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Microsoft chooses new CEO; Gates moving to advisory role

Microsoft has named Satya Nadella, an executive in charge of the company’s small, but growing business of delivering software and services over the Internet, as its new CEO. Company founder Bill Gates is leaving the chairman role for a new role as technology adviser.

 
Google Glass gaining fashion sense

Starting Tuesday, Google is offering an optional attachment for prescription lenses and new styles of detachable sunglasses for Google Glass.

 
Dow tumbles 318 points; sell-off takes Las Vegas companies with it

National and international economic fears converged to start a two-day rout in global markets this week, capped by a 318-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average Friday.

 
2 arrested at Texas border may be connected to Target security breach

A South Texas police chief said Monday that two Mexican citizens who were arrested at the border used account information stolen during the Target security breach to buy tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise. But a federal official said later there currently was no connection between the arrests and the retailer’s credit card data theft.

 
Child’s play: Apple to refund consumers for kids’ purchases

Apple will refund at least $32.5 million to consumers to settle a federal case involving purchases that kids made without their parents’ permission while playing on mobile apps.

 
Cosmopolitan tries new effort to set itself apart

Over the last three years, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has emerged as the luxury Strip resort known for its sexy and edgy advertising — a corporate philosophy that has set the property apart in a crowded gaming landscape.

 
Ford unveils new aluminum F-150

Ford has unveiled a new F-150 with a body built almost entirely out of aluminum. The lighter material shaves as much as 700 pounds off the 5,000-pound truck, a revolutionary change for a vehicle known for its heft and an industry still heavily reliant on steel.

 
Target: 70 million customers caught in hacking; personal information stolen

Target said Friday that personal information — including phone numbers and email and mailing addresses — was stolen from as many as 70 million customers in its pre-Christmas data breach. That was substantially more customers than Target had previously said were affected.

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