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| Al Qaeda militants kidnap and kill 14 Yemeni soldiers |
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| By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants kidnapped 14 Yemeni soldiers returning home by bus from duty in eastern Yemen on Friday and executed them in what officials said was an apparent act of revenge for a recent army crackdown in the area. The Yemeni army has recently sent extra troops to the Wadi Hadramout region in northeastern Yemen to confront attempts by al Qaeda's local affiliate, Ansar al Sharia, to declare an Islamic emirate in the main regional city of Seiyoun. Residents and officials said people in the area found the bodies of the 14 riddled with bullets on a road near Seiyoun, three hours after they were abducted from a public bus. "The mujahideen ordered the soldiers down from the bus, interrogated them, and checked their military IDs and that they belonged to contingents based in Seiyoun," the group said in a news report posted online. |
| Hacking group wants to play nice with automakers |
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 The non-profit group, known as "I am the Cavalry," is asking attendees at this weekend's Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas to sign an open letter to "Automotive CEOs" to ask them to implement basic guidelines to defend cars from cyber attacks. "Now is the time for the automotive industry and the security community to connect and collaborate." Vehicles rely on tiny computers to manage everything form engines and brakes to navigation, air conditioning and windshield wipers. The Cavalry group is scheduled to make a presentation at Def Con on Saturday about efforts to improve auto security. They will not disclose any specific problems that might embarrass carmakers, said Josh Corman, a security industry professional who co-founded the group a year ago.
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| Google settles U.S. shareholder lawsuit over online drug ads |
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 By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc has agreed to create a $250 million internal program to disrupt rogue online pharmacies as part of a deal to end shareholder litigation over accusations the search company improperly allowed ads from non-U.S. drug sellers. Google said it would make content about prescription drug abuse more visible and work with legitimate pharmacies to counter marketing by rogue sellers, documents filed in an Oakland, California federal court on Thursday showed. Google will allocate and spend at least $50 million a year to the internal effort for at least five years under the settlement. "We've been investing very significantly to fight rogue online pharmacies, and have stopped millions of ads from appearing," a Google spokesman said in an email.
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| Judge rejects $324.5 mln settlement over Apple, Google hiring |
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 By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - 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. 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. Representatives for Apple and Google Inc declined to comment.
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