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May 11, 2013, 5:10 AM

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple's two-step verification rolling out to additional countries: Canada, Argentina, Netherlands, Russia, Mexico, Poland, Brazil, more — Update: Mexico, Germany Netherlands, Russia, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Portugal, Italy & Poland too. Let us know in the comments if the feature is now available in your country.

More: CNET, The Verge, AppleInsider, TUAW, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, iClarified and MacNN

Marc Santora / New York Times:

Cyberthieves Looted A.T.M.'s of $45 Million in Just Hours — It was a huge bank heist - but a 21st-century version in which the robbers never wore ski masks, threatened a teller or set foot in a vault. — Yet, in two precision operations that involved people in more than two dozen countries acting …

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Reuters:

Exclusive: Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group — (Reuters) - Billionaire environmentalist Elon Musk has quit a Silicon Valley advocacy group formed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after the group funded ads for senators touting their support for an oil pipeline and oil drilling in Alaska.

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Declan McCullagh / CNET:

Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones — ATF says no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant's iPhone, but Apple can “bypass the security software” if it chooses. Apple has created a police waiting list because of high demand. — Apple receives so many police demands …

More: Gizmodo, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, IntoMobile, Examiner, iDownloadBlog.com, Macgasm, AppleInsider, MacNN, Cult of Mac, TUAW, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, ValueWalk, iLounge and MacRumors

David Kravets / Wired:

Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform — The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system.

More: The Verge, TechPresident and Salon

Brad Reed / BGR:

Microsoft exec hits back at Windows 8 bashing, says OS is not like ‘a can of soda’ — Microsoft executive Frank Shaw is not happy with everyone who compared Windows 8 to New Coke this week. Shaw, who serves as Microsoft's vice president of corporate communications, has written a blog post swiping …

More: The Official Microsoft Blog, The Windows Blog, Gizmodo, The Verge, Business Insider, GeekWire and The Register

David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:

Microsoft: Don't expect a Windows 8 iTunes app soon

Jason Harris / Nokia Conversations:

Introducing: Nokia Lumia 928 - bringing PureView to Verizon — You've waited...you've been asking for it...here it is! We're happy to introduce the Nokia Lumia 928, the newest expression of the world's most innovative smartphone exclusively for Verizon Wireless.

Mat Smith / Engadget:

Nokia announces the Lumia 928: 4.5-inch OLED display, OIS camera, available May 16th for $100

More: The Windows Blog, Nokia, Examiner, Computerworld, Yahoo! News, Geek.com, The Next Web, Guardian, TechHive, Reuters, CNET, Softpedia News and WebProNews. Tweets: @stevekovach

Michael B. Farrell / The Boston Globe:

Boston goes Google as its drops Microsoft e-mail services — The mayor who doesn't do e-mail is now on Gmail. — Whether Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who doesn't even have a computer on his desk, actually uses it is another matter. But he's moving to Google, and bringing some 20,000 other city employees with him.

More: The Microsoft Office Blog, Network World, CNET, 9to5Google and Softpedia News

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Bloomberg reporters allegedly used financial terminals to spy on Wall Street — Bloomberg reporters have been keeping tabs on Wall Street using their company's financial terminals, the New York Post reports. Bloomberg terminals, which cost $20,000 a year or more to lease, are a fixture in the banking world.

More: New York Times, Quartz, New York Post, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Blog, Guardian, Gawker, Business Insider and Securosis Highlights. See also Mediagazer

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Apple forces Line to remove the ability to send virtual items as gifts from its iOS app — Asian mobile messaging service Line is seeing early success with its monetization model — to the tune of $58 million in revenue for Q1 2013 — but there's a little bad news today as the company …

More: LINE official blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Cult of Mac, Macgasm and App Advice

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Is Getting Serious About Original Programming With “Facebook Live” — “House Of Cards” proved that great, exclusive content can create loyal customers. While Facebook isn't about to produce TV shows, it tells me that it plans to ramp up production of its Facebook Live original programming starting …

More: bizjournals, CNET and The Verge

Associated Press:

Washington state courts hacked; potentially up to 160,000 Social Security numbers accessed — OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked sometime between last fall and February, and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver's license numbers …

More: Forbes, SecurityWeek, ZDNet and Softpedia News

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