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Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Apple CEO Tim Cook strongly defends tax policy at Senate hearing   —  WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook strongly defended the company's tax practices Tuesday at a Senate hearing highlighting the technology giant's use of Irish subsidiaries to shelter billions of dollars in income from U.S. taxes.
May 21, 2013, 12:45 PMIn context
Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times:
Facebook promises to fix Home with upgrades after user complaints   —  MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook Home was introduced with much fanfare one month ago.  So far it has not lived up to the hype.  —  The app for Android smartphones has a two-star rating in the Google Play store.
May 9, 2013, 7:30 PMIn context
Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times:
Consumers' shift to older iPhones raises concerns on Wall Street   —  So many consumers are opting to buy older iPhone models that some analysts wonder whether Apple has lost its ability to create new versions that dazzle.  —  A customer takes a look at the Apple iPhone 5 at the Apple Store in San Francisco.
Apr 27, 2013, 8:45 AMIn context
Jon Healey / Los Angeles Times:
Grooveshark adds a new feature: broadcasting   —  A screen grab of a new feature dubbed “Broadcast” at Grooveshark, a controversial online music-on-demand service.  (Grooveshark)  —  Grooveshark, still evolving in spite of lawsuits by major record companies, is launching a new feature Wednesday …
Apr 22, 2013, 2:10 PMIn context
Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times:
Cyber security bill pits tech giants against privacy activists   —  The two groups joined forces last year to fight the Stop Online Piracy Act.  Now the battle over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, will show each side's clout.  —  Cyber Intelligence Sharing …
Apr 15, 2013, 4:20 AMIn context
Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times:
Obama administration: CISPA bill must do more to protect privacy   —  The Obama administration issued a statement Thursday that indicated it's not likely to support a cybersecurity bill approved by the U.S. House Intelligence Committee this week.  While stopping short of an outright veto threat …
Apr 12, 2013, 10:55 AMIn context
Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times:
Mark Zuckerberg's political wingman: Fwd.us founder Joe Green   —  Joe Green is founder and president of Fwd.us, a new political advocacy group funded by Mark Zuckerberg and other prominent Silicon Valley executives.  (Peter DaSilva / For The Times)  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Green …
Apr 12, 2013, 12:50 AMIn context
Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times:
Tests found major flaws in parolee GPS monitoring devices   —  One company's devices were deemed so unreliable that California ordered a complete switch to another firm's, citing ‘imminent danger’ to the public.  A lawsuit ensued.  —  A little more than a year ago, California quietly began conducting tests …
Apr 1, 2013, 7:20 PMIn context
Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times:
Apple aims to win over video editors   —  The redesign of Final Cut Pro editing software was met with derision in 2011.  Now, after seven updates to the product, Apple is launching a marketing effort for its Final Cut Pro X.  —  A breakthrough for Final Cut Pro came in 2003 …
Mar 28, 2013, 1:20 PMIn context
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
How Apple invites facile analysis   —  Conjecture and misunderstanding can trump actual knowledge when it comes to evaluating a company; the hubbub surrounding Apple is a case study.  —  Tech conjecture on Apple has been little more than myth-making.  Above, iPads for sale in China.
Mar 24, 2013, 11:25 PMIn context

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Defrag Tools: WPT - Command Line  —  Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder, and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
Cloud Foundry:
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry  —  In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
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Hortonworks » Blog:
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah!  HDP for Windows is Now GA!  —  Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks”  —  Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).