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Trend Micro has confirmed that their website was attacked by hackers who were aiming to place malicious content on it.
The attack was part of the global attack which was targeted at more than 20,000 Web pages as per the report by another security software maker McAfee.
These attacks are designed to put malicious code in the [...]

AOL announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo (http://www.bebo.com), a leading global social media network for $850 million. Together with its AIM and ICQ personal communications network, the acquisition will give AOL a premier position in the fast growing world of social media with a network of approximately 80 [...]

Philip Rosedale, founder and chief executive of «Second Life» creator Linden Lab, is stepping down and will become chairman once a replacement is found.
“My passion for ‘Second Life’ is undiminished, and this appointment will enable me to be more closely involved in the evolution of the company’s products” Rosedale said in a statement.

Microsoft and Yahoo officials have met for the first time after Microsoft announced their $44.6 billion bid for the Internet media company.
The meeting has nothing to do with the merger, instead Microsoft is said to have presented their future plans after the possible merger to Yahoo officials.

Acer has announced that they are going to launch a new range of notebook computers for people who want to experience their media in its full glory.
The company is working on the new “Gemstone blue” line of laptops which would feature screens comparable to top-of-the-line HDTV.
These machines would also come loaded with six speakers; including [...]

Paramount Pictures has announced that they are now collaborating with FanRocket to launch the VooZoo application on the Facebook social networking service.
This application would allow the members of the service to see and share clips from thousands of its movies.
Paramount aims to benefit from this service by marketing DVDs of the movies through the clippings.

Asustek Computer has said that most of the Eee PCs they would ship this year would be loaded with Windows XP as the operating system.  The machine debuted with Linux OS.
About 60 percent of them will have Windows XP operating system.  Asus aims to ship as many as 5 million units this year compared to [...]

Search engine giant Google has announced the launch of their new Ad Manager Service which would enable web publishers to sell advertising faster and fill unsold slots on their sites.
The company said that they have been testing this service with some of their customers. It has been designed to streamline how ads are placed on [...]