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Edward Snowden: ‘The US government will say I aided our enemies’ - video interview — In the second part of an exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden contemplates the reaction from the US government to his revelations … | Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Justice Dept. defends secret rulings in new spy court filing — The Obama administration, in a new court filing, urged the nation's surveillance court to throw out a request by civil liberties groups to disclose its secret rulings about the scope and legality of the Patriot Act.| Wall Street Journal: |
Secret Court's Redefinition of ‘Relevant’ Empowered Vast NSA Data-Gathering — The National Security Agency's ability to gather phone data on millions of Americans hinges on a secret court ruling that redefined a single word: “relevant.” The National Security Agency's ability to gather phone data … | David Harris-Gershon / Tikkun Daily Blog: |
| Paul Sloan / CNET: |
Beats trying to launch streaming music service with AT&T — Exclusive: Music industry legend Jimmy Iovine wants to launch his Spotify competitor with a big splash, which is why he's trying to partner with a wireless carrier. — When Jimmy Iovine, the co-founder and CEO of Beats Electronics …
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Hard drive-wiping malware that hit South Korea tied to military espionage — The hackers responsible for a malware attack in March that simultaneously wiped data from tens of thousands of South Korean computers belong to the same espionage group that has targeted South Korean and US military secrets for four years, researchers said.
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Microsoft Restructuring Set for Thursday — According to numerous sources close to the situation, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is poised to unveil his plan to drastically restructure the tech giant this week. And, while timing might change, sources said that the current plan is to make it public on Thursday.
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TaskRabbit Confirms Layoffs As It Realigns To Focus On Mobile And Enterprise — TaskRabbit, the San Francisco startup that runs a marketplace for outsourcing errands and temporary work projects, has laid off a number of staffers as part of a larger restructuring, TechCrunch has learned.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia Lumia 1020 with 41-megapixel camera confirmed in sample photos from Joe Belfiore — Nokia's 41-megapixel Windows Phone will be called the Nokia Lumia 1020. That's according to sample photos posted on Flickr by Microsoft Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore.
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| Greg Bensinger / Digits: |
Amazon's Diapers.com Founders Jump Ship — Amazon's Quidsi unit, home of Diapers.com and Soap.com, has lost its two co-founders. — Quidsi Chief Executive Marc Lore and Chief Operating Officer Vinit Bharara have both left the Jersey City, N.J. company. In automated email replies …
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Brazil opens investigation into US spying … SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government began an investigation Monday into whether telecommunications firms operating in the country cooperated with the U.S. as part of a spying program that has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations.| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Hasbro Takes A 70% Stake In Mobile Game Maker Backflip Studios For $112M — Toy maker Hasbro just paid $112 million in cash to take a 70 percent stake in Boulder, Colorado's Backflip Studios, the mobile game maker behind Dragonvale, NinJump and Paper Toss. — The company was started back in 2009 and never took any outside funding.| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Equifax Buys Identity Protection Startup TrustedID for About $30 Million — Data giant Equifax Inc. said it had bought TrustedID, a well-known Silicon Valley identity protection company. — While the Atlanta-based company declined to disclose financial terms of the deal …
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With Declining Nook Sales, B&N Says Lynch Out As CEO, Huseby Steps Up, Big Strategic Review Planned — Looks like things at Barnes & Noble will get a bit worse before they have a chance of getting better. The bookseller has just announced that William Lynch has resigned as CEO … | Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD: |
Google, Amazon and Apple Pump Up Ad Spending as Tablet Wars Heat Up — Looks like the battle for the hearts of consumer electronics lovers is increasingly playing out in advertisements. — Ad Age recently released its list of the Top 200 U.S. advertisers (subscription required) … | Josh Barnes-Hoyt / Twitter Blog: |
Direct message sync, mobile search improvements and more — People use Twitter to connect to the things and people they care about. Today, we're making that even easier with a coordinated update for seven different apps: Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com and TweetDeck.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
US Commerce Department destroyed $170,000 worth of TVs, mice, and more to root out malware — Though the US military has been preparing itself for digital warfare, other government agencies still seem to be struggling with how to handle basic cybersecurity: last year, the Department …
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| Chun Han Wong / Southeast Asia Real Time: |
Singapore Defends New Internet Rules … SINGAPORE—Singapore's government, facing growing disquiet from foreign investors over tightened rules on news websites, on Monday defended the new regulations and downplayed concerns over potential impact on business and Web freedoms.Sponsor Posts
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