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Android malware fetches top $5,000 price. Plus: Google Glass gets a job

Google Glasses get put to work by an airline

Best desktop Linux distros for newbies

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May 21, 2014
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Despite source code leak, Android malware fetches top $5,000 price

Symantec says the iBanking malware is stealing one-time passcodes for banking applications.

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1. Google Glasses get put to work by an airline

2. Best desktop Linux distros for newbies

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4. Public utility compromised after brute-force attack, DHS says

5. Google plans international acquisitions worth up to $30B, it tells SEC

6. Hands on with Surface Pro 3: Lots to like, just not the price

7. IBM and Fujifilm show super dense storage tape for big data work

8. Help make Grace Hopper a movie star

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Google plans international acquisitions worth up to $30B, it tells SEC

Google plans to spend $20 billion to $30 billion of its of its accumulated international profits to fund potential acquisitions of non-U.S. companies and technology rights. READ MORE

Hands on with Surface Pro 3: Lots to like, just not the price

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 would be a good tablet to replace my laptop, but at $799 to start, it's just too expensive. READ MORE

IBM and Fujifilm show super dense storage tape for big data work

Anticipating a storage crunch spurred by big data, IBM and Fujifilm are advancing the state of art in magnetic tape with a prototype capable of storing 85.9 billion bits of data per square inch. READ MORE

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