Reuters Technology Report: August 17, 2015

Click to View in Browser Monday, August 17, 2015 U.N. says expects states to respect privacy after AT&T spying report UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said it expects member states to respect its right to privacy and is assessing how to respond to a report that telecommunications company AT&T Inc helped the U.S. National Security Agency spy on the world body's communications. Liberty Interactive to buy online retailer Zulily in $2.4 billion deal (Reuters) - Liberty Interactive Corp , which owns home shopping network QVC, said it would acquire Zulily Inc in a deal valued at $2.4 billion to tap into the online retailer's younger clientele and its strong mobile presence. IRS says cyberattacks more extensive than previously thought WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said Monday a hacking attack into one of its computer databases revealed in May was much more extensive than previously thought, with nearly three times as many taxpayers hit by data theft. IBM launches Linux-only mainframe system LinuxONE (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp said on Monday it launched Linux-only mainframe servers called LinuxONE. Toshiba likely to post net loss for last fiscal year: Nikkei TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is expected to report a net loss for the last fiscal year and also revise down its fiscal 2011/12 earnings to a loss following an investigation into its accounting practices, the Nikkei business daily reported. In Google limelight, XYZ CEO rules out sale (Reuters) - Daniel Negari could not be clearer - his company is not for sale. Tech licensor Rambus to start selling chips under own brand (Reuters) - Tech licensing company Rambus Inc said it would start selling chips under its own brand, a move aimed at reducing its dependence on income from litigation to defend its patents. Slim's America Movil extends Mexico-U.S. 'borderless' plan to prepay MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil said on Sunday it removed roaming charges on calls to and data in the United States for 40 million Mexican prepay clients as it gears up to prevent new rival AT&T Inc. stealing market share on its home turf. Exclusive: Russian antivirus firm faked malware to harm rivals - Ex-employees SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Beginning more than a decade ago, one of the largest security companies in the world, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, tried to damage rivals in the marketplace by tricking their antivirus software programs into classifying benign files as malicious, according to two former employees. Brazil's Totvs to buy rival Bematech in retail software push SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Totvs SA, the largest Latin American producer of enterprise software, agreed on Friday to buy Brazilian rival Bematech SA for about 556 million reais ($156 million) in cash and stock, creating a company whose software will cater to more than half the restaurants, retailers and hotels in the country. Related Video Research aims to develop eco-friendly nanoparticles for pesticides Filmmaker creates mind-controlled movie Mediafile How about Hightail-ing it? On Twitter, dubious health claims from e-cigarette bots A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2015 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook