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July 4, 2013, 4:20 PM

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Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Dell eyes wearable computing move — Computer maker says it is ‘exploring ideas’, as it admits corporate customers are slow to adopt Windows 8 tablets — Struggling computer maker Dell is considering a move into the “wearable computing” space, as it grapples with the effects of a shrinking PC market.

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David Meyer / GigaOM:

France has its own PRISM-like surveillance program, report suggests — French president François Hollande has been vocal in his objections to the U.S. bugging European institutions but, when the PRISM scandal broke, some criticized him for staying silent - after all …

More: BBC, TechCrunch, Guardian, Reuters, The Verge, RT, Quartz, Financial Times, Engadget, Mashable, EU Press Room and Softpedia News. Tweets: @mathieuvonrohr

James Brightman / GamesIndustry International:

NPD preparing to track digital sales this year — Nine publishers are on board so far, and the goal is to launch a global digital sales tracking service “quickly due to the pending console launches” — Digital sales are growing every year in the games business.

More: Softpedia News, Polygon, GamePolitics blogs, gameinformer.com and Blue's News

Laura Hudson / Wired:

For the First Time, You Can Actually Own the Digital Comics You Buy — SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — If you've ever bought a digital comic book, your experience probably went something like this: You opened up an app like ComiXology, paid around $1.99 to $3.99 — likely, the same price as a print issue …

More: Ars Technica, CNET and Good E-Reader

Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:

Leaked Nokia ‘Lumia 1020’ image reveals ‘Pro Cam’ and AT&T branding — An image of a new Nokia device purporting to be the long-awaited Windows Phone successor to the company's 808 PureView phone just surfaced, appearing to confirm that the device is headed to AT&T. The image comes courtesy of EVLeaks …

More: Crave, Computerworld, TechHive, CNET, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, Gearburn, Phones Review, Ubergizmo, IntoMobile, The Next Web, Pocket-lint, MobileSyrup.com, Unwired View, Softpedia News, Electronista, LiveSide.net and Engadget. Tweets: @evleaks

John Markoff / New York Times:

Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88 — Douglas C. Engelbart, a visionary scientist whose singular epiphany in 1950 about technology's potential to expand human intelligence led to a host of inventions — among them the computer mouse — that became the basis …

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Kim Dotcom's Mega acquires and relaunches free Android app, says iOS app and Windows sync client coming soon — Kim Dotcom's Mega, the cloud storage service based in New Zealand, has finally received an official Android app. You can download the app now directly from Google Play.

More: Mega, The Verge, Pocket-lint, gHacks Technology News and Softpedia News

Terrence O'Brien / Engadget:

Samsung to build five new R&D centers in Korea for $4.5 billion — You gotta spend money to make money. Samsung knows that, which is why the Korean powerhouse will be spending about 5 trillion won (roughly $4.5 billion) to build five new R&D centers over the next three years.

More: The Korea Times, BGR, Macgasm, Digital Trends, Inquirer, The Next Web, Tech in Asia, Electronista and Pulse 2.0

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Mastercard and Visa Start Banning VPN Providers — Payment providers are increasingly taking action against sites and services that are linked to copyright infringement. — There's an unwritten rule that Mastercard and Visa don't accept file-hosting sites that have an affiliate program …

More: The Register, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Techdirt, TechEye, ZDNet and DSLreports

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

eBay Buys 2dehands.be And 2ememain.be In Belgium, Consolidates Classifieds Power In Europe — It may be a holiday in the U.S. but eBay never sleeps. Today, the American e-commerce giant announced that it is buying 2dehands.be and 2ememain.be, the two biggest online classified sites in Belgium …

More: eBay Inc, The Next Web and Pulse 2.0

Eliza Kern / GigaOM:

Twitter enables translation on tweets from high-profile users amid Egyptian turmoil — Twitter has enabled an automatic translation feature that allows English-speaking users to read the tweets of high-profile Egyptian Twitter users during the country's high-profile time of political unrest, the company told us.

More: memeburn, Digits, BBC, Quartz, Digital Inspiration …, CNET, Forbes, TechCrunch and AllThingsD

Lucian Constantin / Computerworld:

Android flaw lets attackers modify apps without breaking signatures — The vulnerability affects 99% of Android devices and has existed since Android 1.6, researchers from security firm Bluebox said — A vulnerability that has existed in Android for the past four years can allow hackers …

Peter Kinnaird:

Algorithmic Privacy versus Personal Privacy — Fifty two percent of Americans believe that US Government officials should not be able to monitor “emails and other online activities” to prevent future terrorist activities, according to a Washington Post poll conducted on June 10 in response to Snowden's leaks.

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