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June 5, 2013, 6:40 AM

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The White House:
Fact Sheet: White House Task Force on High-Tech Patent Issues  —  Today the White House announced major steps to improve incentives for future innovation in high tech patents, a key driver of economic growth and good paying American jobs.  The White House issued five executive actions …
Chris Schneider / The Microsoft Office Blog:
Outlook 2013 RT Coming to Windows RT Tablets as part of Windows 8.1 Update  —  Today at Computex 2013, Tami Reller, CFO and CMO of Microsoft's Windows Division, announced that Outlook 2013 RT will be available on Windows RT tablets as part of the free Windows 8.1 update coming later this year.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
‘Small’ Windows 8 tablets will ship with a free version of Office 2013  —  Microsoft has revealed that future 7- and 8-inch Windows 8 tablets will ship with a free copy of Office 2013.  Speaking at Computex on Wednesday, Windows CFO Tami Reller revealed plans for Office Home and Student 2013 …
Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Amazon plans big expansion of online grocery business: sources  —  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is planning a major roll-out of an online grocery business that it has been quietly developing for years, targeting one of the largest retail sectors yet to be upended by e-commerce, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active offers a more rugged, waterproof variant of Android bestseller  —  Today, Samsung is announcing a new variant of its Galaxy S4 more suited to the great outdoors.  The phone has a high degree of dust and water protection (IP67), allowing it to be submerged in water up to a meter …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Sony unveils Haswell-based Vaio laptops that can be converted into tablets  —  Sony is unveiling a new line of Vaio Pro and Vaio Duo laptops with new Intel Haswell-based microprocessors.  —  Sony Duo 13  —  The Vaio Pro is a touch-enabled Ultrabook laptop that runs Windows 8.
Bruce Schneier / Schneier on Security:
The Problems with CALEA-II  —  The FBI wants a new law that will make it easier to wiretap the Internet.  Although its claim is that the new law will only maintain the status quo, it's really much worse than that.  This law will result in less-secure Internet products and create a foreign industry in more-secure alternatives.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
comScore: Apple increases lead as top US smartphone maker, Samsung gains; Android down fourth month in a row  —  In the US, Apple's dominance as the top smartphone OEM during the first quarter of 2013 has spilled over into April.  Samsung is gaining as well, but not quite as quickly.
Michelle Ma / University of Washington:
Wi-Fi signals enable gesture recognition throughout entire home  —  Forget to turn off the lights before leaving the apartment?  No problem.  Just raise your hand, finger-swipe the air, and your lights will power down.  Want to change the song playing on your music system in the other room?
Katitza Rodriguez / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Internet Surveillance and Free Speech: the United Nations Makes the Connection  —  Frank La Rue, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion delivered this week a landmark report [PDF] on state surveillance and freedom of expression.
Richard Chirgwin / The Register:
Australia's de-facto Internet filter may block 250k sites  —  Baldrick's cunning plan turns into live grenade  —  The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), has told a hearing of the Australian Parliament's Senate Estimates committee that its attempt to block access …
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Times of India:
Amazon establishes online marketplace in India  —  BANGALORE: Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, has launched an online marketplace in India, Amazon.in, where third-party sellers can list their products and sell directly to customers.  India represents Amazon's tenth marketplace …

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