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N.S.A. Foils Much Internet Encryption — The National Security Agency is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine the major tools protecting the privacy of everyday communications …
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ProPublica, Ars Technica, The Switch, TechCrunch, The Register, Hillicon Valley, Techdirt, Digits, Business Insider, PC World, The Atlantic Wire, Gizmodo, TIME, ACLU, ReadWrite, darkREADING, Boing Boing, WebProNews, GamePolitics blogs and Gawker
Tweets: @jpbarlow, @migueldeicaza, @mollywood, @ciphersuite, @trevortimm, @xor, @normative, @mydigitalsafety, @zedshaw, @csoghoian, @benedictevans, @csoghoian, @novapbs, @nytimes, @csoghoian, @shiraovide, @nicoleperlroth, @beep, @pkedrosky, @janinegibson, @cipherlaw, @csoghoian, @tldr, @dansinker, @cryptoki, @thepeterha, @glennf, @dannysullivan, @nickbilton, @tomjolly, @caseynewton, @herf, @mattbuchanan and @rsingel
See also Mediagazer| Guardian: |
US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet — • NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records — • $250m-a-year US program works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products
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ProPublica, GigaOM, Engadget, Techdirt, The Verge, The Tech Report, Babbage and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @jayrosen_nyu, @arusbridger, @csoghoian, @xor, @_cypherpunks_, @ggreenwald, @jeffjarvis, @jamesrbuk, @guardian, @russellbrandom, @csoghoian, @mattbuchanan, @janinegibson, @bcappelbaum, @samfbiddle, @emilysteel and @stuartmillar159
See also Mediagazer| Bruce Schneier / Guardian: |
How to remain secure against NSA surveillance — The NSA has huge capabilities - and if it wants in to your computer, it's in. With that in mind, here are five ways to stay safe — Now that we have enough details about how the NSA eavesdrops on the internet, including today's disclosures …
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The Atlantic Wire and io9. Tweets: @zeynep, @jeffjarvis, @konklone, @ggreenwald, @astepanovich, @macfathom, @corpounreal, @pmocek and @jayrosen_nyu
| Bruce Schneier / Wired: |
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Apple Investigating Worker-Abuse Charges at “iPhone C” Supplier — Apple hasn't even launched the less-expensive iPhone it's rumored to have in the pipeline, but already a company involved in its manufacture stands accused of labor violations. — In a report published Thursday …
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Examiner, TechSpot, Digits and The Next Web
| Nathan Olivarez-Giles / The Verge: |
Google's Trojan horse: how Chrome Apps will finally take on Windows — The web alone is not enough — Today, on Chrome's fifth birthday, Google is announcing the rollout of what it's calling Chrome Apps. Don't feel bad if you're confused by the name. Chrome has been serving …
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| Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM: |
No, seriously: Oyster comes pretty close to being a Netflix for ebooks — A lot of startups want to be the Netflix (or Spotify, Pandora, whatever) for ebooks. That is, they want to provide unlimited access to ebooks for a flat monthly fee. — But this is really hard to pull off …
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Oyster HQ Blog, ReadWrite, TechCrunch, Wired, Forbes, The Verge, Los Angeles Times, Engadget, Softpedia News, The Next Web, Betabeat and Co.Design
Tweets: @spencerfry, @bling0 and @sposth
See also Mediagazer| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Tests iPhone Screens as Large as Six Inches — As Apple Inc. prepares to unveil both a new high-end iPhone and a cheaper version for the first time next week, it is already working on something bigger. — The electronics giant has begun evaluating a plan to offer iPhones …
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9to5Mac, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic Wire, MacRumors, GigaOM, Gizmodo, The Verge, CNET, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Electronista, Gotta Be Mobile, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog and everythingiCafe
Tweets: @dcurtis, @markgurman, @panzer, @johnpaczkowski, @markgurman, @iansherr and @sarahfrier
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
PayPal's new digital wallet app is powerful but baffling — Will anybody ever get mobile payments right? — Hill Ferguson ordered a smoothie. Using a newly redesigned app for iOS and Android, PayPal's lanky director of product selected a peach concoction and paid for it with a couple taps on his smartphone.
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PayPal: Forward, NYT Bits, Digits, TechHive, GigaOM, Cult of Mac, Engadget and PC Magazine. Tweets: @qthrul
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| Brad Sams / Neowin: |
Power Cover: Microsoft's keyboard cover for the Surface with a built-in battery — It was only yesterday that Neowin was able to pull back the covers on the Surface Pro 2 and highlight some of the features of Microsoft's upcoming tablet. While the specs are looking like a modest upgrade to the Surface Pro … | Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Ping for iPhone: does merging email and instant messaging make sense? — You've got mail, instantly — The battle for email is very clearly in full swing. Apps and services seem to debut every day that destroy email, or subvert it, or merely help you rearrange it.
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo, PandoDaily, App Advice, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable, AppleInsider and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @ihnatko and @hamburger
| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Salesforce unveils Files, a new way to map files across services like Dropbox, Box, and SharePoint — Salesforce has overhauled its file sharing system to allows users to share files from any business unit on any device. Called Salesforce Files, this updated tool will work with services like Google Drive …
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AllThingsD, The Register, VentureBeat, InfoWorld and ZDNet
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Japan's largest carrier DoCoMo & Apple reportedly agree to iPhone partnership, sales start this fall — Japan's largest mobile carrier, DoCoMo, will finally begin selling the iPhone this fall, according to Nikkei. Apple and DoCoMo reportedly recently came to an agreement, and reports regarding the discussions emerged late last month.| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
Follow The Bitcoins: How We Got Busted Buying Drugs On Silk Road's Black Market — The crypto-currency Bitcoin has become the preferred payment method for much of the online underground, hailed by none other than the administrator of the booming Silk Road black market as the key to making his illicit business possible.| Bloomberg: |
Apple's Falling China Share Complicates iPhone Deal — Apple is accustomed to dictating terms to carriers for its iPhone. As it seeks a deal with China Mobile to sell the handsets, it's the operator that is in command. Audio Download: Bloomberg's Butler Discusses Low Cost iPhone Enlarge …
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BGR, iMore, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac and I4U News
| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Bing News Now Features Trending Topics From Facebook & Twitter — Bing News has gotten a makeover, including the introduction of various trending topics boxes drawn from buzz detected on Facebook and Twitter, as well as Bing's own searches. — Bing posted about the change, saying:
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Search Blog, Engadget, WinBeta, The Next Web, LiveSide.net, BetaNews and Likeable Media
| Matthew Moskovciak / CNET: |
Simple.TV partners with SiliconDust: new hardware, 2.0 software update on the way — The new Simple.TV box will feature dual-tuning capability and a more traditional set-top box look. — It's been a while since we've heard anything from Simple.TV and its quirky over-the-air DVR … | Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Aetna Once Offered To Buy NY Startup ZocDoc For More Than $300 Million And The Founders Walked Away — Insurance company Aetna once offered to buy ZocDoc for more than $300 million but ZocDoc's founders walked away, multiple sources tell Business Insider. — ZocDoc was founded in 2007 … Thanks:@ajs
| Kaylene Hong / The Next Web: |
China's Xiaomi unveils its new flagship Mi-3, with the 16GB version retailing for $327 — Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi's founder Lei Jun took to the stage today in Beijing to launch the company's latest brand new flagship phone — the Xiaomi Mi-3.
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Google Brings Its Card-Style Layout To Drive For iOS — Google uses its card-style layout across the majority of its mobile apps, but until now, the Google Drive app for iOS had lagged behind. Today, however, Google is launching a new version of Drive for iPhone and iPad that brings … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Google: |
Moto X lands on Sprint tomorrow for $199, new customers slash off an extra $100, Moto Maker in coming months — Sprint will begin carrying the Moto X smartphone beginning tomorrow (Friday, September 6th), the company announced today. The phone will come in either black or white, and it will cost $199 from Sprint.
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BGR, Android and Me, LAPTOP Magazine and Gotta Be Mobile
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Sudden spike of Tor users likely caused by one “massive” botnet — Researchers have found a new theory to explain the sudden spike in computers using the Tor anonymity network: a massive botnet that was recently updated to use Tor to communicate with its mothership.| Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch: |
Stanford University Is Going To Invest In Student Startups Like A VC Firm — Stanford University is going to start directly investing in students' companies. Stanford is also giving a $3.6 million grant to StartX, a non-profit startup accelerator for Stanford-affiliated entrepreneurs.| Lee Hutchinson / Ars Technica: |
PayPal freezes $45,000 of Mailpile's crowdfunded dollars (Updated) — Update: PayPal has contacted Ars Technica and informed us that it has released Mailpile's funding. PayPal's statement is below. — Mailpile is a crowdfunded e-mail client written by a small group of folks in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Mailpile and ArcticStartup. Tweets: @lee_ars, @glynmoody, @cvikman, @adora, @waxpancake, @ovidperl and @moltke
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Lenovo doubles down on convertible PC bet; Yoga-tizes lineup — Summary: Lenovo is betting that all laptop buyers will go multimode and meld tablets and PCs. To Lenovo, Yoga DNA should go everywhere. — Lenovo is making a big bet on convertible PCs and betting that consumers and businesses …
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