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U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show — U.S. intelligence services carried out 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, the leading edge of a clandestine campaign that embraces the Internet as a theater of spying, sabotage and war …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Feds plow $10 billion into “groundbreaking” crypto-cracking program — The federal government is pouring almost $11 billion per year into a 35,000-employee program dedicated to “groundbreaking” methods to decode encrypted messages such as e-mails, according to an intelligence black budget published by The Washington Post.| Timothy Geigner / Techdirt: |
India Wants To Ban US-Based Email Systems For Government Communications Over NSA Concerns — Back in June and July, during much more innocent times, Glyn Moody and Tim Cushing doubled up on stories about the intrusive surveillance system India had set up and commented on how the NSA must …
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| Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
Scoop: Google acquired WIMM Labs to bolster its own smartwatch plans — Watch out, Samsung: Google has some smartwatch development projects of its own, and it quietly snapped up Los Altos, Calif.-based WIMM Labs last year to kickstart these efforts. WIMM Labs not only gives Google the talent …
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| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google: |
Motorola X will drop to $99 on plan and gain at least 4 wood-grained backs in Q4 — According to @evleaks, Motorola's Moto X phone will drop to $99.99 on a two year plan in Quarter 4 (which starts at the end of September). In addition, those wood grain backs will make an appearance and cost an extra $50 …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Doctape Launches Standalone File Viewer App For iOS With Support For 80+ File Types — German cloud storage and file management startup doctape has launched a new standalone iOS app aimed at making it easier for iPhone and iPad users to view file types not supported natively by iOS.
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Microsoft and ValueAct Capital sign cooperation agreement — Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with ValueAct Capital, a San Francisco-based investment firm with $12 billion in assets under management that beneficially owns approximately .8 percent …
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| Brad Smith / TechNet Blogs: |
Standing Together for Greater Transparency — General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft — To followers of technology issues, there are many days when Microsoft and Google stand apart. But today our two companies stand together.
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Apple blocking support personnel vacations from Sept. 15-28 for launch of new iPhones & iOS 7 — AppleCare employees have been restricted from taking time off for a two-week period, from Sept. 15 through 28 — a span during which Apple is expected to launch its new iPhone lineup, as well as the revamped iOS 7 mobile operating system.| Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits: |
Facebook Tests “Trending” Section in News Feed — Two months after rolling out hashtags — key words in posts that are marked by “#” - Facebook is experimenting with new ways to make them useful. — The social network has begun testing a “trending” topics section in the homepage news feed of its website.
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PC Magazine, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, SlashGear, ReadWrite, Marketing Land and The Next Web. Tweets: @evelynrusli
| Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily: |
A rare defense of venture capital classic — One of our most popular stories this week was about the future of venture capital. It traced the asset class's history from its boutique roots to the age of mega-brands to the rage around international expansion and into the last few years of microVCs, super angels, and accelerators.
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Scripting News. Tweets: @mattocko, @derekscchu, @jeremysliew, @davidsze, @cendanacapital, @mkjung, @pkedrosky and @bipulsinha
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Target Ticket, Target's Video Download & Rental Service, Nears Launch — Target's answer to Walmart's Vudu, Netflix, and iTunes, is preparing to launch. Employees at the Minneapolis-headquartered retailer were told this week that Target Ticket, as the service is called …
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The Next Web, SlashGear and Business Insider
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple aims for convenience over value as competing iPhone trade-in firms continue to offer better deals — Cook at Palo Alto Apple Store (Getty Images) — Following our reports detailing the new service, Apple today officially kicked off its new Apple Store iPhone trade-in program …
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San Francisco Chronicle, CNN, LAPTOP Magazine, Digits, ZDNet, MacStories, Bloomberg, iPhone Hacks and iMore. Thanks:@markgurman
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