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• Zeus variant tricks Facebook, webmail users into exposing card details

  A new variant of the Zeus trojan tricks users into exposing their debit card details by displaying rogue offers when they visit Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer.

• Twitter acquires email marketer RestEngine

  Twitter has acquired RestEngine, a two-and-half-year-old company that has helped social app publishers send emails based on a user's social graph, RestEngine said on Thursday.

• Google introducing automatic translation in Gmail to all users

  Google plans to introduce in Gmail over the next few days a message translation facility that will enable users to get mail in other languages automatically translated into their own language.

• Tuesday's Gmail outage broader than originally reported

  Google underestimated the scope and consequences of the outage that hit Gmail on Tuesday.

• Yahoo's new CEO lays out strategy for smaller, more focused company

  Yahoo plans to cut about 50 properties and refocus on its core business, CEO Scott Thompson said in an earnings call on Tuesday.

• Google fixes Gmail outage that affected millions of users

  An outage that prevented millions of users from accessing Gmail on Tuesday has been resolved, according to Google.

• Facebook to make profile URL usernames and email handles the same

  Facebook members who have customized their profile webpage with a unique name will have to use that same name as the handle of their Facebook.com email address, the company has announced.

• Google displays explanations for marking spam in Gmail

  Google has begun labeling the reason for marking messages as spam in Gmail, so that users have a better idea why some email is being flagged as such.

• US lawmakers ask if federal workers have email privacy

  Two Republican lawmakers have asked President Barack Obama's administration to investigate whether agencies are regularly monitoring federal workers' private email accounts after reports of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration firing employees over comments made in personal email messages.

• Yahoo layoffs would indicate company direction

  Rumored layoffs at Yahoo could offer a clue as to how the company's new CEO, Scott Thompson, plans to redirect the stumbling Internet giant.

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  Google: New privacy policy to have little impact on enterprise

  Google's plan to share user data across its online services will have little effect on users of the company's enterprise, government and education application suites, the company said.

• Apple's email services push up to German border, but no further

  Apple has been forced to turn off its iCloud and MobileMe push email services for users in Germany to comply with an injunction in a patent lawsuit brought by Motorola Mobility.

• Yahoo faces board challenge from activist shareholder

  Activist Yahoo shareholder Daniel Loeb has rejected the slate of board candidates put forth by the company's newly minted CEO, serving notice of his intention to lobby for his own candidates instead.

• Google abandons big, black drop-down menu

  Google has begun replacing the chunky, black drop-down menu of services it launched in November as part of an effort to integrate Google+ across its whole platform.

• Yahoo ousts half its board

  As part of an ongoing effort to recover from a downward spiral, Yahoo said on Tuesday that four board members, including its chairman, will step down.