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“Threshold” to be Called Windows 9, Ship in April 2015 — Microsoft tries to put Windows 8 in the rear-view mirror — At the BUILD developer conference in April 2014, Microsoft will discuss its vision for the future of Windows, including a year-off release codenamed “Threshold” that will most likely be called Windows 9.
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| Ben Thompson / stratechery: |
Tablets initiated the PC decline; the complexity of Windows 8 accelerated it — Windows 8 and the Cost of Complexity — PCs just suffered their worse quarter ever. From the WSJ: … Here are the last 10 years of PC Sales from IDC (thanks to Charles Arthur, who wrote a great column today … | Reuters: |
Exclusive: More well-known U.S. retailers victims of cyber attacks - sources — (Reuters) - Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only U.S. retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season last year, according to sources familiar with attacks on other merchants that have yet to be publicly disclosed.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Hackers Steal Card Data from Neiman Marcus — Responding to inquiries about a possible data breach involving customer credit and debit card information, upscale retailer Neiman Marcus acknowledged today that it is working with the U.S. Secret Service to investigate a hacker break-in that has exposed an unknown number of customer cards.
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| John Paczkowski / Re/code: |
A Whitman Sampler? Not Exactly, as Apple's Latest Ad Markets With Verse. — When the San Francisco 49ers met the Carolina Panthers in NFL playoff game Sunday, Apple was there. With a brand new ad, its first big broadcast spot touting the new iPad Air. — Dubbed “Your Verse Anthem,” …
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| Eurogamer.net: |
A third-party developer explains the challenges of working with Nintendo and the Wii U — The Secret Developers: Wii U - the inside story — From reveal to launch and beyond - a third-party developer talks about the challenges of working with Nintendo and its latest console.| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
All Hail The Uber Man! How Sharp-Elbowed Salesman Travis Kalanick Became Silicon Valley's Newest Star — Shafqat Islam's phone was ringing. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the number on the screen. It said unknown, but he took the call anyway. — “Hi, this is Travis,” a voice said.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Web-Based Access To Dropbox Files Is Back For 99% Of Users, But Service Interruption Nears 48 Hours — Many Dropbox users are still facing a partial outage that has been going on for nearly 48 hours at this point, and Dropbox is still scrambling to restore all services to everyone.
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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
How and when the iMac and Mac Pro can go Retina — Three major factors have probably prevented a proper 2×-in-each-dimension “Retina” version of today's 27″ iMac and standalone Thunderbolt Display, which would need to be 5120×2880 pixels: — Nobody makes general-purpose LCD panels with that resolution today.
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| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Beats Music launches in US on Jan. 21 for $10 monthly, $15 monthly for families through AT&T, no free tier — Beats Music Enters Online Streaming Market — SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Jimmy Iovine, whose career as a recording engineer, producer and music executive stretches from John Lennon to Lady Gaga …
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Tweets: @jasonzada, @caseynewton, @elliottwilson, @anildash, @rob_sheridan and @beatsmusic
See also Mediagazer| Gautham Nagesh / Digits: |
Regulators face privacy and security challenges while framing rules for the Internet of Things — Setting Rules for the Internet of Things — Doors that unlock via smartphone. Household appliances that can be operated remotely. Baby clothes with sensors that notify parents when their child rolls over.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Tweets: @elinalappalaine, @mikeaich and @acfoltzer
| John Markoff / New York Times: |
Semiconductor designers researching “self assembling” circuits using nanomaterials — Designing the Next Wave of Computer Chips — PALO ALTO, Calif. — Not long after Gordon E. Moore proposed in 1965 that the number of transistors that could be etched on a silicon chip …
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| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Queries to DuckDuckGo increased over 2.5X after Snowden revelations, totaled 1B for 2013 — Anonymous search tool DuckDuckGo answered 1bn queries in 2013 — The ‘anti-Google’, which searches the web without tracking or monitoring the user, now answers 4m queries a day
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