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Nations Buying as Hackers Sell Computer Flaws — On the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, two Italian hackers have been searching for bugs — not the island's many beetle varieties, but secret flaws in computer code that governments pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn about and exploit.
Tweets: @mattblaze, @aaronportnoy, @weldpond, @nickbilton and @digiphile
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Motorola Moto X being released in August in Black and White - Always on voice commands — A video from Toronto, Canada based Rogers Wireless has appeared on Google+ user Ð" page and shows off the long awaited Motorola Moto X. The video also shows off the always on voice commands and other features of the phone.
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Google delays building of new campus — MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google (GOOG) has delayed for up to a year construction of a massive campus at the NASA-Ames research center in Mountain View, apparently because the tech titan seeks to improve the design of the complex.
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| Matthew Garrahan / FT Magazine: |
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A New Way for Musicians to Make Money on YouTube — In 2001, composer Scott Schreer wrote a roughly two-minute saxophone-heavy acid jazz instrumental called Love Doctor, and the song lives in an online catalogue of music that he licenses to film and TV producers.| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
The Number Facebook Doesn't Want You To See — It turns out Facebook users drastically underestimate the size of their audiences. Yes, everybody's there, but nobody is listening. — Image by John Herrman — For all our obsession with “likes,” comments, retweets, and reblogs …
Tweets: @cwarzel, @msbernst, @jwherrman and @pkafka
| Fred Wilson / A VC: |
Let The Games Begin — That was my partner John's email response when the news came across our internal email list that the SEC had finally lifted the General Solicitation Ban as they were asked to do by Congress in Title II of the JOBS act. — What this means is that folks raising capital …
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
One Microsoft: will Ballmer's big reset mean better products or more broken promises? — Redmond bets on tearing down the walls between Windows and Xbox — Microsoft has always been a giant castle with many fortresses. Internal battles and power struggles have led individual divisions …
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Nation Will Gain by Discussing Surveillance, Expert Tells Privacy Board — WASHINGTON — A retired federal judge, who formerly served on the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, on Tuesday praised the growing public discussion about government surveillance fostered by the leaks …
Tweets: @ggreenwald
| Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: |
Microsoft chops Surface RT price to $349 — One Microsoft bull urges consumers to take a pass, even at that price — Microsoft on Sunday slashed prices on its Surface RT tablets by as much as 30%, with the entry-level 32GB model selling for $349. — The 64GB Surface RT was also discounted by $150 …
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Stickers: From Japanese craze to global mobile messaging phenomenon — Japan-based mobile messaging company Line raised eyebrows in May when it revealed that it made $17 million from selling stickers during the first quarter of 2013. Last year stickers were all but unknown in the West … Thanks:@martinsfp
| Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal: |
Building a Better Dell: More R&D, Less PCs — Silver Lake is betting it and company founder can restore the computing icon to its former luster. — Private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners may soon be wagering $1.4 billion on a bet that many analysts think is sheer folly: To restore computing icon Dell Inc. to its former luster.
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