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| Matt Thomlinson / Microsoft Security Response Center: |
Recent Cyberattacks — As reported by Facebook and Apple, Microsoft can confirm that we also recently experienced a similar security intrusion. — Consistent with our security response practices, we chose not to make a statement during the initial information gathering process.
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| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
I used Google Glass: the future, with monthly updates — Up close and personal with Google's visionary new computer — The frosted-glass doors on the 11th floor of Google's NYC headquarters part and a woman steps forward to greet me. This is an otherwise normal specimen of humanity.
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| Paul Goldberger / Vanity Fair: |
Exclusive Preview: Google's New Built-from-Scratch Googleplex … Plans for the new “Googleplex” headquarters. — Google occupies some of the most famous offices in the world—think cafés everywhere you look, treadmills with laptops attached to them, pool tables and bowling alleys … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Yahoo CEO Mayer Now Requiring Remote Employees to Not Be (Remote) — According to numerous sources, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has instituted a HR plan today to require Yahoo employees who work remotely to relocate to company facilities. The move will apparently impact several hundred employees …
| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Apple Pulls Controversial Proxy Proposal After Court Ruling — Apple has withdrawn from its proxy statement a controversial proposal it had intended to place before shareholders that had drawn the ire, and a lawsuit, from hedge fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital.
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NYPD forms dedicated team to catch thieves who steal iPhones and iPads — iTheft busters — The theft of Apple devices is so rampant in New York that a team of cops has been assigned to work with the tech giant to get the stolen gadgets back, The Post has learned.| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Director Of Product Blake Ross Is Leaving Facebook — Facebook Director of Product Blake Ross is leaving the company, he announced in a Facebook post yesterday afternoon. — For those of you who weren't reading TechCrunch in 2007, Firefox co-founder Ross and Joe Hewitt came to Facebook through … | Emily Price / Mashable!: |
Study Shows iPhone 300% More Reliable Than Samsung Smartphones — A new report from product Q & A site FixYa found that the iPhone was more reliable than smartphones made by Motorola, Samsung and Nokia. — The study looked at data from 722,558 problem reports listed on the site …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
New Retina MacBook Pro Processor Bumps Offer Minor 3-5% Performance Improvements — Following last week's introduction of new processors for the Retina MacBook Pro lineup, Primate Labs has analyzed benchmarks coming in from the new machines through the company's popular Geekbench 2 software.
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| Casey Lynch / IGN: |
IGN Layoffs and Saying Goodbye to 1UP and GameSpy — Good times, bad times. — Alas, today we had to say goodbye to friends and co-workers, as well as begin the process of bidding a fond farewell to both 1UP and GameSpy. Why? Given the state of the market and the economy …
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Google I/O registration begins March 13th at 7am PST, requires Google+ and Google Wallet accounts — Google has announced the registration dates for this year's I/O conference, which will be held on May 15-17, 2013 at Moscone Center West in San Francisco. Registration for the conference will open on March 13th at 7AM PST.
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TechCrunch, Android and Me, CNET, MobileSyrup.com, VentureBeat, BGR, Gotta Be Mobile, The Register, ZDNet, IntoMobile and PhoneArena
| Cotton Delo / AdAge: |
Facebook to Partner With Acxiom, Epsilon to Match Store Purchases With User Profiles — Can Facebook Ads Drive Offline Buying? — Use a loyalty card for discounts at the drug store? The ads you see on Facebook could start looking familiar. — Facebook is testing out a new kind …
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| Charles Cooper / CNET: |
Google talking with labels about streaming music service — report — Negotiations point to upcoming service from Google which would offer free unlimited access as well as a subscription model. — When your market cap is north of $263 billion and the company's stock price is hovering around the $800 level …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Best Buy offers two-week, $100 discount on all Windows 8 touchscreen PCs — Microsoft's Tami Reller told us that demand for touchscreen Windows 8 computers was outstripping supply, but it seems that Best Buy still isn't selling quite as many as it would like.
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Defrag Tools: WPT - Command Line — Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder, and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
Defrag Tools: WPT - Command Line — Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder, and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
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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:
Love, Magic, & APIs — I will confess, I am old enough to remember my GeoCities page. Don't hate. It was amazing, it was... this transformative moment in which I took real, actual information, and transformed it into something visible and memorable.
Love, Magic, & APIs — I will confess, I am old enough to remember my GeoCities page. Don't hate. It was amazing, it was... this transformative moment in which I took real, actual information, and transformed it into something visible and memorable.
Hortonworks » Blog:
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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