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BlackBerry 10 OS walkthrough, BlackBerry Z10 pricing — With BlackBerry 10′s official launch just around the corner, we happened upon a few photos of the final gold master version of the operating system running on a BlackBerry Z10 handset. Well, thanks to a close source at BlackBerry … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google makes Microsoft sweat over Sync cutoff, but Windows Phone will get DAV support — A curious twist in the ongoing ecosystems war — Google's decision to drop Exchange ActiveSync support, a protocol used to sync Gmail calendar, contacts, and mail items on mobile devices, left Microsoft surprised and disappointed.| Eric Pfanner / New York Times: |
France Proposes an Internet Tax — PARIS — France, seeking fresh ways to raise funds and frustrated that American technology companies that dominate its digital economy are largely beyond the reach of French fiscal authorities, has proposed a new levy: an Internet tax on the collection of personal data.
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What we discovered about InstallMonetizer — Last week there was some controversy online about a company we funded called InstallMonetizer. IM makes software that companies can put in their Windows installers that offers other software to the user as part of the install process.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
LG Optimus G Pro official for Japan: 5-inch 1080p LCD, 1.7GHz S4 Pro and Jelly Bean — Remember how the LG Optimus G Pro saw its biggest leak in Japan? We might just know why. Local carrier NTT DoCoMo has confirmed the new flagship's existence as part of a spring device lineup, and it's everything that was rumored just days ago.
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Searching for Relevance: Yahoo Aiming to Be the “Google of Content” — Earlier today in Germany, new Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro pretty much told a crowd at the DLD conference in Munich that the portal — which he is now responsible for helping run — needs a drastic overhaul.| Noam Cohen / New York Times: |
How M.I.T. Ensnared a Hacker, Bucking a Freewheeling Culture — In the early days of 2011, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology learned that it had an intruder. Worse, it believed the intruder had been there before. — Months earlier, the mysterious visitor had used …
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Megabad: A quick look at the state of Mega's encryption — Puzzling design choices and potential holes make the service a mixed bag. — The news this past weekend was all Mega, Mega, Mega. We've covered the launch of the new “cyber locker” service (and I swear that's the last time I'll ever use … | David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
A Casualty on the Battlefield of Amazon's Partisan Book Reviews — Reviews on Amazon are becoming attack weapons, intended to sink new books as soon as they are published. — In the biggest, most overt and most successful of these campaigns, a group of Michael Jackson fans used Facebook … | Jessica Roy / Betabeat: |
Victims of Revenge Porn Mount Class Action Suit Against GoDaddy and Texxxan.com — Ms. Toups being filmed for a video news segment about her experience with revenge porn. (Photo: Instagram/h0lliewood) — “I don't think that society really realizes how rampant it is,” Sarah … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Behind The Scenes Of The iPhone 5 Jailbreak — Technically speaking, the iPhone 5 is already jailbroken. You're just not allowed to have it yet. The reason for this is because one of the bugs that contributes to a functional jailbreak is so good, that the hackers who discovered …
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iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW, iClarified, Network World and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @chronic
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Samsung exec confirms 8-inch Galaxy Note coming to MWC — The internet has been quietly discussing the possibility of an 8-inch Galaxy Note for a while now, but nothing appeared at CES. However, these rumors might've just been waiting for the right time to become a reality …
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PayPal: ‘Aggressive changes’ coming to frozen funds policy — PayPal's overzealous fraud filters have frustrated customers for years, with an inscrutable verification process that leaves some battling for months to get access to their money. — The eBay ( EBAY, Fortune 500) … | Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Myspace Is Accused of Using Music Without Permission — Last week, Justin Timberlake's new song, “Suit & Tie,” did double promotional duty. Not only was it a teaser for Mr. Timberlake's latest album, but it also served as an introduction for a revamped version of Myspace, the once-mighty social network and music site.
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Groupon Has Canceled All Of Its Gun-Related Deals — Groupon has canceled, at least temporarily, all of its scheduled and ongoing gun-related promotions, Matt Brownell at Aol Daily Finance reported. — “All scheduled and current gun-related deals featured on Groupon North America …
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