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Survey discovers over 50% of second-hand phones still contain personal data

A survey of second-hand phones by mobile phone forensics company Disklabs (reported in The Guardian) found over half of them contained personal information that could be retrieved.

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Skype reveals new CEO and an Android app

Internet communications company Skype has appointed Tony Bates, Senior Vice President of Cisco, as the company's new Chief Executive Officer. Josh Silverman, the outgoing CEO, joined Skype from eBay's Shopping.com business in early 2008.

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Microsoft co-founder takes legal action against major online businesses

A company called Interval Licensing LLC has filed a complaint for patent infringement against AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo! and YouTube. The name may not be familiar but Interval Licensing is owned and controlled by Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. It generated approximately 300 patents in less than a decade – and four of those patents are the basis for the legal action.

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eBay acquires RedLaser mobile barcode application and sets it free

eBay has acquired the RedLaser barcode-scanning application, which lets iPhone users identify products and find online information – including prices - simply by scanning the product barcode.

RedLaser was previously a chargeable app. It's now been turned into a free application, which is likely to see a dramatic increase in the number of downloads. The paid version had been downloaded over two million times.

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