The NSA's Secret Spy Hub in Berlin  —  According to SPIEGEL research, United States intelligence agencies have not only targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone, but they have also used the American Embassy in Berlin as a listening station.  The revelations now pose a serious threat to German-American relations.

Another daylight saving time bug strikes Apple's iOS 7, affects calendar display  —  Owners of iOS devices running the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system awoke to a display error in iOS 7's calendar app caused by the switch to daylight saving time.

Barge in SF Bay may be a marketing center for Glass if Google gets a waterfront permit  —  Massive Barge On San Francisco Bay Likely Secret Google Facility  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — The U.S. Navy had its share of secrets on Treasure Island, but few were better kept than what's taking place …

LG's curved-screen G Flex smartphone coming to South Korea with 13MP camera, Snapdragon 800  —  LG officially announces curved-screen G Flex smartphone  —  After a series of leaks, LG has announced officialdetails of its curved-screen smartphone, the G Flex.

The Battle for Power on the Internet  —  Distributed citizen groups and nimble hackers once had the edge.  Now governments and corporations are catching up.  Who will dominate in the decades ahead?  —  We're in the middle of an epic battle for power in cyberspace.

Spreadsheet of the day: Final estimates for Apple's Q4 2013  —  The forecasts of 48 Apple analysts — 27 Wall Street professionals and 21 independents  —  FORTUNE - The results of Fortune's quarterly survey of Apple (AAPL) analysts are in, and the results are mixed — in more ways than one.

Samsung Pursues Developers, Seeking Orbit of Apps  —  This week, Samsung Electronics Co. plans to hold its first global developers conference at a hotel in San Francisco, a big step in the South Korean smartphone maker's effort to cultivate a host of software and services for its devices that can compete with those offered by Apple Inc.

AI Startup Vicarious Claims Milestone In Quest To Build A Brain: Cracking CAPTCHA  —  Can machines think?  Not yet.  But there is one at least partial test: the CAPTCHA, or “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart,” those distorted characters you have to type …

Historical Software Archive lets you use vintage software in your browser  —  The Internet Archive's new Historical Software Archive brings old software to your browser through the magic of JSMESS emulation.  —  The Internet Archive has protected and preserved old software for a while now …

Livescribe 3 smartpen digitizes notes straight to your iPad, starts at $150  —  Livescribe broke new ground last year with the Sky WiFi pen that could transfer handwritten and audio notes straight to the cloud (well, to your Evernote account anyway), so that they'd be accessible anywhere there's an internet connection.