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“We are investing in the future,” says Saudi Arabia finance minister
Saudi Arabia finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan has recently highlighted that the Kingdom is determined to make significant investments in diversifying its economy. 0 2288
Bitcoin hits $100 amid Expensify endorsement
Digital currency Bitcoin has had an exciting few years since its introduction back in 2009, complete with security problems, online heists, a …
Raspberry Pi sells out in US
The U.S. distributor of the $25 Raspberry Pi computer quickly exhausted its limited supply of the devices Monday. Allied Electronics, …
Massive DDoS overhyped by media, says website watcher
Much of the news reporting about the massive denial-of-service attack against anti-spam service Spamhaus over the past week or so …
Researchers find another piece of POS malware
A new piece of malware that infects point-of-sale (POS) systems has already been used to compromise thousands of payment cards …
Gartner: Worldwide IT spending to break $3.8tn this year
Worldwide spending on IT products and services will grow by 4.1 percent this year to roughly US$3.8 trillion, according to …
Internet sales tax proposal passed by US Senate
The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly passed a non-binding proposal to allow states to collect sales tax on Internet sellers that …
Microsoft discloses law enforcement requests
Following similar disclosures from companies such as Google and Twitter, Microsoft has for the first time released statistics about requests …
BB10 a ‘viable solution’ for UK govt
Both BlackBerry and the U.K. government have denied reports that the new BB10 software has been rejected for use in sensitive government …
Microsoft taking bribery allegations seriously
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is taking allegations that business partners engaged in bribery to gain government contracts in …