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Encrypted Yahoo Messenger on its way

Security changes to popular Yahoo products like Yahoo Messenger are on the way, says Yahoo's first CISO in a year, security industry veteran Alex Stamos.

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Intel is touting a future system-on-a-chip for low-cost PCs and tablets and a 64-bit version of Android 4.4.

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Turkish court deems country's Twitter ban unconstitutional

After Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan instituted a ban -- “wiping out” the social network -- the country’s constitutional court says not so fast.

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See global cyberthreats mapped in real time

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Yahoo bus blockaded, puked on in Oakland

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Dolphin translator chirps out first word

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