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Cybersecurity vendor Prolexic, which is known for helping companies defend against denial-of-service attacks, has been acquired by Akamai Technologies.

Michael Griffin said his former school knew about his sexuality, but the school's headmaster said the marriage plans breached the terms of his contract A gay high school teacher says he has been sacked from his job, after applying for a marriage license to wed his long-term partner.

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The startup is housed in a garage-like space in San Francisco's tech-heavy South of Market neighbourhood, but it isn't like most of its neighbours that develop software, websites and mobile-phone apps.

Apple this week revealed that 74 percent of iDevice users are running the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 7. According to stats released by Cupertino , 74 percent of users were on iOS 7 as of Dec. 1. Another 22 percent are still running iOS 6; the remaining 4 percent use an earlier version of the software.

Small businesses are using social media to promote their businesses and lure shoppers this holiday season -- and they're not just on Facebook or Twitter.

IDC is predicting that Microsoft-based tablets will increase to more than 10 percent of the tablet market by 2017, and that Android tablets will drop two percentage points from their 60.8 percent current market share.

Apple wants Samsung Electronics to pay $22 million of the legal bills that the iPhone and iPad maker has rung up so far defending its mobile device patents in a courtroom battle.

This combination of 2013 file photos shows chefs, Nigella Lawson as she arrives at Isleworth Crown Court in London, left, and Paula Deen crying on NBC News' "Today" show in New York.

DECEMBER 06: A sign in a window at a retail store advertises for a job opening on December 6, 2013 in New York City.

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Over the past week, a great deal has been written about Amazon's plans to use unmanned aerial drones to deliver packages starting sometime after 2015.

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In this Sept. 13, 2011 photo, A. Paul Schaap stands on the fourth floor of the A. Paul Schaap Chemistry Building and Lecture Hall on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit.

Federal health officials have approved a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences that is expected to offer a faster, more palatable cure to millions of people infected with the liver-destroying virus.

Theravance and GlaxoSmithKline said today that their lung disease drug Breo Ellipta worked as a treatment for asthma in a clinical trial.

It's Dec. 6 - do you know where Santa Claus is? More importantly, do your kids know? With all the Santa-tracking websites out there, it's a wonder there are any surprises left on Christmas morning.

Genetic testing company 23andMe Inc. will comply with a Food and Drug Administration directive to stop selling health-related genetic tests during a regulatory review.

With iBeacon, Apple hopes to guide you around once you're inside, whether it's to pick up an order, upgrade to a new iPhone or shop for a pair of headphones.

A Island of the Blue DolphinsA on the Nook HD+ and a Vocabulary Builder Flashcard on the Kindle Paperwhite.