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World's leading online payment processor PayPal, Inc. and its owner, ebay Inc., operator of a marketplace hosting hundreds of millions of transactions per year have sued Google Inc., operator of the world's most popular search engine, and two former executives in the U.S. Superior Court of the State of California for "misappropriation of trade secrets."

Hackers attacked the PBS website on Saturday night and posted a report that rapper Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand. The story was only removed this Monday morning.

Australia envisions becoming a world-leading digital economy by the end of the decade by fully realising the benefits of the National Broadband Network (NBN).

Retro gamers will have to find another method to play old games as Android removed a collection of console emulators from the Android markets. CNET reports that console emulators, N64oid, Nesoid and Snesoid from the -oid series developer Yong Zhang had been removed and his account with Android Market has been terminated.

Jimmy Buffet has filled his time recuperating from a fall off a Sydney stage by doing something productive: developing a game. Buffet has teamed up with gaming powerhouse THQ to develop Margaritaville Online, a game that will soon have Facebook, iPad, iPhone and iPod gamers frittering their time away on by partying online.

If you deleted your embarrassing office Christmas party pictures out of Flickr but suddenly want to bring it up on the next corporate picnic, Flickr will now hang on to your erased pictures for three months.Flickr's new updated policy about erased content saves your deleted pictures 90 days after you deleted them.

Cyber crime is at an all time high but online users are still unaware of how to protect themselves and their online identities. In an effort to support the National Cyber Security Awareness Week, PayPal Australia and Pure Profile have joined forces to warn Australians not to share their private details online

If you're a harassed frequent flyer then Google's new "quick flight lookup" is just the app for you. Last Saturday Google launched their new search application that allows users to simply type "Flight [City] to [another City]" in the Google window and the search engine will display a summary of flight information right on the search page. No more looking up flights in different airline websites, a simple search will give users all the flight information they need.

Just when you thought it was safe to trade in your cash and credit cards for Google Wallet, PayPal and eBay launch a lawsuit to stop Google in its tracks. A day after Google launched its new mobile e-payment service, PayPal and eBay filed a lawsuit alleging that Google's new payment service was the result of some shady corporate dealings.

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin said Saturday that it had successfully warded off "a significant and tenacious" attack on its information systems network.

Amazon seems determined to one-up Apple. Amazon just recently opened its own Android app store and now its following that up with its own store for Mac software downloads.

Want to have a best- selling app? A surefire way to get a million hits is to name your app right. According to a Dutch analytics company Distimo there is a science behind the names of hit apps.

Twitter's acquisition of TweetDeck was finally made official this week. Twitter will buy the popular feed organizer for $40 million US dollars. The move has users in a twitter if their beloved third-party client could be stripped clean by Twitter.

Google Maps and Local may have undergone a recent management reorganization but this doesn't mean that the division is being swept up in the chaos. The new vice president of Google Maps says the company atmosphere is optimistic and it's business as usual in the company.

Skype has announced last week that a corruption occurred in a small percentage of users' systems that resulted in some of its community not being able to sign in to Skype.

Jumping right on the 3D bandwagon, Youtube will now bring HTML 5 based stereoscopic 3D video to computer users who have Nvidia 3D Vision enabled hardware. The 3D support is a joint project between Youtube, Mozilla Firefox and Nvidia.

Sony Ericsson's security troubles continue as hackers breached Sony Ericsson's eShop website this Wednesday. This time the attack was aimed at Canadian users of the website with potentially 2,000 user names, e-mail addresses and passwords taken.

A computer security researcher has found a glitch in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser that he said could let hackers steal credentials to access users' Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Vodafone announced today their new prepaid recharge plan; the Vodafone All-Time prepaid which brings unlimited calling and messaging to its prepaid customers. The prepaid option also allows access to bonus bank- a loyalty program that gives users rewards for every recharge.

Facebook and Spotify are joining in a collaborative effort to provide a streaming music service to Facebook users. Business magazine Forbes reported that in the next two weeks, Facebook users will be able to see a Spotify icon on their news feed. Clicking on the icon will allow the service to install on the user's computer.

When the PS3 network was hacked last April 21, gamers not only railed at the nearly one month of interrupted gaming time but also the real possibility that they could soon be victims of identity theft. In an effort to address these concerns Sony has sent out emails to its users about its new identity theft protection services

Google is set Thursday to debut its anticipated mobile payments system based on near-field communication (NFC) technology built into modern Android smartphones. It is expected that the search company will partner with Sprint to offer the service.

As several Internet companies like business networking site LinkedIn and Russian search giant Yandex have successfully sold shares to the public, according to reports, Zynga Inc., the biggest maker of games on Facebook, is expected file for an initial public offering by the end of June.

Sonar's mission statement is simple. It is a mobile application that helps you learn about and connect with likeminded people nearby. By geotracking your current location via Foursquare check-ins and aggregating public information gleaned from your social networks the app will let you connect with other users who like the same things you do.

Yahoo Inc. is upgrading its popular but aging email service. This move is intended to make Yahoo Mail more appealing to users who are drawn to Facebook, Twitter and other social media as a form of communication.

With more people using Facebook, Twitter and Google's Gmail to communicate, Yahoo Inc. is giving its e-mail service a long due facelift in a bid to make its widely popular e-mail service more appealing.

Google is gearing up to turn select Android based Sprint phones into mobile wallets. This Thursday Google's plans for a mobile payment scheme will be finally revealed.

Google has long been a thorn in Microsoft's side especially in the search engine market. When Microsoft launched Bing in 2009, the company thought it could easily catch up with Google. It didn't quite succeed as well as it hoped.

Yahoo Mail is coming out of beta over the next couple of weeks, Yahoo announced today at the Witching Hour. I'm scratching my head asking "Why tell us today, if it's rolling out in weeks?" The whiles of public relations timing stymies me.