by timothy

(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said it is to sell up to half of its stake in Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, and hand most of the sale proceeds to its shareholders. Original post by timothy

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday. Original post by Unknown Lamer

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday. Original post by Unknown Lamer