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October 9, 2015, 3:30 PM

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Dan Primack / Fortune:
“Last call!” — Valuations for later-stage tech companies are finally receding, say Silicon Valley dealmakers  —  Fear and sadness in Silicon Valley  —  Every couple of months I leave my small Massachusetts town — where most people still shop for their own groceries …
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
Remote computing firm LogMeIn to acquire password management service LastPass for $125M  —  LogMeIn just acquired LastPass to build one password platform to rule them all  —  Remote computing company LogMeIn announced today that it's agreed to acquire password management service LastPass …
Wall Street Journal:
Dell files confidentially for IPO of cybersecurity unit SecureWorks, may be worth up to $2B  —  Dell Files Confidentially for IPO of Cybersecurity Unit SecureWorks  —  SecureWorks could begin trading by year-end and may be worth as much as $2 billion  —  Dell Inc. has filed confidentially …
Washington Post:
Obama administration decides not to seek legislation forcing companies to decrypt data for law enforcement but doesn't disavow a legislative mandate  —  Obama administration opts not to force firms to decrypt data — for now  —  After months of deliberation, the Obama administration …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YC-backed Segment, which allows businesses to use a single API for event tracking, raises $27M Series B led by Thrive Capital  —  Segment Raises $27 Million For Its “One API To Rule Them All”  —  Segment, a Y Combinator-backed startup that allows businesses to use a single API for event tracking …
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Patent lawsuit filings down 33% year-over-year in Q3 2015, driven by drop in East Texas troll cases  —  New patent lawsuits down, driven by drop in East Texas “troll” cases  —  At this point, filing numbers are tied to just a few “non-practicing entities.”
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
US ITC: Samsung does not infringe Nvidia graphics chip patents, another Nvidia patent is invalid  —  Samsung does not infringe Nvidia graphics chip patents: U.S. ITC  —  Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has been cleared of using graphics chip technology owned by Nvidia Corp without permission …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook now offers profile picture frames to show support for one of eight college teams  —  Facebook Now Lets You Frame Your Profile Pic To Show Support For Your Favorite College Football Team  —  Facebook has been allowing users have a lot more fun with their profile pictures lately.
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Dow Jones Discloses Customer Data Breach  —  Wall Street Journal owner says financial data from 3,500 individuals may have been accessed  —  Dow Jones & Co. disclosed that hackers had gained unauthorized entry to its systems, accessing contact information for current and former subscribers in order to send fraudulent solicitations.

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