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• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, May 27

  Hyundai rolls with Android Auto... EMC grabs cloud management company... IRS lost data on 100,000 taxpayers... and more tech news.

• 13 best companies for female IT pros

  One key to recruiting and retaining more women in technology is representation: Organizations with women in visible leadership positions tend to attract other women. To recognize firms that both measure and actively work to change underrepresentation of women, the Anita Borg Institute (ABI), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance women in computing, released this month its annual list of top companies for women technologists leadership index.

• Drive-by attack relies on hacked GoDaddy accounts

  Hundreds of hacked domain name accounts registered through GoDaddy are being used as part of a highly effective campaign using the Angler exploit kit to infect computers with malware.

• U.S. malware share rising, Amazon service No.1 in hosting it

  In its quarterly report on global malware distribution and threats, security firm Solutionary Tuesday said that 56% of the malware it captured via sensors and other means was hosted in the U.S.-- a 12% increase from six months ago -- and about half of the malware overall appeared to originate at 10 Internet service and hosting providers.

• GoDaddy owns up to role in Twitter account hijacking incident

  GoDaddy has acknowledged that one of its employees fell victim to a social engineering attack allowing a hacker to take over a customer's domain names and eventually extort a coveted Twitter user name from him. PayPal, which the victim claimed also played a role in the attack, denied the accusations.

• GoDaddy touts simplicity over price as it launches Office 365 sales

  Domain name registrar GoDaddy and Microsoft today announced a partnership that puts Office 365, the latter's rent-not-own software suite, in front of GoDaddy's small business customers.

• GoDaddy to help Microsoft push Office 365 for small businesses

  Domain name company, GoDaddy, will offer Office 365 email and productivity services to its small-business customers, after signing a long-term partnership with Microsoft.

• GoDaddy buys domain marketplace Afternic

  Domain name provider GoDaddy acquired domain marketplace Afternic from NameMedia in a move to make it easier for small business owners to buy domain names.

• GoDaddy to acquire Locu to boost offerings to small businesses

  GoDaddy has agreed to acquire Locu, a startup in San Francisco that helps local merchants get discovered online by their customers.