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Sources: Microsoft And Barnes & Noble To Announce Tablet With Xbox Live Streaming Tomorrow — There's a ton of speculation around what Microsoft will be announcing on Monday in Los Angeles. Both the Wrap and ATD claim the event will showcase a Microsoft built Windows RT/Windows 8 tablet.
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U.S. Government Requests For Google Users' Private Data Jump 37% In One Year — Updated with a correction from Google below. — The American government's appetite for Google's data is growing. — In the second half of 2011, Google received 6,321 requests that it hand over its users' private data … | Paul Sonne / Wall Street Journal: |
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Linus Torvalds: ‘f**k you, Nvidia’ for not supporting Linux — Linus Torvalds isn't someone you'd accuse of excessive diplomacy and his answer to a question about Nvidia's lack of support for Linux with its Optimus technology has been far from compromising.
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Mozilla takes aim at the iPad browser market with its ‘Junior’ prototype — When it comes to browsing the web on iOS, there are plenty of third-party alternatives to Apple's Safari. Atomic, Dolphin, Mercury, Opera, and Skyfire are just a few that have enjoyed some measure of success on the platform … | Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Hacked companies fight back with controversial steps — (Reuters) - Frustrated by their inability to stop sophisticated hacking attacks or use the law to punish their assailants, an increasing number of U.S. companies are taking retaliatory action. — Known in the cyber security industry as …
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Verizon intros FiOS Quantum, officially priced up to 300Mbps — What's faster than FiOS internet service? FiOS Quantum evidently, as Verizon's latest high-speed internet service gets an official name and pricing. Effectively doubling every tier — except the entry-level 15/5 … | Cocoanetics: |
Public Transit in iOS 6 — By now it is public knowledge that there will be no in-house replacement for routing via public means of transport in iOS 6. Indeed if you hold an iOS 6 phone (that somebody maybe has left in a bar) and you try to plan a route from point A to point B you find …
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Files in the cloud: Feature, product or company? — A few months ago, Bill Gurley wrote a post about Benchmark's investment in Dropbox, and why Dropbox's cloud-based file synchronization is a major disruptor. Many disagreed, quoting Steve Jobs' assertion that file sync is a feature, not a product.| Zack Whittaker / CNET: |
‘Censorship creep’: Pirate Bay block will affect one-third of U.K. — Censorship is a slippery slope. The United Kingdom: my home. Case in point. — Most U.K. customers accessing The Pirate Bay will see this, or a similar message. — (Credit: Zack Whittaker/CNET)
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Does Auto Layout In iOS 6 Mean A Larger iPhone Screen Is Coming? — The WWDC keynote came and went with nary a mention of a new iPhone, but that didn't stop people from ruminating about Apple's newest mobile juggernaut. Apple's brass spent much of their time on-stage pulling back the curtains … Thanks:@sohear
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It's Official: Michael Barrett Talks About New Job as Yahoo Ad Czar — Yahoo has confirmed that it has hired Google ad exec Michael Barrett as its new chief of revenue. — As I reported earlier, Barrett will be in charge of advertising revenue and operations worldwide at the Silicon Valley Internet giant … | Julia Angwin / Wall Street Journal: |
Online Tracking Ramps Up — Popularity of User-Tailored Advertising Fuels Data Gathering on Browsing Habits — Online tracking on 50 of the most-visited websites has risen sharply since 2010, driven in part by the rise of online-advertising auctions, according to a new study by data-management company Krux Digital Inc.Sponsor Posts
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Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Cloud Foundry:
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 …
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 …
Rackspace Blog:
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
Hortonworks » Blog:
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Unison's blog:
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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