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Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Apple Executive Defends Pricing in Case on E-Books   —  Just days after Apple introduced the iPad and opened an e-bookstore, the biggest player in the e-book market, Amazon, changed the way it sold digital titles.  Steven P. Jobs took out his iPhone and shot off an e-mail to the Apple executive …
Jun 17, 2013, 7:00 PMIn context
New York Times:
After Profits, Defense Contractor Faces the Pitfalls of Cybersecurity   —  WASHINGTON — When the United Arab Emirates wanted to create its own version of the National Security Agency, it turned to Booz Allen Hamilton to replicate the world's largest and most powerful spy agency in the sands of Abu Dhabi.
Jun 16, 2013, 6:35 AMIn context
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind   —  SAN FRANCISCO — In a secret court in Washington, Yahoo's top lawyers made their case.  The government had sought help in spying on certain foreign users, without a warrant, and Yahoo had refused, saying the broad requests were unconstitutional.
Jun 13, 2013, 11:20 PMIn context
David Pogue / New York Times:
A Tablet That Doubles as a Desktop, or Vice Versa   —  The big breakthrough was the iPad: a flat, thin, beautiful, nearly buttonless computer, all touch screen.  But that was three years ago.  —  Ever since then, Apple's rivals have churned out iPad clones in different sizes.  Ten inches diagonal?
Jun 13, 2013, 9:10 AMIn context
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
A.C.L.U. Sues to Bar ‘Dragnet’ Collection of Phone Records   —  WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its “dragnet” collection of logs of domestic phone calls, contending that the once-secret program …
Jun 11, 2013, 3:45 PMIn context
New York Times:
How Edward J. Snowden Orchestrated a Blockbuster Story   —  WASHINGTON — The source had instructed his media contacts to come to Hong Kong, visit a particular out-of-the-way corner of a certain hotel, and ask — loudly — for directions to another part of the hotel.
Jun 11, 2013, 5:45 AMIn context
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Hong Kong Seen as Likely to Extradite Leaker if U.S. Asked   —  HONG KONG — In choosing Hong Kong as an initial place to take refuge from the United States government, the National Security Agency contractor who has acknowledged leaking documents has selected a jurisdiction where it may be possible …
Jun 10, 2013, 10:10 AMIn context
New York Times:
How the U.S. Uses Technology to Mine More Data More Quickly   —  WASHINGTON — When American analysts hunting terrorists sought new ways to comb through the troves of phone records, e-mails and other data piling up as digital communications exploded over the past decade, they turned …
Jun 8, 2013, 11:25 PMIn context
New York Times:
U.S. Helps Allies Trying to Battle Iranian Hackers   —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has begun helping Middle Eastern allies build up their defenses against Iran's growing arsenal of cyberweapons, and will be doing the same in Asia to contain computer-network attacks from North Korea, according to senior American officials.
Jun 8, 2013, 4:45 PMIn context
New York Times:
U.S. and China, Seeking to Ease Tensions, Pledge New Model of Cooperation   —  PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China said that they were building “a new model” of more cooperative relations after 40 years of diplomatic ups and downs as they wound down a second …
Jun 8, 2013, 1:30 PMIn context

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