Obama Vetoes Ban on Sale of Some Apple iPhones, iPads  —  Concern Cited Over Patent Holders Gaining ‘Undue Leverage’  —  The Obama administration on Saturday vetoed a U.S. trade body's ban on the sale of some Apple iPhones and iPads, a rare move that upends a legal victory for smartphone rival Samsung Electronics Co.

How “one weird trick” conquered the Internet: what happens when you click on those omnipresent ads  —  What happens when you actually click on one of those “One Weird Trick” ads?  —  You've seen them.  Peeking out from sidebars, jiggling and wiggling for your attention …

Hey, Silicon Valley, Instead Of Whining About A Tech Talent Shortage, Do Something About It!  —  An odd problem has developed in our economy.  —  Some of our largest technology companies have become so fantastically huge and profitable that they literally don't know what to do with the cash piling up in their bank accounts.

Chinese Hacking Team Caught Taking Over Decoy Water Plant  —  A Chinese hacking group accused this February of being tied to the Chinese army was caught last December infiltrating a decoy water control system for a U.S. municipality, a researcher revealed on Wednesday.

Your TV might be watching you  —  Today's high-end televisions are almost all equipped with “smart” PC-like features, including Internet connectivity, apps, microphones and cameras.  But a recently discovered security hole in some Samsung Smart TVs shows that many of those bells and whistles aren't ready for prime time.

A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor  —  Brendan O'Connor is a security researcher.  How easy would it be, he recently wondered, to monitor the movement of everyone on the street - not by a government intelligence agency, but by a private citizen with a few hundred dollars to spare?

YouTube Expands Live Streaming To Channels With Just 100 Subscribers, Opens Custom Thumbnails & Merchandise Links To All  —  Google today announced a number of updates to YouTube that will allow more video producers to use YouTube for live streaming.  All channels in good standing …

Why Microsoft isn't going to dump Windows RT  —  Summary: Is there any chance Microsoft is going to do a 180 and dump its Windows RT operating system?  My bet is no, and here's why.  —  In the days following Microsoft's $900 million Surface RT write-down, many have been questioning Microsoft's stated plan …

US congress looks to rein in NSA  —  Proposals signify major shift in political opinion as laws would represent the first rollback of the NSA's powers since 9/11  —  Members of Congress are considering 11 legislative measures to constrain the activities of the National Security Agency …

Hashtag Inventor Chris Messina Leaves Google to Join Small Startup NeonMob  —  Chris Messina, known for bringing the hashtag to social media, has left Google after more than three and a half years.  —  An advocate of open social Web technologies, Messina had first joined Google …

CBS Blocks Time Warner Cable Subscribers From Watching Full Episodes On CBS.com  —  A dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable over retransmission fees for its broadcast content has spilled over onto the web, with a blackout of television programming also being extended to CBS' online properties.

FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software  —  CNET has learned the FBI has developed custom “port reader” software to intercept Internet metadata in real time.  And, in some cases, it wants to force Internet providers to use it.  —  FBI headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.