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Facebook buys cybersecurity startup PrivateCore

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NEW YORK: 
Facebook announced Thursday it was buying California-based cybersecurity
 startup PrivateCore, in a move to boost defenses of its vast server 
network. 
 
"I believe that PrivateCore´s technology and 
expertise will help support Facebook´s mission to help make the world 
more open and connected, in a secure and trusted way," Facebook´s Joe 
Sullivan said. 
 
"Over time, we plan to deploy PrivateCore´s technology directly into the Facebook server stack." 
 
PrivateCore
 was launched in 2012 in Palo Alto and specializes in protecting servers
 against malware and other kinds of intrusions. 
 
PrivateCore´s Oded Horovitz said in a blog post that the two firms "have an aligned mission." 
 
"Since
 the beginning, we have worked tirelessly on our technology to protect 
servers from malware threats, unauthorized physical access, and 
malicious hardware devices," he said. 
 
"Working together with Facebook, there is a huge opportunity to pursue our joint vision at scale with incredible impact." 
 
Terms of the deal were not announced. (AFP)

Facebook buys cybersecurity startup PrivateCore

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Judge rejects $324.5 million settlement over Apple, Google hiring

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NEW YORK: 
Four Silicon Valley companies including Apple and Google failed to 
persuade a U.S. judge to sign off on a $324.5 million settlement to 
resolve a lawsuit by tech workers, who accused the firms of conspiring 
to avoid poaching each other's employees. 
 
In a ruling 
on Friday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, said 
the class action settlement was too low, given the strength of the case 
against the companies. Intel and Adobe were also part of the proposed 
deal. 
 
There is "substantial and compelling evidence" that 
late Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs "was a, if not the, central figure 
in the alleged conspiracy," Koh wrote. The judge provided details in 
evidence of anecdotes involving Jobs and other Valley executives to show
 why she thought the workers deserved more. 
 
Representatives
 for Apple and Google Inc declined to comment. Intel spokesman Chuck 
Mulloy said the company is disappointed Koh rejected an agreement "that 
was negotiated at arm's length over many months," but appreciates that 
Koh provided additional information on her views. 
 
Lawyers for the workers, along with an Adobe representative, were not immediately available to comment. 
 
In
 their 2011 lawsuit, the tech employees said the conspiracy had limited 
their job mobility and, as a result, kept a lid on salaries. The case 
has been closely watched because of the possibility of big damages being
 awarded and for the opportunity to peek into the world of some of 
America's elite tech firms. 
 
The case was based largely on 
emails in which Apple's Jobs, former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric
 Schmidt and some of their rivals hatched plans to avoid poaching each 
other's prized engineers. 
 
PARIS BLUES 
 
Koh 
referred to one email exchange which occurred after a Google recruiter 
solicited an Apple employee. Schmidt told Jobs that the recruiter would 
be fired. Jobs then forwarded Schmidt's note to a top Apple human 
resources executive with a smiley face. 
 
Koh also disclosed
 a 2006 exchange over Google's plans to open an engineering center in 
Paris. Google sought to hire three former Apple engineers for the 
project, but Jobs objected. Jobs wrote that his company would "strongly 
prefer that you not hire these guys." Google then told Jobs it had 
scrapped plans for the Paris center, "based on your strong preference." 
 
The
 four companies agreed to settle with the workers in April shortly 
before trial. The plaintiffs had planned to ask for about $3 billion in 
damages at trial, which could have tripled to $9 billion under antitrust
 law. 
 
Plaintiff attorneys argued Koh should approve the 
deal because the workers faced serious risks on appeal had the case gone
 forward. Some tech workers filed objections to the settlement, however,
 saying both sides should go back to the negotiating table in the hopes 
of obtaining a larger amount. 
 
Daniel Girard, a lawyer for 
one of the objectors, said he is "very pleased that the court agreed 
with his position." It is unclear whether objectors would be included in
 any future settlement negotiations. 
 
In her ruling, Koh 
repeatedly referred to a related settlement last year involving Disney 
and Intuit. Apple and Google workers got proportionally less in the 
latest deal compared to the one involving Disney, Koh wrote, even though
 plaintiff lawyers have "much more leverage" now than they did a year 
ago. 
 
To match the earlier settlement, the latest deal "would need to total at least $380 million," Koh wrote. 
 
The
 judge also said the plaintiffs had strong evidence to prove how the 
no-poaching deals impacted wages. In response to hiring pressure from 
Facebook, Google co-founder Sergey Brin announced a policy in 2007 of 
making counteroffers "within one hour" to any Google employee approached
 by the social networking company. 
 
Google then tried to 
entice Facebook into a no-poaching deal, Koh wrote, but Facebook 
refused. The Facebook threat eventually led Google to alter its salary 
structure and increase all salaries by 10 percent, Koh wrote. 
 
A further hearing in the case is scheduled for September 10. 
 
The case is In Re: High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California 11-cv-2509.

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Australian hospital accidentally declares 200 patients dead

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MELBOURNE: 
An Australian hospital apologised "unreservedly" Thursday after sending 
out notices to the doctors of more than 200 patients telling them they 
had died instead of being discharged. 
 
The error by 
Austin Hospital in Melbourne was spotted within hours and the doctors 
were contacted, but not before at least one had called a family member 
to express their condolences, the Herald Sun newspaper reported. 
 
Austin
 Health, which runs the hospital, said the notices -- which were sent on
 Wednesday, July 30 -- were a result of "human error" after changes to a
 death notification template were saved to the standard discharge 
template. 
 
"On recognising the error on the Wednesday 
morning, Austin Hospital immediately contacted all GP clinics affected,"
 Austin Health spokeswoman Taryn Sheehy said in a statement. 
 
"We apologised unreservedly to affected clinics who, for the most part, were very understanding about the error." 
 
Sheehy
 added that patient care was not affected, but the president of the 
Australian Medical Association´s Victoria state branch, Tony Bartone, 
said the blunder was "unacceptable". 
 
"IT issues must not undermine patient care or trust in the Victorian healthcare system," he said in a statement. 
 
"Many of these GPs have long relationships with these patients and their families." 
 
It would have been distressing to receive such a fax, especially relating to the unexpected death of children and teenagers."

Australian hospital accidentally declares 200 patients dead

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Tsunami can even storm into PM house: Imran Khan

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ISLAMABAD: 
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan Saturday said enthusiasm
 can be contained only to a certain limit and warned that his Tsunami 
can even storm into the Parliament House and Prime Minister House. 
“Mian
 sahab I am telling you to step down. I have been controlling the gusto 
of the marchers but the control also has a limit,” he warned while 
addressing the participants of his Azadi March here. 
 
Earlier, he congratulated the participants of the Azadi March, saying the first wicket had been blown away. 
 
“I
 had told the people of Lahore before embarking on Azadi March that I 
will return victorious,” Imran Khan clad in black shalwar kameez said to
 the cheering crowd. 
 
Without taking any names, he said, in
 a clear reference to Shahbaz Sharif that FIR is about to be lodged 
against the ‘small pharaoh’ in connection with Model Town tragedy. 
 
Earlier
 today a sessions court held the Punjab government responsible for the 
killings of people in Lahore’s Model Town incident. 
 
“Once 
the real story behind election rigging comes to the fore it will also 
throw the future of ‘big pharaoh’ in the oblivion of darkness,” the PTI 
chief said amid vociferous slogans of ‘go Nawaz go’. 
 
He said tonight the PTI will celebrate the independence of Pakistan. 
 
Imran Khan gave a choice to the marchers to go and rest in their homes tonight, saying, ‘I will spend the night here’

Tsunami can even storm into PM house: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan Saturday said enthusiasm can be contained only to a certain limit and war...

PAT workers portray policeman as attacker - view video

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ISLAMABAD: 
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers apprehended a man who they claimed 
to be an attacker during the address of Dr Tahirul Qadri. 
 
PAT
 workers claimed the man who was armed was at the rally to carry out an 
attack. The man was brought onto the stage and was forgiven by Dr Qadri 
who said: “I have forgiven this Gullu Butt of Islamabad.” 
 
The entire episode was played out on television screens as it took place when Dr Qadri was presenting the charter of demands. 
 
 
The man 
identified himself as policeman Adeel Qureshi and said he had provided 
his identification to PAT workers prior to the entire episode being 
played out. Qureshi said his official card and pistol was snatched from
 him. According to Qureshi he was wearing his uniform which was torn by 
PAT workers who made him were an ordinary shirt. 
 
A doctor said there was a 7 centimetre long and 1 centimetre deep cut on Qureshi’s head which was the result of a pointy object. 
 
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Imran Khan ignoring court orders: CM Shahbaz

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LAHORE:
 Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Shairf said on Saturday that 
Imran-Qadri partnership is a conspiracy against the democratic system 
that will never succeed, Geo News reported. 
 
In a 
statement issued from Lahore today, the chief minister said that 
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan’s demand of a 
technocrat government is unconstitutional and that he was neglecting the
 court’s orders. 
 
He alleged that the certain elements 
wanted to snatch the happiness of people by creating chaos and feud on 
the occasion of national day but they failed miserably. 
 
Shahbaz
 Sharif further said that people who made the Independence Day 
controversial can never be the well-wishers of Pakistan and its people. 
 
He
 said that this is not the time to stage sit-ins and protests but to 
strive together to pull the country out of the miseries. He said that 
negative attitudes in politics can prove detrimental for the democratic 
system and stability of the country.

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Jayawardene, Sangakkara put S.Lanka on top

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COLOMBO: 
Mahela Jayawardene scored an unbeaten 49 in his last Test innings as Sri
 Lanka took charge of the second and final match against Pakistan in 
Colombo on Saturday. 
 
The hosts, who trailed by 12 runs
 on the first innings, put on a strong batting performance to move to 
177-2 in their second innings by stumps on the third day at the 
Sinhalese Sports Club. 
 
Jayawardene and his close friend 
and long-time team-mate Kumar Sangakkara batted together for the last 
time in a Test match to put on 98 for the unbroken third wicket. 
 
Jayawardene,
 who was warmly applauded to the crease by Pakistani fielders and some 
4,000 home fans, played fluently to strike seven boundaries. 
 
Left-handed
 Sangakkara was unbeaten on 54, with Sri Lanka 165 runs ahead with eight
 wickets in hand on a wearing pitch expected to assist spinners on the 
last two days. 
 
Sri Lanka, who won the first Test in Galle 
by seven wickets, are hoping to sweep the short series to give 
Jayawardene, their former captain, a winning farewell. 
 
Upul
 Tharanga made 45 in an opening stand of 54 with Kaushal Silva before 
both batsmen were dismissed by left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman in the 
post-lunch session. 
 
Pakistan seamer Junaid Khan did not 
take the field in the second innings as he was taken to hospital and 
kept under observation after complaining of giddiness. Junaid, who took 
five wickets in the first innings, had been hit on the helmet by a 
rising ball from Dhammika Prasad in the morning session. 
 
Earlier,
 Pakistan´s wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed smashed a maiden Test century 
and Sri Lanka´s spinner Rangana Herath became the first left-arm bowler 
in history to take nine wickets in an innings. 
 
Sarfraz hit
 a gutsy 103 as Pakistan carried their overnight score of 244-6 to 332 
before they were all out at the stroke of lunch in reply to Sri Lanka´s 
320. 
 
Sarfraz, who came to bat after tea on the second day 
with Pakistan struggling at 140-5, led a remarkable fightback by the 
lower order that enabled the tourists gain the slender lead. But Herath 
grabbed attention in the eventful morning session by claiming the four 
remaining wickets to finish with 9-127, only the second Sri Lankan after
 Muttiah Muralitharan to take nine wickets in an innings. 
 
The
 36-year-old Herath, who surpassed his previous best of seven for 89 
against Bangladesh in Colombo last year, is currently the number one 
Test spinner in the official rankings. He has claimed 255 wickets so far
 in 57 Tests. 
 
Starting the day on 66, Sarfraz reached his 
hundred by hooking left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara for a six after 
pulling the previous delivery for a boundary. He was ninth out with 
Pakistan just six runs away from taking the lead when he edged Herath to
 give wicket-keeper Niroshan Dickwella his fifth catch in the innings. 
 
Last
 man Junaid hit an unbeaten 13 to help Pakistan go past Sri Lanka´s 
total. Herath, who earlier in the morning had dismissed Rehman (16) and 
Wahab Riaz (17), ended the innings by bowling Saeed Ajmal for four. 
(AFP)

Jayawardene, Sangakkara put S.Lanka on top

COLOMBO: Mahela Jayawardene scored an unbeaten 49 in his last Test innings as Sri Lanka took charge of the second and final match aga...