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March 27, 2013, 5:20 PM

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Dave Lee / BBC:

Global internet slows after ‘biggest attack in history’ — The row centres on the blocking of a web-hosting company alleged to be hosting spam websites — The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack in history.

New York Times:

Firm Is Accused of Sending Spam, and Fight Jams Internet — A squabble between a group fighting spam and a Dutch company that hosts Web sites said to be sending spam has escalated into one of the largest computer attacks on the Internet, causing widespread congestion and jamming crucial infrastructure around the world.

More: PC Magazine, Inquirer, The Atlantic Wire, The Register, CNET, Web Host Industry Review, The H Security, TG Daily, Gawker, Boing Boing, Betabeat, Salon, TechSpot, SiliconBeat and TechEye. Tweets: @mikko. Thanks:@cloudjunky

Matthew Prince / CloudFlare blog:

The DDoS That Almost Broke the Internet — The New York Times this morning published a story about the Spamhaus DDoS attack and how CloudFlare helped mitigate it and keep the site online. The Times calls the attack the largest known DDoS attack ever on the Internet. We wrote about the attack last week.

More: Computerworld, PC World, SecurityWeek and SocialTimes. Tweets: @wilbanks

Frank X. Shaw / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Looking Back and Springing Ahead — The following is a post from Frank X. Shaw, Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications at Microsoft. — Last week was the official start of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere. While some folks were out doing “spring cleaning,” …

More: Unity Technologies Blog, The Windows Blog, SiliconANGLE, LiveSide.net, CITEworld, POPSUGAR, Geek News Central, Phones Review, Gotta Be Mobile, BetaNews, HotHardware.com News, Ubergizmo, Windows Phone Daily, digitaltrends.com, Softpedia News and Mashable. Tweets: @edbott

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows Blue public preview planned for Build developer conference — Microsoft is gearing up to release its first public preview version of Windows Blue at its Build developer conference in late June. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed that the company started work on a …

More: BetaNews, Business Wire, TechCrunch, Redmond Pie, TechCrunch, TechSpot, Geek.com, Neowin, WinBeta and Los Angeles Times

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft's Office ‘Gemini’: Windows Blue's twin — Summary: The Windows team isn't the only one ‘reimagining’ how to build and deliver future versions of its core product. The Office unit is, too. — Windows Blue, Windows Server Blue, Windows Phone Blue, Windows Services Blue.

More: VentureBeat, Engadget, TechSpot, CNET, Neowin, Softpedia News and MSFTKitchen

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Google Glass Will Be Made In The U.S.A., Report Claims, At An Assembly Facility In Santa Clara — Google Glass, the advanced head-mounted computing project the company is gearing up for a possible launch later this year, will be assembled in the U.S., according to a new report from the Financial Times today.

More: Financial Times, The Verge, Computerworld, Betabeat, Business Insider, 9to5Google, Engadget, The Next Web and PhoneArena

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

One in Five BlackBerry 10 Apps Is Really an Android App — One of BlackBerry's key goals is getting developers to write apps designed to take advantage of its all-new operating system. — But, knowing that not all developers are ready to bet on a native app, the company has offered …

More: BGR, DailyTech, Gearburn, TechCrunch, MobileBurn.com, Marketing Pilgrim, The Verge, FierceMobileContent News, Electronista, Softpedia News and www.pocketgamer.biz

Ryan Gallagher / Slate:

FBI Pursuing Real-Time Gmail Spying Powers as “Top Priority” for 2013 — For now, law enforcement has trouble monitoring Gmail communications in real time — Despite the pervasiveness of law enforcement surveillance of digital communication, the FBI still has a difficult time monitoring Gmail, Google Voice, and Dropbox in real time.

More: Neowin, Motherboard, Mashable, OStatic blogs, DSLreports, WebProNews and Gizmodo

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Google's Knowledge Graph expands into movies on Android tablets thanks to facial recognition — Not content to let Amazon hold the limelight with its new X-Ray for TV feature unveiled this morning, Google is unveiling a similar feature for movies in the Google Play store.

More: Official Android Blog, TechCrunch, CNET, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Engadget, The Next Web, Pocketnow and IntoMobile

Bloomberg:

Ericsson Said to Discuss Buying TV-Software Unit From Microsoft — Ericsson AB (ERICB) is in talks to buy Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s IPTV business, which makes software used by phone companies such as AT&T Inc. (T) to deliver television over the Internet, people with knowledge of the matter said.

More: GeekWire, CNET, FierceWireless, TelecompetitorTelecompetitor, GigaOM, VentureBeat, InvestorPlace, Engadget, Neowin, The Verge, ZDNet, DailyTech and Electronista. See also Mediagazer

Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:

Apple Seeks New Trial Over Appeal in Samsung Patent Case — Apple Inc. (AAPL) asked to proceed with a new trial on 14 Samsung Electronics (005930) Co. products for which a U.S. judge overturned a jury patent-infringement award rather than letting Samsung appeal her decision upholding damages …

More: FOSS Patents, AllThingsD, ZDNet, CNET, HotHardware.com News, TUAW, Electronista and AppleInsider

Agence France Presse:

Apple in court in China over ‘Siri’ claim — SHANGHAI — Apple appeared in a Shanghai court on Wednesday, accused by a Chinese firm of copying software used for the “Siri” personal assistant on its hugely popular iPhones. — The Californian company's products are big sellers in China …

More: The Register, ShanghaiDaily.com, CNET, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, VentureBeat, IntoMobile, Examiner, GigaOM, Quartz, MacRumors, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, Neowin and iPhone Hacks

Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:

Google Translate for Android adds offline language support — Using Google Translate just became much easier for travelers having a hard time finding internet access while abroad: Google announced the addition of offline language support for the Android application.

More: Official Android Blog, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, The Verge, TechCrunch and Electronista

Reuters:

Portugal media demands Google pays for news — (Reuters) - Portuguese media companies, struggling through the worst recession since the 1970s, are pressing Google to pay for content on its news search engine, echoing similar demands elsewhere in Europe. — Alberico Fernandes …

More: CNET

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Tidemark launches Storylines: Can UI bring analytics, visualization to the masses? — Summary: Tidemark's big bet revolves around a user interface that uses an info graphic style to forecasting and financial reporting. The overall goal is to get all employees invested in the profitability of a company.

More: NYT Bits, Co.Design, GigaOM and TechCrunch

Liz Day / ProPublica:

How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing — This story was co-produced with NPR. — Imagine filing your income taxes in five minutes — and for free. You'd open up a pre-filled return, see what the government thinks you owe, make any needed changes and be done.

More: TechCrunch, Business Insider and The Verge. Tweets: @eldon

Amir Efrati / Digits:

At Y Combinator, Social is Out, Revenue is In — Y Combinator, the best-known “incubator” of technology startups in Silicon Valley, is showing further proof that the social-networking craze has died down and more founders are tackling “boring” problems that generate cash.

More: Distribution Hacks, The Atlantic Wire, Betabeat, Business Insider and TechCrunch

Daniel Terdiman / CNET:

At Y Combinator Demo Day, many echoes of Kickstarter

Tweets: @dmac1

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Netflix Goes Sci-Fi With Its Next Original Series, Sense8 — Hot on the heels of Netflix's original series House Of Cards, the company has announced that it will release a new sci-fi TV series to the platform called Sense8. — The show is being developed under the guidance of the Wachowskis …

More: PR Newswire, Engadget, AllThingsD, DSLreports, VentureBeat, VatorNews, TechHive, Betabeat, Business Insider, Geekosystem, The Verge, Macgasm, Electronista and WebProNews. See also Mediagazer

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Samsung Received The Most Mobile Patents In 2012, Now Leads The World Overall — Samsung lost out big to Apple last year in a mobile patent blowout in the U.S., but it's been slowly building up an arsenal of patents that potentially will keep it from falling into the same situation again.

More: AllThingsD, Chetan Sharma, VentureBeat, Datamation.com, Yahoo! News, bizjournals and FierceWireless

Barb Darrow / GigaOM:

New Amazon CloudHSM service vows enterprise-grade security — Amazon Web Services runs on tons and tons of shared hardware. That's a huge benefit in terms of cost but also spooks customers with strict regulatory requirements that prevent them from running their applications on shared infrastructure.

More: Amazon Web Services Blog, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE and Computerworld

Shira Ovide / Digits:

Research Firm Boosts Twitter Ad Sales Estimate to $950 Million for 2014 — Twitter Inc. is growing up faster than expected. — Research firm eMarketer Inc., whose advertising forecasts are closely tracked, is set to revise higher its estimates of advertising revenue for Twitter …

More: eMarketer, Forbes, NEWS.com.au, Marketing Land, paidContent, SiliconBeat, AllThingsD, CNET, VatorNews, AllTwitter, Business Insider and Mashable. See also Mediagazer

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Boxee TV gets DLNA, 3-D streaming and more — Boxee is rolling out a firmware update to its Boxee TV that brings DLNA functionality, 3-D streaming of Vudu titles, a more traditional TV guide, improved DVR scheduling and other features to the device. Owners of Boxee TV devices were notified …

More: VentureBeat, Geeky-Gadgets, Mashable, TechCrunch and Engadget

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Developers Can Now Target Facebook Mobile App Ads To Wi-Fi Users And To Specific OS Versions — Facebook just announced some improvements to the mobile app install ads that it launched last fall, allowing app developers to target their ads with more nuance.

More: AllThingsD, Facebook Developer Blog, The Next Web, Inside Facebook, ZDNet and WebProNews

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