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Protecting People On Facebook — Facebook, like every significant internet service, is frequently targeted by those who want to disrupt or access our data and infrastructure. As such, we invest heavily in preventing, detecting, and responding to threats that target our infrastructure …
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Facebook computers compromised by zero-day Java exploit — Facebook officials said they recently discovered that computers belonging to several of its engineers had been hacked using a zero-day Java attack that installed a collection of previously unseen malware.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft job postings confirm more about Windows and Windows Phone Blue — Summary: A new Microsoft job posting verifies that Windows Blue will include user experience improvements, not just under-the-covers interface tweaks. Bonus: There's a reference to ‘Windows Phone Blue’ on Microsoft's job site, too.
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| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google: |
To get products into more hands, Google will open its own stores by the end of the year — An extremely reliable source has confirmed to us that Google is in the process of building stand-alone retail stores in the U.S. and hopes to have the first flagship Google Stores open for the holidays in major metropolitan areas.
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
When Mayer Called Yahoo's Mobile Revenue “Nascent,” She Wasn't Kidding (And Here's the Actual Number She Left Out) — On Yahoo's recent fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Marissa Mayer called the company's mobile efforts a “nascent source of revenue,” a theme she reiterated in her appearance earlier … | Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
You're not gonna Like it: Facebook's new search struggles with the real world — Mark Zuckerberg needs to rethink Likes before Graph Search can shine — One week ago, I received a Facebook message from my friend David. “SUPER random question, but do you know a girl from Michigan whose name is Lauren and lives in Boston?” he asked.
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| John Herrman / BuzzFeed: |
Apple's Podcast Disaster — Is the company that basically invented the podcast putting it out to pasture? — Apple's podcast app is, without a doubt, the worst iOS app it's ever made. Others have been poorly received or largely ignored, but this is unprecedented: With nearly 6,000 ratings …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Mega update: Dotcom's service now accepts Bitcoin, will expand into email, chat, voice, video, and mobile — Kim Dotcom knows how to stir up a storm on Twitter. On Saturday, he announced Bitcoin support for his cloud storage service and also sent out a slew of tweets suggesting Mega … | Paul Marks / New Scientist: |
The computer that never crashes — A revolutionary new computer based on the apparent chaos of nature can reprogram itself if it finds a fault — OUT of chaos, comes order. A computer that mimics the apparent randomness found in nature can instantly recover from crashes by repairing corrupted data.
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| Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review: |
How Nest's Control Freaks Reinvented the Thermostat — Two men who created the iPod and iPhone founded Nest and injected new technology into the humble thermostat. Now they have their sights on the rest of your house. — With computing and design savvy, Matt Rogers (left) … | Wall Street Journal: |
Next Sony PlayStation to Stream Games — Sony Corp. is planning to offer technology to stream games to its next videogame console, people familiar with the company's plans say, alongside other enhancements to bolster its position in the market. — The new technology, to be unveiled Wednesday along …
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| Chris Burritt / Bloomberg: |
Best Buy Makes Price Match Permanent to Win Back Clients — Best Buy Co. will make permanent its holiday price-matching policy to get shoppers to stop using its stores for scouting products they later buy online elsewhere. — The year-round policy, designed to end the practice known as …
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