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Box shares close at $23.23, up over 65% on first day of trading after $175M IPO — Box Surges in Cloud-Storage Debut After $175 Million IPO — Box Inc. jumped in its trading debut after raising $175 million in its initial public offering. — The shares rose 73 percent to $24.25 …
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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Cortana, revamped Start menu, and Xbox app — Although Microsoft originally said it would release its new Windows 10 preview next week, the company has launched it today. The January build, as the company is calling this version …
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| Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
Google's Project Zero discloses three OS X vulnerabilities requiring access to machine; Apple's fix is still only in Yosemite's beta build — Latest OS X 10.10.2 beta kills Google-disclosed vulnerabilities dead — Google's Project Zero research program has disclosed and released proof … | BuzzFeed: |
Uber suspended at least a dozen drivers because they complied with California law and registered commercial plates — Flouting Law, Uber Suspends Drivers For Properly Registering Cars — The ride-hailing giant has suspended some drivers in California who registered cars for commercial use.
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Walmart starts selling its Vudu Spark streaming stick for $25 — Remember Walmart's very own HDMI streaming stick, which I spotted in the FFC's online database two months ago? Turns out Walmart already started selling it for just $24.95, and is now getting ready to make it more widely available.| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
Sony, Google, Apple Hit With Lawsuits Over Pre-1972 Music — The lawsuits have the potential of wiping out much older music from the Internet. — All of the leading providers of streaming music are now in the scorching hot legal zone involving pre-1972 music after seven lawsuits were filed … | Brian Donohue / Threatpost: |
Report: automated tank gauges at over 5,000 US gas stations are vulnerable to remote hacks — Thousands of US Gas Stations Vulnerable to Remote Hacks — The gauges that detect and prevent fuel leaks at more than 5,000 gas stations in the United States are utterly vulnerable to remote attacks …
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UK's House of Lords plans to debate revised “snooper's charter” surveillance bill Monday — 'Snooper's charter': four Lords in bid to pass changed version before election — Cross-party group's last-minute amendments spark concern over scope of access to data intelligence agencies would get| Jack Chang / Associated Press: |
China blocks VPN services that skirt online censorship — BEIJING (AP) — China is blocking VPN services that let users skirt online censorship of popular websites such as Google and Facebook amid a wider crackdown on online information, tech companies and specialists said Friday.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches Private Docker Repositories For Cloud Platform Users — Google today announced the beta launch of the Google Container Registry for its Cloud Platform. This new service allows developers to host, share and manage their private Docker container repositories on the company's cloud computing platform.| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Popular Task Management App ‘Any.do’ Comes to Mac — Any.DO today announced the launch of a Mac version of Any.Do, the company's popular task management app for iOS, allowing users to manage their tasks and to-dos on multiple platforms throughout the day. While the app quietly went live last week …
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