Technology Report: WikiLeaks hactivists look to improve attack software

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Good afternoon Bit, WED 15 Dec 2010    WikiLeaks hactivists look to improve attack software EBay acquires its mobile application developer Time names Mark Zuckerberg 2010 Person of the Year Survey names Facebook best place to work Management Tip of the Day: Ways to manage your online image China's tech streets not lined with gold Baidu sees growth rate slowing in 2011 Google's Chrome PC may see muted demand in China Tech firms set up shop at Google Ventures' Startup Lab Yahoo to cut 4 percent of workforce Robot brings home the bacon TechCrunch goes to Moscow Billionaire's prototype hybrid car WikiLeaks hactivists look to improve attack software December 15, 2010 02:45 PM ET BOSTON (Reuters) - Supporters of WikiLeaks who last week attacked the websites of MasterCard and Visa, say they are tweaking the software used for those assaults in a bid to create more powerful tools for possible future protests. Full Article EBay acquires its mobile application developer December 15, 2010 04:29 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web commerce company eBay Inc said on Wednesday it acquired Critical Path Software, a mobile software application developer, as the company further embraces selling via mobile. Full Article Time names Mark Zuckerberg 2010 Person of the Year December 15, 2010 03:07 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of The Facebook social networking site that has more than half a billion users, was named Time magazine's 2010 Person of the Year on Wednesday. Full Article Survey names Facebook best place to work December 15, 2010 12:15 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook is the best large U.S. company to work for, according to a survey by a career website published on Wednesday. Full Article Management Tip of the Day: Ways to manage your online image December 15, 2010 11:26 AM ET BOSTON (Reuters) - Your name is out there on the Internet, whether you like it or not, so you might as well take control of your online identity, says Harvard Business Review. Full Article China's tech streets not lined with gold December 15, 2010 06:53 AM ET HONG KONG (Reuters) - For all the 65 million PCs that are expected to be sold in China this year, one question that many people have not yet answered is: how much money is actually made selling these computers? Full Article Baidu sees growth rate slowing in 2011 December 15, 2010 08:23 AM ET SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top search engine, Baidu Inc, sees its top-line and bottom-line growth rates softening over the next year on a higher base of comparison, as it eyes acquisitions and "contextual" ads to boost growth in the future. Full Article Google's Chrome PC may see muted demand in China December 15, 2010 06:32 AM ET SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc's new Chrome PC may meet with chilly demand from China as tensions between Beijing and the search giant curb the latter's offerings and as netbook sales slowly fall off the cliff in the world's second largest PC market. Full Article Tech firms set up shop at Google Ventures' Startup Lab December 14, 2010 10:20 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A small team has toiled away since early October in a quiet corner of Google Inc's sprawling campus in Mountain View, CA on a project related to the discovery of human antibodies. Full Article Yahoo to cut 4 percent of workforce December 14, 2010 10:18 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it will cut 4 percent of its workforce, as the struggling Web portal adjusts its operations to revive revenue growth. Full Article

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