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NSA is using radio waves to monitor and alter data on computers not connected to the Internet — N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States …
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HP to Re-Enter Smartphone Market With “Phablets” in India — Hewlett-Packard will today announce plans to re-enter the market for smartphones and tablets that it exited in 2011, with a pair of voice-enabled tablets that will debut in India later this year. — HP's plans call for releasing … | John Herrman / BuzzFeed: |
Welcome To The Net Neutrality Nightmare Scenario — Net neutrality advocates just lost their biggest battle yet. Welcome to “Internet 3.0.” — Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Thomas Wheeler listens to public comments during a town hall meeting in Oakland, California January 9, 2014.
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Apple-China Mobile deal a ‘watershed’ moment: Tim Cook — By: Reporting by Eunice Yoon, Written by Dhara Ranasinghe — Apple CEO Tim Cook says the deal to sell iPhones on China Mobile's vast network is a “watershed” moment. — A deal to sell iPhones on China Mobile's vast network is a …
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Intel shelves cutting-edge Arizona chip factory — (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O), hit by slumping personal computer sales, has put off opening a major chip factory that President Barack Obama once held up as an example of U.S. manufacturing potential. — The “Fab 42” facility built in Chandler …
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| Mike Isaac / Re/code: |
Facebook Could Launch Its Flipboard-Like News Reader This Month — After years of experimentation, cancellations and redesigns, Facebook looks like it is finally going to launch in the coming weeks a news reading service built for mobile devices. — The product is known as “Paper,” …
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| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Thousands Of Hotel Listings Were Hijacked In Google+ Local — Thousands of hotels listed within Google+ Local appear to have had links leading to their official sites “hijacked” and replaced with ones leading to third-party booking services. Google+ Local listings are what Google depends … | Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Why Techmeme's calendar is now listing even more events — Nearly two years ago, Techmeme began listing technology events, both on its front page, which showed events expected to result in news on Techmeme, and a dedicated events page which showed the same list, but projected several more months into the future.
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Patent stunner: Under attack, nation's most notorious “troll” sues federal gov't — Texas lawyer Jay Mac Rust, pictured here in 2006, has been revealed as the owner of MPHJ Technology Investments. — Super Lawyers — MPHJ Technology Investments quickly became one of the best-known … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Silicon Valley workers may pursue collusion case as group- court — Roughly 60,000 Silicon Valley workers won clearance to pursue a lawsuit accusing Apple Inc, Google Inc and other companies of conspiring to drive down pay by not poaching each other's staff, after a federal appeals court refused …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Chrome 32 launches with noisy tab indicators, new Windows 8 look, better malware blocking, and supervised users — Google today released Chrome version 32 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new version includes tab indicators, a new look for Windows 8 Metro mode, and automatic blocking of malware downloads.| BBC: |
EU-funded RoboEarth project is a cloud-based system for robots to learn from each other — Robots test their own world wide web, dubbed RoboEarth — A world wide web for robots to learn from each other and share information is being shown off for the first time.
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| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Surveillance-court judges oppose White House group's NSA proposals — Current and former judges on the nation's secret surveillance court said in a letter released Tuesday that several recommendations made by a White House review group would significantly increase the court's workload and undermine its effectiveness.
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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Horizon Shoots All Of Your Videos In Landscape, No Matter How You Hold Your Phone — Good news! You just shot what might be the world's funniest video ever. You're going to be a friggin' YouTube sensation. You're totally going to hang out with Ellen. — Bad news: you shot the video in portrait mode.
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Cult of Mac, Gearburn, TUAW, SlashGear, The Next Web, MacNN, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, PhoneArena, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac and Evil Window Dog blog
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| Jennifer Slegg / Search Engine Watch: |
Bing Begins Rollout of Secure Search, Say Goodbye to More Keyword Data — ClickZ Intel is a resource hub for online marketers. Gain access to white papers, webinars, case studies and more! — In November, we reported that Microsoft was looking into switching their search traffic into encrypted SSL search.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Coinye developers say they're abandoning project as Kanye West escalates legal battle — Kanye West has escalated his legal battle against Coinye, filing a trademark-infringement lawsuit against unnamed digital currency operators and 100 anonymous co-defendants, even as some people involved with the project appear to have abandoned it.| Writankar Mukherjee / The Econonomic Times: |
Apple to relaunch 8GB version of iPhone 4 in India as sales lag — KOLKATA: Apple is set to relaunch the 8GB version of the iPhone 4 in the Indian market after losing sales and market share in the middle segment to rival Samsung in the last quarter after pulling out the model as part of a global strategy.
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