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Hungarian hacker gets 30 months for extortion plot on Marriott

Hacker demanded a $150K job, free hotel room and the right to work whenever he wanted

Social media fuels Planned Parenthood backers in Komen protest

'Natural evolution' of protests to social networks spurs opposition to 'villain of the moment'

Social media takes over the Super Bowl

18 Staggering Stats From Facebook’s IPO

Anonymous grabs email from firm that defended Marine in Haditha case

Hacking collective says it has collected 3GB worth of detailed records, transcripts related to case

Office 365’s Lync Online to gain interop with consumer IM networks

The capability 'is on the road map,' according to a Microsoft official

Systems management, cloud services likely in Dell’s software acquisition plans

Analysts expect Dell to focus on the midmarket and infrastructure with its new software division

ShoreTel acquires M5 Networks

Smartphone shipments outpaced PCs in 2011 for first time

487M smartphone figure trumps all laptops, tablets, desktop and netbooks combined

Who really was behind the SOPA protests?

Activist groups work behind the scenes to motivate the Internet masses against SOPA and PIPA