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EU to seek more Google concessions in competition probe — (Reuters) - EU regulators are likely to press Google Inc for more concessions to end a three-year investigation into complaints it squeezed out Web rivals, the EU antitrust chief said. — EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia … | William Launder / Wall Street Journal: |
BuzzFeed, CNN and YouTube Plan Online-Video Channel — BuzzFeed is accelerating its efforts to become a news destination for young adults, joining with CNN and YouTube to create a new, online-video channel. — On Tuesday, BuzzFeed will unveil “CNN BuzzFeed,” a YouTube channel based on content from CNN … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Anatomy of a hack: How crackers ransack passwords like “qeadzcwrsfxv1331” — Thanks to the XKCD comic, every password cracking word list in the world probably has correcthorsebatterystaple in it already. — Aurich Lawson — In March, readers followed along as Nate Anderson …
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Entrepreneurs Help Build Start-Ups by the Batch — Just two years after its conception, Prism Skylabs has made enormous strides. — The 20-person company, based in San Francisco, uses video surveillance equipment to give retailers Web-like data on customer behavior in their brick-and-mortar stores.| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies — Designs for many of the nation's most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon and to officials from government and the defense industry.| Stefan Constantinescu / Android Beat: |
LG makes the white Nexus 4 official, also says they're not working on the 2013 Nexus — LG just made two announcements today. Starting with the one most of you will be delighted to hear, the white Nexus 4 is now official. It has the exact same specs as the original (4.7 inch 720p …
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China blamed after ASIO blueprints stolen in major cyber attack on Canberra HQ — Classified blueprints of the new ASIO headquarters in Canberra have been stolen in a cyber hit believed to have been mounted by hackers in China. — The ABC's Four Corners program has discovered the plans … | Mathew Ingram / paidContent: |
Circa hires Anthony De Rosa away from Thomson Reuters to expand its editorial ambitions — Circa, the San Francisco-based startup that creates news summaries for mobile users, says it has hired Thomson Reuters social-media editor Anthony De Rosa as its new editor-in-chief to expand its journalistic reach.
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Anatomy Of An Undisclosed Investment Or Exit — Spend time with a VC and they'll inevitably tell you about a startup they've invested in that has a “great story.” In fact, this line is repeated so often I've occasionally posited that VCs invest in and sell stories not companies.Thanks:@sohear
| Lisa Rapaport / Bloomberg: |
Global Tablet Shipments to Outpace PCs by 2015, IDC Says — Global tablet shipments will outpace the entire personal-computer market by 2015, fueled by rising demand for lower-priced and smaller alternatives to Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad, market researcher IDC said.
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Opera releases new Chromium-powered desktop browser for Mac and Windows — Norway's chief browser software company, Opera, is offering people a chance to download its latest desktop browser (version 15) for Windows and Mac, which typically happens ahead of a general release.| Sameer Singh / Tech-Thoughts: |
Apple & Samsung's “Profit Share” Trap — Over the past few days, there has been a lot of noise in the tech media about the supremacy of “profit share” over “market share”, specifically related to Apple's performance in the smartphone market (but it can be extended to Samsung as well).
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