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SoftBank's Masa Son says Alibaba's valuation isn't a repeat of the dot-com bust. ...

Consumers looking to buy an HP machine with integrated Beats Audio have a year and a half before the companies dissolve their partnership. ...

Sorry to break it to you, but your Twitter followers probably think you're a real jerk. Shame on you for that not-so-humble bragging and hashtag abuse. ...

The Internet is run by a cable monopoly in Comcast and a wireless duopoly in Verizon and AT&T, Son says. He wants to shake things up. ...

Breaking down the hype of Watch Dogs by Ubisoft, Google gives us first look at its self-driving car, Microsoft and Skype promise "Star Trek" style language translator, and the world's first earbuds designed for porn. ...

Women make up just 17 percent of the Web giant's tech workforce and are outnumbered in leadership positions nearly 4 to 1. ...

Beats is quick with an ad on Twitter that's something of a monument to the future. But not all Beats' followers are as delighted. ...

A supplier of the scratch-resistant material has upped output, says a researcher, causing some to predict a bigger iPhone. ...

Covered in LEDs controlled by viewers on the ground, Sydney's Harbour Bridge becomes a giant interactive light show every night as part of Vivid Festival. ...

After years turning up its nose at subscription music, Apple changes its tune with the Beats acquisition. What does it mean? Jimmy Iovine, for one. ...

Nintendo didn't include the option for same-sex couples in bizarre sim Tomodachi Life, but there is a workaround -- of sorts. ...

A Chinese banker allegedly posts Weibo pictures of himself at the wheel with captions such as "Is ten beers too much?" The police decide it is, indeed, all too much. ...

Trade union Unite has migrated from XP to Windows 7 and Office 2010, using Snow Software’s asset management platform...

French services supplier Atos buys Bull for £502.6m in a deal that could create one of the largest cloud services firms in Europe...

Outsourcing firm Civica provides managed services to the ARK Schools Trust of academies, to give flexible support as it grows...

U.S. prosecutors say a hacking group's mastermind should be spared a long prison sentence due to his quick and fruitful cooperation with law enforcement. ...

Following up on a jury verdict, Apple has asked a court in California to order Samsung Electronics to stop using features that were found to infringe three of its patents. ...

As the Internet of Things evolves, will it free up human potential? WIll everyone benefit -- or just a few? And how will it change the way people use technology. A conference in July hopes to find some answers. ...

A new computer Trojan that targets users of 450 financial institutions from around the world appears to borrow functionality and features directly from the notorious Zeus and Carberp malware programs. ...

As the dust settles on a new European Parliament, digital rights and IT lobbyists try to work out what it will mean for the tech industry. ...