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April 7, 2012, 2:20 PM

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Carly Carioli / Phlog:
When the cops subpoena your Facebook information, here's what Facebook sends the cops  —  This week's Boston Phoenix cover story — Hunting the Craigslist Killer: An Untold Detective Story from the Digital Frontier — would not have been possible without access to a huge trove of case files released by the Boston Police Department.
Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
Randi Zuckerberg Defends Her Reality Show: Hey Silicon Valley, Stop Being Snobs  —  Randi Zuckerberg has ruffled some feathers this week with the announcement that she is co-producing “Silicon Valley,” a reality show set to air on Bravo that purports to be all about the San Francisco Bay Area tech scene.
Boonsri Dickinson / Business Insider:
Meet The 7 Stars Of The New Silicon Valley Reality Show  —  Okay, maybe it is time to start saying we're in another tech bubble.  —  Bravo announced yesterday a new reality show called “Silicon Valley.”  —  Randi Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg's sister, will be a producer.
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Roberto Baldwin / Wired:
Google Glasses Face Serious Hurdles, Augmented-Reality Experts Say  —  When Google officially unveiled Project Glass — the company's bid to develop Terminator-style augmented-reality glasses — we saw a provocative glimpse of the future.  The video Google released yesterday showed us the point …
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Confirmed: Asus Plans Add-On to Fix Transformer Prime's GPS Issues  —  Asus confirmed on Friday that it plans to address GPS reception issues with its Transformer Prime tablet by releasing a kit users can add to their existing tablet.  —  The company said on Friday that it will officially announce …
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Next Generation Of E-Ink Kindle To Sport New Front-Lit Screen  —  Living in Seattle, you tend to find yourself in the company of tech people all the time.  With Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe, Google, and a dozen other major companies established in the area, it's never a surprise when you find …
Thomas Houston / The Verge:
Instagram for Android update adds tablet and Wi-Fi device support  —  Just a few days after its launch on Android, the Instagram app is getting yet another update — that's three, if you're counting — that brings support to tablets and Wi-Fi handsets like the Galaxy S Wi-Fi.
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
What's This?  A Mac Virus?  No, Actually It's a Weakness in Java.  —  When a computer incident happens on Apple's Mac OS X, it's a headline-making event.  When it happens on Windows, it's just another day.  —  That remains the reality, even after a bunch of media reports on how a vulnerability …
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Court Kicks Out Copyright Troll Who Has “No Desire To Litigate”  —  This particular case, Hard Drive Productions, Inc. -v- Does 1-90, sees the well-known porn company plaintiff follow the now well-trodden copyright troll path.  —  Gather IP addresses from BitTorrent networks and go to court …
Gerry Shih / Reuters:
Ex-Intel employee pleads guilty to theft charges  —  (Reuters) - A former Intel Corp employee who allegedly stole from the chipmaker documents worth hundreds of millions of dollars pleaded guilty on Friday to five counts of wire fraud.  —  Federal prosecutors in Boston had alleged that Biswamohan Pani …

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