SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Web-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc’s cancellation of plans to build a massive office complex in San Francisco has puzzled investors and city officials.

The pioneer in cloud computing said on Monday it would no longer go ahead with a project to build a sprawling new headquarters in San Francisco’s up and coming Mission Bay neighborhood.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc’s widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.

Researchers at startup cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said they have figured out how to use that bug to launch attacks and take control of some Android devices.

BOSTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Cybersecurity experts have
uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of
Google Inc’s widely used Android smartphone that they
say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.

Researchers at startup cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said
they have figured out how to use that bug to launch attacks and
take control of some Android devices.

By Jim Finkle

(Reuters) – Data storage equipment maker NetApp Inc reported results in line with Wall Street projections, news that sent its shares surging nearly 8 percent in relief after disappointing results in past quarters.

Chief Executive Tom Georgens said year-end corporate spending was stronger than he anticipated.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Security researchers said they found a vulnerability in the Google Inc mobile payments platform which is currently available in phones sold by Sprint Nextel Corp.

Mobile payment services that allow consumers to pay by waving their phone at a check-out terminal, instead of using a credit card, have long been available in Japan and some other countries but are only just emerging in the United States.

NEW YORK, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Security researchers say
they have found a vulnerability in the Google Inc
mobile payments platform which is currently available in phones
sold by Sprint Nextel Corp.

Mobile payment services that allow consumers to pay by
waving their phone at a check-out terminal instead of using a
credit card have long been available in Japan and some other
countries but are only just emerging in the United States.