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Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment — Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government.| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
NSA Implementing ‘Two-Person’ Rule To Stop The Next Edward Snowden — The next Edward Snowden may need a partner on the inside. — On Tuesday, National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander told a congressional hearing of the Intelligence Committee that the agency is implementing a … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
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As Fab Raises Another $150 Million at a $1 Billion Valuation, E-Commerce Industry Looks On Warily — Here's an interesting exercise I tried recently when talking with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists involved in e-commerce: “I say ‘Fab,’ you say?” — “Inspiring.” — “Ballsy.” — “Ambitious.”| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple testing deep LinkedIn integration for iOS 7 — Further bolstering the presence of third-party social networks in iOS, Apple is testing deep LinkedIn integration for the upcoming release of iOS 7, according to code-based references found inside of the first beta of iOS 7.| Myriam Joire / Engadget: |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MDP benchmarks: prepare for ludicrous speed — Today we had a chance to play with Qualcomm's latest dev tablet (MDP) which packs the company's mighty Snapdragon 800 SoC (MSM8974). The device is slightly larger than last year's MDP and features a 11.6-inch 1920 x 1080 pixel display … | Brian Klug / AnandTech: |
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The Price to Pay for Facebook's Free Wi-Fi? A Scrap of Privacy — The idea of offering people free Wi-Fi in exchange for their physical coordinates began at Facebook as a one-off experiment, a project by two engineers during an all-nighter in May 2012. Since then, Facebook has gradually spread … | Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
Power Testing: Can Two New Laptops Really Last All Day? — Most consumers pay little or no attention to the processors and other chips that power their computers, and rightly so. In recent years, changes to the design of these chips haven't made major, noticeable differences in everyday computing tasks.| Bloomberg: |
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Privacy authorities issue Google a ‘please explain’ on Glass — Summary: Ten privacy authorities from countries including Australia, Canada, and Israel have sent a joint letter to Google asking the company to address privacy concerns over Google Glass. — Josh Taylor| Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
Nvidia to license graphics technology: CEO — (Reuters) - Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang said he will license graphics technology to other companies, a new model for the chipmaker that could lead to new business with Apple, Samsung and other mobile device makers.| Michael Lee / ZDNet: |
Researchers able to predict Apple iOS-generated hotspot passwords — Summary: Although iOS generates seemingly random passwords for its hotspots to eliminate the use of ‘default’ passwords, researchers at a German university have found that they are able to break these passwords in under a minute.| Steven M. Davidoff / DealBook:NEW |
Google's Effort to Skirt Regulation May Invite More Scrutiny — Google's motto is “don't be evil.” But its recent acquisition of Waze, reportedly for $1 billion in cash, shows that just because you're not evil, it doesn't mean you can't be aggressive in pushing the boundaries of the law.| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Grasping for a Vine: Video for Instagram Will Be Sole Reveal at Facebook Event Thursday — Instagram plans to release a video product this Thursday at a press event at Facebook's headquarters, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter, marking the first time the robust … | Janko Roettgers / paidContent: |
Netflix will launch in the Netherlands in late 2013, as its international expansion slows — Love Amsterdam? So does Netflix: The streaming service revealed that it's going to launch in the Netherlands later this year. — Netflix revealed the next target of its ongoing international … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Onion Pi turns Raspberry Pi into Tor proxy and wireless access point — The do-it-yourselfers at Adafruit have provided step-by-step instructions for turning a Raspberry Pi into a Tor proxy and wireless access point. A good project for users looking to anonymize their Internet traffic … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
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Amazon's Invasion of the CIA Is a Seismic Shift in Cloud Computing — The rumors are true. Amazon is providing cloud services to the CIA. But what's most intriguing about the multi-million-dollar deal is not what Amazon is doing, but how the company is doing it — and what that means … | Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Google adds ‘carousel’ of search results for nearby restaurants, bars and other local places — Google is updating its search results pages on the desktop today to show an interactive “carousel” of nearby restaurants, bars and other local places. — It works as expected; type in a query such as … | Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Dell Committee Slams Icahn's Latest Offer, Saying It Falls Short — The special committee of Dell's board of directors overseeing its go-private process fired back at activist investor Carl Icahn's latest proposal today in a letter to shareholders, saying it is “not, in its present state …
Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)| Reuters: |
Dish abandons Sprint bid for now to focus on Clearwire — (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp said it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel in time for a Tuesday deadline and will instead focus on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp.| Alina Selyukh / Reuters: |
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Wal-Mart's E-Stumble — After Years Giving Short Shrift to Web, Retailer Plays Catch-Up With Amazon — A Wal-Mart distribution center in Bentonville, Ark., serves stores in neighboring states. The company plans to add e-commerce distribution centers. — Amazon.com Inc. has become …
Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.| Ellyne Phneah / ZDNet: |
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