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August 23, 2013, 4:40 PM

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Microsoft:
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months  —  Board of directors initiates succession process; Ballmer remains CEO until successor is named.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided to retire as CEO within the next 12 months …
Microsoft:
Moving forward  —  Text of an internal email from Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer to employees regarding his plan to retire.  —  I am writing to let you know that I will retire as CEO of Microsoft within the next 12 months, after a successor is chosen.
ZDNet:
Microsoft's Ballmer on his biggest regret, the next CEO and more  —  Summary: I had 15 minutes today to ask Microsoft's outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer a few questions.  We talked his biggest regrets, his thinking on what's next and more.  Here's Part 1.  —  Mary Jo Foley
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Steve Ballmer Just Made $769 Million  —  As difficult as it may have been for Steve Ballmer to announce his plans to retire as CEO of Microsoft within the next year, there's one thing that likely made it a bit easier to stomach — the big spike in his personal wealth that followed.
Nicholas Thompson / Currency:
Why Steve Ballmer Failed  —  Steve Ballmer, the C.E.O. of Microsoft, finally figured out a way to make some money for himself: he quit.  This morning, Ballmer announced that he will retire within the next twelve months.  The company's stock surged; Ballmer is now worth about a billion dollars more than he was on Thursday.
Don Reisinger / CNET:
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies  —  The material provides the first evidence of a financial relationship between the tech companies and the NSA.  —  The National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to cover the costs of major internet companies involved …
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
NSA Analysts Intentionally Abused Spying Powers Multiple Times  —  Surveillance State: Three Ways You're Being Watched  —  Some National Security Agency analysts deliberately ignored restrictions on their authority to spy on Americans multiple times in the past decade …
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Amir Efrati / jessica lessin:
Exclusive: Google Designing Its Own Self-Driving Car, Considers ‘Robo Taxi’  —  From left, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, CEO Larry Page, and co-founder Sergey Brin in 2011.  (Credit: Google)  —  Google Inc., which has been working on software to help major automakers build self-driving cars …
Bloomberg:
Amazon Is Said to Have Tested a Wireless Network  —  Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) has tested a new wireless network that would allow customers to connect its devices to the Internet, according to people with knowledge of the matter.  —  The wireless network, which was tested in Cupertino …
Jamie Rigg / Engadget:
iWork for iCloud beta now open to anyone with an Apple ID  —  First it was available to developers, then a select few who received invitations, and now the beta of iWork for iCloud is available for all.  Apple's made no official announcement, but point your browser to icloud.com …
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Moto X on other carriers and developer editions rolling out “in days”  —  AT&T is now selling the Moto X online and in retail stores, beating other carriers to the punch.  That's about to change.  According to Punit Soni, VP, Product Management at Motorola Mobility, other carrier devices will roll out in days, per his Google+ account.
Dara Kerr / CNET:
Samsung denied new trial over Apple's ‘bounce-back’ patent  —  Amid planning for new damages retrial, Judge Koh rules that there will not be another new trial over the '381 patent.  —  A federal judge on Thursday denied Samsung's request for a new patent trial over Apple's “bounce-back” patent.

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