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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran  —  WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America's …
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Confirmed: US, Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it  —  Stuxnet was never meant to propagate in the wild.  —  The new account is unlikely to alter Iran's view of the US, seen here in a mural on the old US embassy in Tehran  —  David Holt  —  In 2011, the US government rolled out its …
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Christopher Mims / Technology Review:
How Obama Was Dangerously Naive About STUXNET and Cyberwarfare  —  A Times exposé suggests that the White House failed to consider how our own cyberweapons would be used against us.  —  If the New York Times' comprehensive account of the birth of the STUXNET worm that slowed Iran's efforts …
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
ETSI chooses Apple-inspired proposal for new 4FF nano-SIM standard  —  Despite objections and criticism over the different proposals for a new 4FF (nano-SIM) standard, Apple's nano-SIM proposal has been adopted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), edging out submissions from Nokia, RIM and Motorola.
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
Nokia acknowledges nano-SIM decision, now says it's ‘prepared’ to license essential patents  —  Nokia had been waging the loudest opposition in recent months to Apple's nano-SIM proposal, a mild evolution of the micro-SIM currently found in the iPhone 4 and 4S (among others).
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft Sees Future in Windows 8 Fueled by $58 Billion App Market: Tech  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is so eager to have a panoply of applications for the next version of its Windows operating system that it has lined up design firms, recruited interns and sent engineers on an around …
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Steven Sinofsky / MSDN Blogs:
Delivering the Windows 8 Release Preview
John Letzing / Wall Street Journal:
Google Points Antitrust Finger at Microsoft, Nokia  —  Google Inc. said it filed an antitrust complaint Thursday in Europe arguing that Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Corp. are using proxy companies to brandish patents and hurt the prospects of Google's Android mobile-phone software to the advantage of Microsoft's technology.
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
On Facebook, ‘Likes’ Become Ads  —  SAN FRANCISCO — On Valentine's Day, Nick Bergus came across a link to an odd product on Amazon.com: a 55-gallon barrel of ... personal lubricant.  —  He found it irresistibly funny and, as one does in this age of instant sharing, he posted the link on Facebook …
Bloomberg:
Acer, Toshiba To Take On IPads With Windows 8 Tablets  —  Acer Inc., Toshiba Corp. (6502) and Asustek Computer Inc. (2357) will unveil tablets running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system next week, people with knowledge of the matter said, challenging the dominance of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad.
Ryan Singel / Wired:
In Ad Network Nightmare, Microsoft Making ‘Do Not Track’ Default for IE 10  —  Microsoft announced Thursday that the next version of its browser, IE 10, will ship with the controversial “Do Not Track” feature turned on by default, a first among major browsers, creating a potential threat to online advertising giants.
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
The Rumored iPhone 5′s Four Inch Front Panel Can Nearly Swallow An Old iPhone Whole  —  Another day, another iPhone 5 leak.  This time we're looking at a four-inch long front panel of what appears to be a new iPhone.  This panel suggests a longer, 16:9 style body and screen and lines …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Forced By Privacy Activist To Put Policy Changes Up For Worldwide Vote  —  Max Schrems, the Austrian founder of Europe Vs. Facebook, successfully forced Facebook to put proposed policy changes up for a vote by all its users by mobilizing his privacy group to flood Facebook's Site Governance page …
Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
Wow!  Apple Turns Over Its Inventory Once Every 5 *Days*  —  Apple turns over its inventory once every five days.  —  That's part of why a new report from the technology research firm, Gartner, ranked Apple's supply chain the best in the world.  And it's pretty amazing when you think about it.
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Big Data For Higher Ed: With $4.1M From First Round, Floodgate, Former Kaplan Exec Launches Civitas Learning  —  As colleges and universities strain their resources to accommodate an ever-growing, diverse student body, it becomes increasingly difficult to track the progress of individual students …
Michelle Maltais / Los Angeles Times:
Who's got your back online?  —  The Electronic Frontier Foundation assessed and graded privacy policies and practices of 18 Internet companies.  (Electronic Frontier Foundation / May 31, 2012)  —  Twitter may be full of a bunch of followers, but the social networking site has proved itself …
Michael J. De La Merced / DealBook:
Verizon to Buy Hughes Telematics for $612 Million  —  Verizon Communications said on Friday that it has agreed to buy Hughes Telematics, a maker of wireless systems for vehicles, for $612 million in cash.  —  Under the terms of the deal, Verizon will pay $12 a share, an exorbitant premium to of Hughes' Thursday closing price of $4.35.

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Axios:
Sources: Paramount seeks a business-side counterpart to Bari Weiss, implying she would oversee editorial across CBS News and CNN if Paramount's WBD deal closes

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie becomes the first release of 2026 to cross $1B in global grosses; Michael Jackson biopic Michael is on the verge of crossing $900M

Peter Chapman / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA launches a probe into Paramount's $110B acquisition of WBD, and sets an initial ruling deadline on August 7; the EU has already set a July 7 deadline

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