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The NSA has its own team of elite hackers — Our Post colleagues have had a busy day. First, they released documents revealing the U.S. intelligence budget from National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden. Then they recounted exactly how the hunt for Osama bin Laden went down.| Patrick Gray / Wired: |
Tech Companies and Government May Soon Go to War Over Surveillance — Everyone assumes that technology companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google don't care that their customers are being spied on. I don't believe that's true. — On the very day the media dropped detailed documents …
Tweets: @dangillmor and @jilliancyork
| Washington Post: |
U.S. spy network's successes, failures and objectives detailed in ‘black budget’ summary — U.S. spy agencies have built an intelligence-gathering colossus since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but remain unable to provide critical information to the president on a range of national security threats …
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| Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM: |
More Galaxy Gear details leak: 10 hour battery life, two storage options — We've already heard most of the details on Samsung's smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, but there's still room (and time) for some more information. The latest leaks from AmongTech confirm what our sources have told us but with the addition of a few more tidibts.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
Screenshots of Samsung's ‘Galaxy Gear’ smartwatch companion app leak ahead of Sept. 4 unveiling — We've been hearing a lot about Samsung's upcoming smartwatch dubbed “Galaxy Gear” in recent weeks, and just a few days ago Samsung's Lee Young-hee confirmed that the device …
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| Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM: |
Nokia unveils its connected car platform: Here Auto — After years of being the auto industry's mapmaker, Nokia on Friday announced its intention to become a much bigger technological force in the vehicle. Nokia took the wraps off of Here Auto, an embedded infotainment and connected car system … | Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Is Said to Be in Talks to Invest in Foursquare — Microsoft is in talks with Foursquare about a potential investment in the social-media company, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The talks are at an advanced stage, said two of the people … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
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Thanks:@mattlynley| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft makes latest Surface price cuts permanent — Summary: Microsoft is cutting prices on Surface Pro, Surface RT and touch covers and making those cuts permanent, rather than promotional. — Microsoft has made previously temporary price-cut promotions for its Surface devices permanent.
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| Joanna Stern / ABC News: |
Twitter Conversations New Blue Line Causing Many Twitter Users to Feel Blue … Twitter made some updates on Wednesday to its apps and its website, as it does from time to time. The biggest change was intended to make it easier to keep up with conversations on the social network.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple begins training support staff on iOS 7 & iTunes Radio, preparing for customer surprise — Apple has started training its AppleCare technical support staff on the changes and feature-set of iOS 7, according to multiple AppleCare employees. These people say that training began today …
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| Michael Steeber / 9to5Mac: |
Gold, Graphite iPhone 5S shells shown on video, structure compared to iPhone 5 — In what seems to be a never-ending string of “gold” iPhone 5S part leaks, new high-quality videos analyze what appear to be legitimate rear shells for the upcoming iPhone 5S...
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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Three Months After Being Banned From The App Store, Bang With Friends Returns As “Down” — They're baaack. — Bang With Friends, the Facebook friend hookup app that seemed to be endlessly engulfed in one controversy or another earlier this year, is returning to the iOS App Store … | Harry Brignull / The Verge: |
Dark Patterns: inside the interfaces designed to trick you — These carefully crafted elements are built to misdirect and confuse — Harry Brignull is a London, UK-based independent user experience designer with a PhD in cognitive science. He is also the founder of Dark Patterns … | BBC: |
Amazon to alter pricing policy for traders — Online retailer Amazon is to alter its pricing policy for third-party traders amid investigations in the UK and Germany. — It will drop a clause banning traders signed up to its Marketplace platform from offering products elsewhere for cheaper.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Unpatched Mac bug gives attackers “super user” status by going back in time — Researchers have made it easier to exploit a five-month-old security flaw that allows penetration testers and less-ethical hackers to gain nearly unfettered “root” access to Macs over which they already have limited control.
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SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, SlashGear, Naked Security, Macworld, Threatpost, TUAW, MacNN, AppleInsider and MacRumors
| Alexander C. Kaufman / International Business Times: |
Exclusive: Aereo To Launch On Android In September, Says CEO — Aereo uses tiny antennas to pick up over-the-air signals and beam them to subscribers' iPads and computers. Courtesy of Aereo — Aereo, the upstart television streaming service, plans to launch its product on Android devices in September …
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Digital Trends, Softpedia News, The Next Web, GadgeTell, Engadget, GigaOM and The Verge. See also Mediagazer
| Dan Farber / CNET: |
A vote for Bill Gates as interim Microsoft CEO — “There is no clear candidate with the visionary skills to turn company around other than Bill Gates,” says Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff. — The evaluations of Steve Ballmer's 33 years at Microsoft are winding down …
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| AppleInsider: |
Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac launches with cloud storage support, Windows 8 Start button, 40% faster read times — Existing Parallels users can now get their hands on Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac, the latest version of the virtualization software that lets Mac users run Windows applications natively …
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| Brandon Russell / TechnoBuffalo: |
BBM for Android and iPhone Gets Landing Page, Launch Imminent — It won't be long until BlackBerry Messenger is out on more platforms. But before the service officially launches, the company has set up a landing page to help familiarize Android and iPhone users with what BBM has to offer.
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