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Groupon’s Lefkofsky is on track to be a billionaire - later

Here is a question most people have never been asked and even fewer have agonized over: Should you take a check for more than $5 billion? Or walk away?

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Location can be important up in the cloud

Although it seems counter-intuitive to consider the physical location of cloud-computing equipment, the Wikileaks-Amazon incident provided an important reminder that location matters when it comes to cloud computing.


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WikiLeaks reported that Intel threatened to pull out of Russia unless it obtained concessions from the government.

Intel strongarmed Russia into concession: WikiLeaks

U.S. computer chip maker Intel at one point won a vital concession from the Russian government by threatening to pull its operations from the country, a leaked diplomatic cable claimed Tuesday.


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Retail theft is a problem for stores year-round, but more  sophisticated efforts seem to ramp up when the holiday season hits. More stores are using high-tech techniques to fight back.

Stores go high-tech to fight sophisticated retail theft

Forget high school kids and troubled housewives. Retail theft has gone high-tech, as more stores adopt cutting-edge technology to battle a crime that has evolved beyond traditional shoplifting.


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Denis Robert,  president and CEO of WIZZsoft, launched his product Thursday after  pulling it off the market four years ago.

Patience pays off for software WIZZ

A month after EleASoft launched a software for entrepreneurs, the company was told by potential investors at Investissement Quebec its product could become obsolete because it was not web based.


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An Indian woman accompanying a child walks past a  billboard for BlackBerry phones in Mumbai.

India seeking BlackBerry messages: report

NEW DELHI - The Indian government is talking to companies using Research in Motion's BlackBerry to gain access to their employees' secure communications when it is deemed necessary, an official told the Wall Street Journal.


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RIM buys Swedish firm

Research In Motion has bought Swedish design company The Astonishing Tribe as the BlackBerry maker seeks to enhance the look and functionality of its screens ahead of the launch of its Playbook tablet.


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