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September 24, 2012, 4:40 AM

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Source: Apple Aggressively Recruiting Ex-Google Maps Staff To Build Out iOS Maps  —  Apple is going after people with experience working on Google Maps to develop its own product, according to a source with connections on both teams.  Using recruiters, Apple is pursuing a strategy …
Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:
Apple Maps: Damned If You Do, Googled If You Don't  —  While still a teenager, my youngest daughter was determined to take on the role of used car salesperson when we sold our old Chevy Tahoe.  Her approach was impeccable: Before letting the prospective buyer so much as touch the car …
Richard Lai / Engadget:
Riot breaks out at Foxconn's Taiyuan plant, reportedly over guards beating up a worker  —  News just came in that workers at Foxconn's Taiyuan plant have started a riot in the wee hours in China, and that police forces are on site to control the crowd.  While the motive isn't clear …
New York Times:
Foxconn Factory in Taiyuan, China, Is Closed After Worker Riot  —  Foxconn Technology, a major supplier to some of the world's electronics giants, including Apple, said on Monday that it had closed one of its large Chinese plants early Monday after police were called in to break up a fight among factory employees.
James Glanz / New York Times:
Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy, Belying Industry Image  —  SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jeff Rothschild's machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately.  They were about to melt.  —  The company had been packing a 40-by-60-foot rental space here with racks …
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
New Zealand Prime Minister orders enquiry into “unlawful” spying of Kim Dotcom  —  The Kim Dotcom saga continues to unfold in New Zealand after the country's prime minister ordered a full enquiry into claims that the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) unlawfully spied on the Megaupload founder.
Steven Johnson / New York Times:
The Internet?  We Built That  —  Who created the Internet and why should we care?  These questions, so often raised during the Bush-Gore election in 2000, have found their way back into the political debate this season — starting with one of the most cited texts of the preconvention campaign …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET:
FBI renews broad Internet surveillance push  —  Director Robert Mueller tells Congress that police are “increasingly unable” to bring criminals to justice because rapid advances in technology thwart surveillance.  —  The FBI is renewing its request for new Internet surveillance laws …

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