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Today in Tech: Yahoo layoffs today, Verizon iPhone, Windows 8
December 14, 2010: 6:00 AM ETA curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Seems TechCrunch's report late last week regarding early Yahoo layoffs may have been premature and inaccurate. (See below.) According to All Things D, the layoffs at the Internet company actually start today, with many, but not necessarily all, of the 650 to 700 cuts coming from Yahoo's product division. (AllThingsD)- Microsoft may announce several tablet PCs from brands like Samsung and Dell at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month, some of which may be running an early version of Windows 8. (New York Times)
- According to MacDailyNews, Verizon could be readying a 4G version of the iPhone 4 for launch after Christmas. (Fortune)
- Gawker Media may have been the one to make headlines, but it looks like McDonald's fell victim to hackers, too. An unidentified group walked away with an unspecified number of email addresses and phone numbers for customers who registered online for store coupons. (The Next Web) More
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Today in Tech: News around the Web
A round-up of the companies, deals, and trends that made headlines.
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
"If you bring something innovative to market, people will respond. I think it's going to do very well." -- AT&T CEO of Mobile Ralph de la MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Oct 12, 2010 6:30 AM ETPosted in: Apple, AT&T, Bill Gates, Dick Costolo, Facebook, Gap, Gawker, IBM, Mark Zuckerberg, Melinda Gates, Mobile, Nick Denton, Oracle, Palm Pre, PayPal, Twitter, Windows Phone 7, Zynga -
The great iPad security breach
The e-mail addresses of 114,000 iPad 3G owners may have been compromised
According to a report on a Silicon Valley gossip site, Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) have suffered a security breach that has exposed the e-mail addresses of an A-list of early iPad 3G owners, among them White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, ABC News' Diane Sawyer, Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 9, 2010 7:01 PM ET
