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| Barton Gellman / Washington Post: |
NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds — The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents.
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See also Mediagazer| Forbes: |
NSA, DEA, IRS Lie About Fact That Americans Are Routinely Spied On By Our Government: Time For A Special Prosecutor — It seems that every day brings a new revelation about the scope of the NSA's heretofore secret warrantless mass surveillance programs. And as we learn more, the picture becomes increasingly alarming.
Tweets: @jamesallworth, @danaflove, @michelle9647 and @ggreenwald
| Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post: |
Court: Ability to police U.S. spying program limited — The leader of the secret court that is supposed to provide critical oversight of the government's vast spying programs said that its ability do so is limited and that it must trust the government to report when it improperly spies on Americans.
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| Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
NSA Spying: The Three Pillars of Government Trust Have Fallen — With each recent revelation about the NSA's spying programs government officials have tried to reassure the American people that all three branches of government—the Executive branch, the Judiciary branch, and the Congress …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google blocks Microsoft's new YouTube Windows Phone app — Microsoft's recently released YouTube application for Windows Phone is being blocked by Google. In a statement issued to The Verge, Google confirms that the application has been blocked for violating the terms of use.
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Tweets: @mattrosoff, @dsilverman, @backlon, @theromit, @whatthebit and @edbott
| Jeffrey Meisner / Microsoft on the Issues: |
The limits of Google's openness — Corporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft — You may be wondering what happened to the YouTube app for Windows Phone. Last May, after we launched a much improved app on our platform, Google objected on a number of grounds.
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| Damon Lavrinc / Wired: |
Mercedes Is Testing Google Glass Integration, and It Actually Works — I put the car in park, unplug the phone, and put Google Glass on my face. Within seconds, I've got step-by-step directions to a coffee shop down the street beamed directly to my eyeballs.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia to launch Windows RT tablet in September, alleged pictures leak — Nokia is planning to launch its first Windows RT tablet in September. Sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed to The Verge that the company will unveil its tablet at a special launch event in New York next month.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple Acquired Matcha Because It Got The Recommendation Recipe Right — News broke that Apple had acquired Matcha, a video programming recommendation site, earlier this week. It's not surprising, despite the company's relative unknown status and small amount of total funding …
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Wants to Get a Million Programmers to “Code for India” — Karl Mehta has spent years doing financial startups and more recently worked as a venture capitalist, helping other technology companies get their start. — Now the Menlo Ventures partner is embarking … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft killing Games for Windows Live store on August 22nd — Microsoft is shutting down its Games for Windows Live marketplace on August 22nd. In a support note on the company's Xbox site, Microsoft reveals that its Points system and PC Marketplace will be closed … | Drew Fitzgerald / Wall Street Journal: |
With Gmail Overhaul, Not All Mail Is Equal — Google Funnels Offers Into ‘Promotions’ Folder, Tops Them With Its Own Ads; Kate Spade, Groupon and Gap Want Out — For some retailers that rely on emailed promotions, Google Inc. is adding insult to injury. — When the search giant overhauled …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Flexes Its Location Muscle, Tests Out Highlights Of Live Events Happening Near You — Yesterday we reported how Twitter was testing out a new Trending box for TV programs to run at the top of your timeline; today we've spotted a test for yet another new feature: alerts for live events that are happening right near you.
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Why Some Startups Say the Cloud Is a Waste of Money — Eric Frenkiel is through with convention and conformity. It was just too expensive. — In Silicon Valley, tech startups typically build their businesses with help from cloud computing services — services that provide instant access …
Tweets: @zacman85, @simpleprodmgr and @qthrul
| Jared Newman / PC World: |
Microsoft's Kinect and $150 software transforms ordinary surfaces into touchscreens — Working with Microsoft, a company called Ubi Interactive is bringing us ever-closer to the day when everything is a touch screen. — Microsoft — The software from Ubi (no relation to the game publisher Ubisoft) … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Payments Test Isn't A PayPal Competitor, It's A Companion That Fills In Billing Info — Facebook is testing a way to make paying with a credit card easier, but it works with PayPal, not against it as AllThingsD wrote. The feature pre-fills credit card and billing info …
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| Brian Crecente / Polygon: |
Plague of game dev harassment erodes industry, spurs support groups — The greatest threat to the video game industry may be some of its most impassioned fans. Increasingly, game developers are finding themselves under attack by some of the very people they devote their lives to entertaining.| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Copyright Troll Ran Pirate Bay Honeypot, Comcast Confirms — As the poster child for copyright trolls, Prenda Law has been running into all sorts of trouble lately. — In June, Prenda and its boss John Steele were accused of running a “honeypot” based on an expert report authored by Delvan Neville … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Viacom-Sony TV Is a Big Deal. It's Also the Same Deal We Already Have. — Viacom's deal to deliver its cable TV shows to a new Web video service from Sony isn't final. — But it is a big deal: As the Wall Street Journal first reported today, this is the first time a major programmer has agreed … Sponsor Posts
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