LinkedIn Sued for $5 Million; Microsoft Reveals its Surface Tablet

An Illinois woman smacked LinkedIn with a $5 million lawsuit for its infamous security breach.

The professional social network, she stated, should have had a better system in place before six million passwords were stolen two weeks ago. Yet a LinkedIn spokeswomen said the suit was without merit and driven "by lawyers looking to take advantage of the situation."

Google and Apple continue to face competition from Microsoft, whose largest campus outside of Washington . This week, Microsoft unveiled the "Microsoft Surface," a tablet boasting a 10.6 inch screen that runs on the company’s new Windows 8 Operating System. The basic version is equipped with 32 or 64 GB of memory, while the powerful Pro has 64 or 128 GB.

celebrate its 25th anniversary Saturday by volunteering at Lee Mathson Middle School in San Jose. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., upwards of 500 volunteers will paint, garden and do repair work at the school. The opening ceremony’s speakers include Chuck Reed, the mayor of San Jose.

SYNC info-tainment system was inducted into the Computer History Museum’s permanent collection this week. The 7-year-old technology is one of the first artifacts from the auto world to make it into the museum. Sync was co-developed with Microsoft and based on the Windows CE platform.

23andMe has pinpointed six factors contributing to male baldness. For the first time, they discovered that there’s a correlation between the gene that leads to Parkinson’s Disease and baldness, even though there are genetic factors associated with post.

This weekend, MAP Pharmaceuticals will present its new technology: an orally inhaled investigative drug that contributes to the acute treatment of migraines. They will unveil the details at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society (AHS) in Los Angeles.

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