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People, not PCI standards, cause data breaches

The said failure of PCI standards is not the reason why payment card data breaches are taking place. Rather, it's the attitude of the people, according to Christian Janoff, a Security Solution Architect of Cisco Systems, in his VentureBeat guest post.


British hotel shortlist Top10.com raises $8M in Series B funding

London, UK-based hotel metasearch Top10.com raised $8 million in a Series B financing round led by Balderton Capital to fuel its expansion into Europe and its plans to beef up its workforce.

Kickstarter to hit the $1B mark soon

Kickstarter will most likely surpass the $1 billion mark pledged for the crowdfunding projects launched on the site in the next few days, TechCrunch reported.

Mt Gox sets up call center in Japan to deal with Bitcoin inquiries

Tokyo, Japan-based Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox set up a call center to deal with the inquiries of Bitcoin users after it lost $473 million worth of the digital currency and filed for bankruptcy protection.


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Ellen DeGeneres, this year's Oscars host, threw a star-studded pizza party during the awards' night saying that it was a good idea as celebrities were already starving to fit perfectly in their evening attire, said the HuffingtonPost report.
Mashable completed its Series A funding round with $14 million. The round was closed with an investment from Tribune Digital Ventures, a statement about the financing revealed.
Redmond, US-based software giant is losing two of its top executives: Former Skype chief Tony Bates and marketing head Tami Reller, according to a report by tech news site Re/code.
Jared Leto did not only do the usual thank yous during the Oscars awards night but delivered an amazing speech, calling out to those who are in pain, people in Ukraine and Venezuela and those who are in struggle battling AIDS.
Bill Gates bagged the top spot once again and is the current richest man in the world based on his estimated net worth, said Forbes magazine.
In a blessing last Sunday, Pope Francis mispronounced the word "caso" into "cazzo" which meant the F word in Italian, reported the DailyMail.
Oscars' viewers were surprised when the Best Actor award was given to Matthew McConaughey as his faced great contenders for the title.
According to TheGQEye report, Bradley Cooper's Tom Ford classic black tux is the ultimate winner of the male best dress at the Oscars 2014.
Jennifer Lawrence had a series of jokes poked at her by Oscars' host Ellen DeGeneres after falling again at this year's event, similar to what had happened to her last year.
Apple Inc sold more than $1 billion of Apple TV set-top boxes in 2013 and is investing heavily in the next generation of products, Chief Executive Tim Cook said at the company's annual meeting on Friday.