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May 11, 2013, 8:50 PM

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Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Big changes coming to AppleCare this fall: warranty subscriptions, in-store iOS device repairs, more [u] — In a town hall session held on Thursday, Apple informed tech staff that major changes to the AppleCare and AppleCare+ service programs will be enacted starting this fall …

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Steve Liesman / CNBC:

Fed, Treasury Examining Bloomberg Use of Terminal Data — Both the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury Department are examining the extent to which Bloomberg-terminal usage by top officials might have been tracked by Bloomberg journalists, CNBC has learned.

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Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Google's VP9 video codec nearly done; YouTube will use it — One of the biggest video sites on the Net will use Google's next-generation video compression technology after it's fully defined on June 17. — Google plans to finish defining its VP9 video codec on June 17 …

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

As Tech Giants Scramble For Talent, It's Buy Or Die — The writing's on the wall. Mobile is the future, and it requires different skill than the web. Entrepreneurship is more fetishized than ever, making standard hiring tough. The result is days like today where Yahoo, Twitter …

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Windows Phone hits 145,000 apps, but progress slows — Microsoft's efforts to build out the app ecosystem for Windows Phone 8 appear to be reaching a plateau. Buried in today's announcement of the Nokia Lumia 928 for Verizon was the fact that the Windows Phone Store now has 145,000 apps …

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Facebook's General Counsel Ullyot to Depart the Company — Facebook's top lawyer Ted Ullyot is leaving the social networking giant, apparently to take some time off. — Facebook disclosed the departure today. Ullyot, 45, will be officially gone in July; the search for his replacement will include internal and external candidates.

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Susan Decker / Bloomberg:

Patent Court Torn on Whether Software Deserve Patents — The nation's top patent court issued a deeply divided opinion today on how to determine if software is eligible for legal protection, reflecting the broader debate that has split the computer industry.

More: ITworld.com and Reuters

Michael B. Farrell / The Boston Globe:

Boston goes Google as its drops Microsoft e-mail services — The mayor who doesn't do e-mail is now on Gmail. — Whether Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who doesn't even have a computer on his desk, actually uses it is another matter. But he's moving to Google, and bringing some 20,000 other city employees with him.

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Brad Reed / BGR:

Microsoft exec hits back at Windows 8 bashing, says OS is not like ‘a can of soda’ — Microsoft executive Frank Shaw is not happy with everyone who compared Windows 8 to New Coke this week. Shaw, who serves as Microsoft's vice president of corporate communications, has written a blog post swiping …

More: The Economist, The Official Microsoft Blog, The Verge, PC World, CNET, GeekWire, Business Insider and The Register

Joseph Menn / Reuters:

Special Report: U.S. cyberwar strategy stokes fear of blowback — (Reuters) - Even as the U.S. government confronts rival powers over widespread Internet espionage, it has become the biggest buyer in a burgeoning gray market where hackers and security firms sell tools for breaking into computers.

More: The Verge

Associated Press:

Washington state courts hacked; potentially up to 160,000 Social Security numbers accessed — OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked sometime between last fall and February, and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver's license numbers …

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