Twitter will seek to raise $1 billion in the largest Silicon Valley IPO since Facebook’s 2012 coming-out party, according to an initial… See on http://www.nbcnews.com

Patent troll Lodsys backs out of lawsuit at last minute to…The VergeLodsys earned its “troll” sobriquet by basing its business on buying technology patents and then using them to sue other businesses for alleged infringement of those patents. See on…

Patent firm Lodsys backs out of dispute with Kaspersky Lab PCWorld The outcome is seen as a key win for technology companies fighting in court with patent companies, popularly known as patent trolls because they extract royalty and damages for…

Stark Insight Into the Meaning of ‘Essential’ at CommerceNextgovSix Census information technology security specialists and five IT specialists also escaped furloughs. Commerce CIO Simon Szykman … See on http://www.nextgov.com

Court halts state’s ban on credit card swipe fees Buffalo News Rakoff said the law violated the First Amendment because it prevented merchants from calling the difference between prices charged to cash customers and credit-card users a “surcharge.”… See on…

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One day you get a call from the bank’s appointed recovery agent asking you to make the payment on the card outstanding. You check your card details and you have no outstanding dues, but the calls just don’t stop. See…

After Fraud, Regulators Go After a Bank New York Times But when investors try to sue the banks, they can run up against rules limiting class-action suits and a Supreme Court decision saying that only the government — not victims…

We now have fingerprint sensors in lieu of passcodes on our iPhones. See on http://www.pastemagazine.com

biometrics. At the entrance to “The Vault,” the most secure room within the most protected building operated by security services provider Symantec, an iris recognition system stands guard as the last line of defense. See on cw.com.hk