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U.S. Probes Microsoft, Partners Over Bribery Claims — Federal regulators are investigating Microsoft Corp.'s relationship with business partners that allegedly bribed foreign government officials in return for software contracts, according to people familiar with the matter.
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CNET, The Register, Computerworld, Engadget, VentureBeat and ValueWalk
| John Frank / TechNet Blogs: |
Our Commitment to Compliance — Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. government is reviewing allegations that Microsoft business partners in three countries may have engaged in illegal activity, and if they did, whether Microsoft played any role in these alleged incidents.
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Forbes, New York Times, BGR, ZDNet, Bloomberg, Macgasm and Network World
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch to leave Adobe for Apple, report to Bob Mansfield — According to a tweet issued by CNBC, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch will leave the company this week to join Apple. Neither Apple nor Adobe have confirmed the claim. Update: Adobe has confirmed in an SEC filing that Lynch departed the firm.
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AllThingsD, Business Wire, The Register, Mercury News, ReadWrite, Bloomberg Tech Blog, Computerworld, VentureBeat, CNET, AppleInsider, SiliconBeat, The Loop, Gizmodo, CNET, Forbes, Bloomberg, MacNN, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, App Advice, Engadget, Reuters, iMore, Mashable!, Daring Fireball, The Verge, Gizmodo, Business Insider, ParisLemon and Macworld
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Exhibit A in the Case That Newly-Hired Apple VP of Technology Kevin Lynch Is a Bozo, a Bad Hire — He wrote this, just three years ago: … Well, how'd that work out? Those companies and platforms are now either (a) out of business, (b) on the verge of going out of business, or (c) have abandoned Flash Player entirely.
Tweets: @stevenlevy, @anildash, @counternotions, @davewiner and @spencerchen
| Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider: |
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
ReadWrite Editor-In-Chief Dan Lyons, A.K.A. Fake Steve Jobs, Is Leaving For Hubspot — Dan Lyons, the editor-in-chief at tech blog ReadWrite, is leaving for a position at marketing software company Hubspot. We heard the news from knowledgeable sources, and the part about Lyons' departure …
Tweets: @counternotions, @realdanlyons, @ablaze, @glennf, @johnwilson, @stevekovach, @qthrul and @fmanjoo
| Ethan Smith / Digits: |
End of an Era for eMusic, Subscription Music Pioneer — eMusic, the online music service that pioneered the subscription approach before Spotify was a glimmer in Daniel Ek's eye, quietly merged Monday with an e-book distributor, in an unusual bit of digital-media consolidation.
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Yahoo in Talks to Buy Stake in Video Site Dailymotion — Yahoo Inc. is in talks to buy a controlling stake in France Telecom SA's online-video site Dailymotion, according to people familiar with the talks, in what would be Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's first major acquisition since taking over the Internet pioneer last year.
| Eric Schmidt / Times of India: |
Which internet will India choose? — We are living in an unparalleled time for technological progress. In 10 years, it will be almost impossible to describe to any child in India what life was like before the internet. — Only about two billion of the world's seven billion people …
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
The 49ers' plan to build the greatest stadium Wi-Fi network of all time — 49ers CTO Kunal Malik (left) and Senior IT director Dan Williams (right) stand in front of Santa Clara Stadium. — When the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium opens for the 2014 NFL season, it is quite likely …
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Nvidia CEO unveils next two gens of Tegra, dubbed Logan, Parker — Jen-Hsun Huang says the company's mobile chip will show 100-times improvement from the first generation to the fifth. — Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang today talked up the chipmaker's next two generations of mobile chip … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Twitter gets a patent on... Twitter — Although Twitter famously has a pending patent on the familiar “pull-to-refresh” gesture, the company may have just acquired something more valuable: a patent on the Twitter messaging service itself. The new patent issued today with Twitter founders Jack Dorsey … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft tempts Windows developers with $100 cash for new apps — Microsoft wants Windows 8 and Windows Phone developers to create apps for its platforms, and it's tempting them by offering up hard cash. In a new US marketing effort, Microsoft is offering developers $100 per app …
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ZDNet, WinBeta, GeekWire, Neowin and Windows Phone Central
| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
What 420,000 insecure devices reveal about Web security — Using a simple technique, a researcher creates a benign botnet to survey the breadth of the Internet, and finds a back door flung wide open and beckoning the bad guys. — A researcher used a simple, binary technique to take control …
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The Register, TechNet Blogs, Computerworld and The H Security
| Scott Canon / Kansas City Star: |
Google Fiber coming to Olathe — Google Fiber is bound for Olathe. — The much-hyped barely launched Internet and TV service, which has debuted in the Kansas City market, will be discussed at tonight's meeting of the Olathe City Council, according to an agenda for the meeting.
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Google Fiber Blog, Engadget, bizjournals, bizjournals, FierceCable and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @megan
| Will Connors / Digits: |
BlackBerry Co-Founders Bankroll $100 Million Quantum-Science Fund — The two men who started BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. some 30 years ago are bankrolling a $100 million investment fund targeting commercial applications for advancements in quantum science.| Frank Konkel / Federal Computer Week: |
Sources: Amazon and CIA ink cloud deal — In a move sure to send ripples through the federal IT community, FCW has learned that the CIA has agreed to a cloud computing contract with electronic commerce giant Amazon, worth up to $600 million over 10 years. — Amazon Web Services will help …
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Ars Technica, Business Insider, ValueWalk, CNET, Network World, TechSpot, GigaOM and The Register
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Microsoft confirms ‘high-profile’ employee Xbox Live accounts hacked — The hack used SSNs in a “stringed social engineering” attack involving another company — As more of the story about the simultaneous cyber attack and real-world “Swatting” carried out against security researcher Brian Krebs comes …
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| Lauren Goode / AllThingsD: |
Jawbone Takes Next Step in Fitness-Tracking Race, Launches UP for Android — Four months after its re-launch on iPhone, the Jawbone UP activity tracker is finally coming to Android. — The Jawbone UP wristband and compatible mobile app will now work the with the Samsung Galaxy SII … | Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
BlackBerry software ruled not safe enough for essential government work — Computer Experts Security Group rejects BB10 software in new Z10 handset, dealing blow to Canadian firm in key market — BlackBerry's new BB10 software has been rejected by the British government as not secure enough …
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CNET, The Register, ValueWalk, Pocket-lint, n4bb.com and Electronista
| Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent: |
Amazon launches “Send to Kindle” button for web publishers and WordPress blogs — Amazon is now allowing publishers to add “Send to Kindle” buttons to their websites and WordPress blogs, the company announced on the Kindle blog Tuesday. It can be integrated into WordPress blogs as well.
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Kindle Post US, TechCrunch and The Verge
| Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek: |
Google Implements DNSSEC Validation for Public DNS — Google on Tuesday announced that it now fully supports DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) validation on its Google Public DNS resolvers. — Previously, the search giant accepted and forwarded DNSSEC-formatted messages but didn't actually perform validation.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft readies next two CRM updates; acquires analytics vendor Netbreeze — Summary: Microsoft has acquired social-monitioring analytics vendor Netbreeze and is readying the next two updates to its Dynamics CRM platform, officials announced at the Convergence conference.| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Chameleon botnet steals millions from advertisers with fake mouseclicks — Security researchers have discovered a botnet that is stealing millions of dollars per month from advertisers. The botnet does so by simulating click-throughs on display ads hosted on at least 202 websites.
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Spider.io, CNET, Computerworld, paidContent, VentureBeat, The Register and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer
| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Google+ Introduces New Hangouts App Called Capture, To Snap Pics Of Special Moments As They Happen — Today, Google introduced a new app for one of its most popular products, Hangouts. While Hangouts let you chat with multiple people over video, there are those moments when someone makes a funny face …
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Google+, Engadget, CNET, VentureBeat, Marketing Land and Google Plus Daily. Thanks:@ayeletnoff
| Donna Tam / CNET: |
At $236, Galaxy S4 costlier to produce than S3, says report — IHS iSuppli's virtual teardown of the lasted Samsung smartphone shows it's 15 percent more expensive for Samsung to produce than last year's model. — The Samsung Galaxy S4's production costs are 15 percent higher …
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IHS, Business Insider, MobileSyrup.com, Computerworld, ZDNet, Bloomberg and CITEworld
| Jungah Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung Preparing Wristwatch as It Races Apple for Sales — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) is developing a wristwatch as Asia's biggest technology company races against Apple Inc. (AAPL) to create a new industry of wearable devices that perform similar tasks as smartphones.Sponsor Posts
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Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)
Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)
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:
99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
Hortonworks » Blog:
University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.
University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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