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NSA Said to Have Used Heartbleed Bug, Exposing Consumers — The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said.
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| IC ON THE RECORD: |
NSA and Federal government were not aware of Heartbleed vulnerability before April 2014 — Statement on Bloomberg News story that NSA knew about the “Heartbleed bug” flaw and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence — April 11, 2014 — NSA was not aware of the recently …
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Two people independently obtained SSL private keys with Heartbleed exploits, solving CloudFlare's challenge — The Heartbleed Challenge — So far, two people have independently solved the Heartbleed Challenge. The first was submitted at 4:22:01PST by Fedor Indutny (@indutny).
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Amazon plans to announce a smartphone in June, to ship by the end of September — Amazon Preparing to Release Smartphone — Retailer Has Plans to Announce Phone in June, Begin Shipping By End of September — Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to release a smartphone in the second half of this year … | Re/code: |
Amazon is wooing app developers for upcoming smartphone with money, Amazon Web Services, more — Amazon's Hard Sell: Gaining Developers for Its Coming Smartphones — As Amazon prepares for the launch of its first smartphones, the company faces a daunting task: Ensuring that the devices …
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
IAC bought 11% of Tinder from Palihapitiya for only $55M, valuating company at $500M — Hot but Not That Hot: Tinder Stake Sale Puts Valuation of Whole Startup at $500 Million — As in dating online, a Bloomberg report from earlier today that put the valuation of popular dating app Tinder …
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| Drew Houston / The Dropbox Blog: |
Dropbox responds to uproar over Condoleezza Rice: our commitment to your rights and privacy will continue — Our commitment to your rights and privacy — There's nothing more important to us than keeping your stuff safe and secure. It's why we've been fighting for transparency …
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Another SF protest at the home of a Googler targets lawyer accused of evicting families — SF housing protests get personal as another Googler is confronted at home — There's an undeniable second boom underway in the tech sector, and the consequences, both positive and negative … | Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Apple rests its case against Samsung after calling it a copycat yet again — After nearly five full days of court, Apple has rested its case against Samsung, marking a turning point in a trial where billions of dollars hang in the balance. Now it's Samsung's turn to go on the offensive …
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| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
Appeals court reverses hacker/troll “weev” conviction and sentence [Updated] — A federal appeals court Friday reversed and vacated the conviction and sentence of hacker and Internet troll Andrew “weev” Auernheimer. — The case against Auernheimer, who has often been in solitary confinement …
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Apple Developers Must Now Agree To Ad Identifier Rules Or Risk App Store Rejection — Apple has just updated a section in iTunes Connect, the service mobile developers use to distribute and update their applications on the iTunes App Store, with new language that details how the Advertising Identifier … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft experiments with making Windows Live Tiles interactive — Summary: Microsoft researchers are looking at ways to allow Windows 8, Windows Phone and Xbox users able to interact directly with Live Tiles. — Microsoft researchers in Asia are experimenting with the usefulness …
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| Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Report: 44% of Twitter Accounts Have Never Sent a Tweet — Twitter is having no trouble signing up users. But some new research provides an update on the size of an ongoing problem: getting people to tweet. — A report from Twopcharts, a website that monitors Twitter account activity … | Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google is testing a program with advertisers to match web users to in-store sales — Google Tests a Way to Follow You to the Mall — Internet Giant Working With Advertisers to Match Web Users to Their Purchases at Stores — Retailers have long struggled to determine whether online ads fuel sales …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sprint to offer carrier billing and free trials for Spotify service in planned partnership — Sprint and Spotify Plan to Partner Up — Sprint and Spotify are working to push the streaming music service out to the wireless carrier's customers. — A planned tie-up between the two companies … | Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
ZEFR Is Selling MovieClips To Comcast's Fandango — Los Angeles-based ZEFR has built a huge business by helping content owners and brands to track and monetize video content on YouTube. But years after launching as a destination site for movie fans to discover and watch their favorite scenes online … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Box Defeats Preliminary Injunction In OpenText's $268M Patent Infringement Case — Some positive legal news for Box, the cloud services company that is preparing for an IPO. A judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction of one of its products — originally requested … Sponsor Posts
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