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Migrants elbow for Foxconn jobs despite labor probe
LONGHUA, China - Apple's top manufacturer in China, Foxconn Technology, is having no problems luring fresh workers to churn out ever more gadgets, despite the firm's reputation as a tough employer that has put it under a thorough probe into its labor practices.
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PayPal gets new rival in offline payments race
SAN FRANCISCO - PayPal, the online payments company owned by eBay Inc, just got a new rival in the race to develop a mobile payment service that can be used in physical stores.
Study aims to bring Great Barrier Reef to living rooms
SINGAPORE - Finding Nemo is about to get a lot easier with the launch of a scientific survey that will allow anyone with access to the internet to take a virtual tour of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Philips says police investigating its cyber attack
AMSTERDAM - Philips Electronics said on Thursday it is cooperating with the police in connection with an investigation into a possible criminal cyber security breach discovered at Philips earlier this month.
FCC urges Internet companies to safeguard Web
WASHINGTON - Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by organized crime and helping them clean out viruses, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday.
HP, Dell watch rising China labor costs for Apple
SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard and Dell Inc are keeping a close eye on a big jump in wages for workers that assemble Apple Inc's iPhone in China, and could be forced to nudge up prices for their own products if labor costs keep rising.
Google’s unhealthy cookie habit
Our relationship with the big Internet companies is based on trust. They have to keep convincing us that the privacy trade-off -- lots of personal information for incredible, world-altering things -- is worth it. So don't screw that up, Google.
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