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President Obama defends NSA program in ‘Charlie Rose’ interview
— With questions about the NSA and FBI's surveillance programs mounting, President Barack Obama took to Charlie Rose last night to try to lay critics' concerns to rest. Between questions on Syria and cybersecurity talks with China …
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Inside Pocket: how a startup beat its rivals to build the ‘DVR for everything’
— Nate Weiner turned down millions from Evernote to stay independent — but how big a business can you build off a bookmarklet? — The day before he turned 27, Nate Weiner drove from San Francisco to Mountain View …
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Sony's flagship Xperia Z finally arrives on a US carrier, available from T-Mobile in ‘coming weeks’
— Sony's Xperia Z, the high-end, ruggedized Android phone that was announced at CES, is getting its first launch on a US carrier. The phone will be available exclusively on T-Mobile in the …
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Apple claims it can't decrypt FaceTime and iMessage data, details extent of government requests
— In the wake of the PRISM scandal, Apple has issued a public statement detailing the extent of US government data requests. In the statement, it repeats that it does not provide any agency …
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Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced coming soon, but most carriers aren't ready
— Samsung is planning to release a variant of the Galaxy S4 that supports LTE Advanced (LTE-A), the next generation of superfast mobile data. The device will come to South Korea within weeks, according …
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Edward Snowden says ‘the truth is coming,’ but when will we see the rest of his evidence?
— Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old intelligence contractor who exposed the secret NSA PRISM surveillance program on June 6th, is answering questions from the public for the first time since revealing himself to the world.
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Xbox Music and Windows Store redesigns revealed in Windows 8.1 alongside new apps
— Microsoft is tweaking a number of its built-in apps for Windows 8.1, but the Music app appears to include the most changes. A freshly redesigned copy of the Windows Store in leaked builds of Windows 8.1 …
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President Obama orders government spectrum to be opened for wireless broadband
— President Obama may still be facing many questions over the NSA surveillance efforts of phone and internet users, but he's moving forward with another government technology effort that's not likely to draw quite as much controversy.
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Office for iPhone: Microsoft delivers basic document editing, but no iPad version
— After months of rumors and speculation on Microsoft's Office plans for iOS, the software giant is finally delivering a copy for iPhone today. Office Mobile for iOS will be strictly iPhone only initially …
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Escape from PRISM: how Twitter defies government data-sharing
— The company has a reputation for fighting back against government information requests. But how long can it hold out? — When the list of prominent internet companies participating in a semi-secret government surveillance …
Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)
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 …
99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.