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January 19, 2015, 12:00 PM

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New York Times:

N.S.A. Tapped Into North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — The trail that led American officials to blame North Korea for the destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November winds back to 2010, when the National Security Agency scrambled …

Tim Culpan / Bloomberg:

Source: HTC to unveil smartwatch with Under Armour fitness service integration and flagship M9 phone with Snapdragon 810, 20MP rear camera in March — HTC Said to Plan Better Camera Phone, First Smartwatch in March — HTC Corp. (2498) plans to unveil a marquee phone in March with improved camera …

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Amazon announces plans to make movies for theaters, Prime streaming — Amazon Studios is going to start making movies, and you'll be seeing them in theaters before they become available for streaming on Prime. Fresh off Golden Globe wins for its original series Transparent …

Dan Ackerman / CNET:

Dell XPS 13 review: thin bezel, decent 7 hour battery life, good value at $799, but high-res touchscreen costs an additional $500 — Dell XPS 13 (2015) review: Stunning screen, compact design make XPS 13 the first great laptop of 2015 — The Good Dell's revamped XPS 13 has a nearly borderless display …

More: Digital Trends and Windows Central

Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:

KGI: Apple likely to launch simple stylus to enhance upcoming 12.9-inch iPad user experience — Previous Comments — Stylus, eh? — Well... I guess people will probably quote Jobs' opinion about the merits of a stylus (he was against it). — But a few thoughts:

Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:

Google in talks to invest in SpaceX at $10B+ valuation to support Internet satellites project — Google Nears Major Investment in SpaceX to Bolster Satellites — Google is close to investing in rocket maker SpaceX, according to several people familiar with the talks …

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Filmmakers depict more realistic hacking than usual in Blackhat by hiring hacking consultants — Blackhat brings some hacking realism to Hollywood, but to what effect? — During one scene in the upcoming hacker action movie Blackhat, a team is sent into the control room of a burned …

More: The Daily Beast, Fusion, Quora, Wired, The Verge, Wired, BBC and Engadget

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Mark Scott / New York Times:

British Fraud Office Ends HP-Autonomy Inquiry — LONDON — The Serious Fraud Office of Britain said on Monday that it had closed its investigation into suspected accounting and disclosure abuses connected to Hewlett-Packard's $11 billion purchase of the British technology company Autonomy.

More: Gigaom, sfo.gov.uk, TechCrunch, Re/code, The Register, Reuters, BBC, Telegraph and Beyond Search

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

Indie developer of podcast app Overcast details sales stats, reports $15.6K average monthly revenue — Overcast's 2014 sales numbers — Nobody ever wants to talk about money. — But current and prospective indie app developers could really use more information on the subject.

More: 9to5Mac, SiliconANGLE, Daring Fireball and MacStories

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Thanks:@daveschmierer

Paul Carsten / Reuters:

Microsoft's Outlook service subject to the man-in-the-middle attack in China this weekend, according to GreatFire.org — After Gmail blocked in China, Microsoft's Outlook hacked, says GreatFire — (Reuters) - Chinese users of Microsoft Corp's Outlook email service were subject …

More: GreatFire.org, TechCrunch, ZDNet, The Next Web, The Hill, Infosecurity Magazine, Techcircle.in and Neowin

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Uber Wants to Create 50,000 Jobs, Take 400,000 Cars Off the Road in Europe This Year — Uber chief Travis Kalanick said he wants to expand operations in Europe and, in the process, create 50,000 jobs and take 400,000 personal vehicles off the road. — Kalanick said the ride-sharing service …

More: Uber Blog, BBC, Gigaom, New York Times, Tech Times, Digital Trends, CNET, PC World, SiliconANGLE, Electronista, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, The Next Web, VentureBeat and USA Today

Tweets: @bill_gross, @felixsalmon, @amcafee, @amcafee and @bill_gross

Agence France-Presse:

Bangladesh shuts down messaging services to quell violence — dhaka (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Bangladeshi telecoms authorities Sunday shut down smartphone messaging and voice services Viber and Tango, which have become a popular communication medium for supporters of the anti-government protests now in their third week.

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