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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announces McAfee brand name will be replaced by Intel Security — At CES 2014 today, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced the McAfee brand name will be phased out and replaced by “Intel Security,” which will identify Intel products and services in the security segment.

More: SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, Inquirer, VatorNews, Softpedia News, CNET, ZDNet, The Verge and Graham Cluley. Tweets: @theromit

Sean Buckley / Engadget:

Intel announces Edison: a 22nm dual-core PC the size of an SD card — Four months ago, Intel unveiled its Quark SoC at IDF. Today at CES 2014, company CEO Brian Krzanich wants to introduce you to Edison, a miniature computer based on the same technology condensed into the form factor of an SD card.

More: The Verge, Engadget, The Register, Computerworld, Geeky Gadgets and Mercury News

Tweets: @benkershner and @zyx2k

Quentin Hardy / NYT Bits:

Intel CEO focuses on wearable and connected devices in CES keynote speech

More: Computerworld, TechCrunch and Bloomberg

Tweets: @qhardy and @brij

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

Intel unveils series of wearable devices, including a smartwatch and fitness-tracking earbuds

More: Re/code, Intel Newsroom, The Register, The Verge, VentureBeat, Intel Newsroom, Ars Technica, USA Today and Engadget. Tweets: @verge

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

Intel confirms it will power devices that run both Windows and Android

More: The Verge, WinBeta, GadgetGuide4U and VG247

Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits:

When Mark Met Evan — It's safe to assume that Evan Spiegel and Mark Zuckerberg are not best buds. — Spiegel, the Snapchat CEO, Monday tweeted a screenshot of an e-mail exchange from November 2012 with the Facebook chief. The exchange, confirmed as authentic by a Snapchat spokeswoman …

More: CNET. Tweets: @evanspiegel, @evanspiegel, @evanspiegel, @evelynrusli, @fmanjoo, @dmac1 and @evelynrusli

J.J. Colao / Forbes:

The Inside Story Of Snapchat: The World's Hottest App Or A $3 Billion Disappearing Act? — THIRTEEN MONTHS AGO Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, the richest twentysomething in history, reached out to Snapchat's Evan Spiegel, who oversees a revenue-less app that makes photos disappear, with an invitation …

More: Forbes, Valleywag, Om Malik, SocialTimes, Mashable, TheHill, NEWS.com.au, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, Softpedia News and Betabeat

Tweets: @tim, @fmanjoo, @forbes and @violetblue

Apple:

App Store Sales Top $10 Billion in 2013 — Record-Breaking December with Over $1 Billion in Sales — CUPERTINO, CaliforniaJanuary 7, 2014Apple® today announced that customers spent over $10 billion on the App Store in 2013, including over $1 billion in December alone.

More: BGR, 9to5Mac, MacStories and iDownloadBlog.com

Steven Levy / Wired:

How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet — Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and the other tech titans have had to fight for their lives against their own government. An exclusive look inside their year from hell—and why the Internet will never be the same. — Washington Post reporters called …

Tweets: @stevenlevy

Jeff Chu / Fast Company:

Can Apple's Angela Ahrendts Spark A Retail Revolution? — When the Burberry CEO takes over as Apple's retail chief this spring, she'll arrive with a sterling track record and an open, collaborative spirit that's sure to shake things up in the executive ranks.

More: MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog and Ars Technica. Tweets: @a_wittenbergcox. Thanks:@_trendspotter

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Researchers warn of new, meaner ransomware with unbreakable crypto — Security researchers have uncovered evidence of a new piece of malware that may be able to take gigabytes' worth of data hostage unless end users pay a ransom. — Discussions of the new malware, alternately dubbed PrisonLocker …

More: Malware Must Die! and Threatpost

Amanda Hess / Pacific Standard:

The Next Civil Rights Issue: Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet — I was 12 hours into a summer vacation in Palm Springs when my phone hummed to life, buzzing twice next to me in the dark of my hotel room. I squinted at the screen. It was 5:30 a.m., and a friend was texting me from the opposite coast.

Tweets: @danagoldstein, @digiphile, @adrianchen, @nytimesbits, @abrams, @jessicakroy, @codinghorror, @viggles, @jessicavalenti and @jaredbkeller

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Sony's new Core fitness tracker will be the ‘heart’ of its wearable experience (hands-on) — Sony's not new to the wearable market, but the company just entered the fitness-tracking market in a big way — during its CES press conference, the company announced Core.

More: Engadget, TechCrunch and CNET

Joseph Volpe / Engadget:

Sony's waterproof flagship Xperia Z1S coming to USA January 22 for $528 at T-Mobile — Sony Xperia Z1S: a waterproof flagship exclusive to T-Mobile (hands-on) — For the past two years, Sony Mobile could be counted on to introduce new Xperia smartphone lines at CES — the S and Z, specifically.

More: The Verge, Softpedia News, TechCrunch, CNET, Forbes, GeekWire, Phones Review, VentureBeat, IntoMobile, 9to5Google, Inquirer, The Next Web, Gotta Be Mobile, Electronista, Guardian, Pocket-lint, BGR, Engadget and The Verge. Tweets: @verge

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Android on Windows gets another supporter in AMD — It's not just Intel — Last week, we told you about Intel's plans to join Windows and Android at the hip, possibly launching a new brand of computer at this year's Consumer Electronics Show that can run both operating systems simultaneously.

More: Tech in Asia, Gizmodo, InfoWorld, TechEye, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Inquirer, GeekWire and Engadget. Thanks:@johnnotjon

Alex Williams / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Acquires Parature For $100M In Deal To Bolster Knowledge Base For Dynamics CRM Platform — Microsoft has acquired Parature, a customer service SaaS provider, for $100 million, according to sources close to the deal. The Parature acquisition gives Microsoft Dynamics, its CRM platform …

More: SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, Globes Online, Business Insider, Re/code, GeekWire and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @hebbark

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Linksys resurrects classic blue router, with open source and $300 price — Now owned by Belkin rather than Cisco, Linksys joins its past to its future. — A year after purchasing the Linksys home networking division from Cisco, Belkin today brought back the design of what it called …

More: Belkin USA Site, CNET, ZDNet, Maximum PC and PC Magazine

Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo:

Polaroid's Socialmatic Camera Is All About Sharing Your Shots — We were cautiously optimistic when the concept for the real-life Instagram camera, the Socialmatic, popped up online last year. Now, despite a few concerns, Polaroid is officially making the design a reality.

More: TechCrunch, Electronista, Business Wire, CNET and iMore. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Jungah Lee / Bloomberg:

Samsung Posts First Profit Decline Since 2011 Amid Apple Battle — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) posted its first profit decline in nine quarters as Apple Inc. (AAPL:US)'s newest iPhones won high-end handset sales and competition from cheaper makers crimped prices.

More: Computerworld, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Electronista, Android Beat, Reuters and CNET

Tweets: @turleymuller and @satariano

Michael Brown / PC World:

Asus outs the VivoTab Note 8, an 8-inch, $300 Windows tablet with a Wacom stylus — LAS VEGAS—Asus will join the likes of Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba when it ships its new 8-inch Windows tablet powered by an Intel Bay Trail-class CPU. But the Asus VivoTab Note 8 has one key differentiator: A Wacom digitizer stylus.

More: BGR, BetaNews, Gizmodo, CNET, Geeky Gadgets, The Verge, Softpedia News, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, AndroidGuys, IntoMobile, SlashGear, Liliputing, Gotta Be Mobile, Forbes, Ubergizmo and Liliputing

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

AT&T's Sponsored Data is bad for the internet, the economy, and you — Another brick in the wall — AT&T today announced a new “Sponsored Data” program that lets developers and brands pay to deliver content to your mobile device outside of your data caps.

More: The Switch, Gigaom, Business Insider, Gigaom, The Register, BetaNews, The Verge, Digits, AppleInsider and WebProNews

Tweets: @igrigorik, @adamludwin, @nytimesbits, @fugueish and @rudy

Dennis Fisher / Threatpost:

Bruce Schneier Joins Startup Co3 Systems — UPDATE-Bruce Schneier, the famed cryptographer and author who recently left his longtime post at BT, has taken a new position as CTO of Co3 Systems, a startup that provides incident response systems. Schneier, a central figure in the security industry …

More: Schneier on Security, ZDNet, darkREADING, Computerworld, The Register, Inquirer, Co3 Systems and co3sys.com

Daniel Cooper / Engadget:

Sony's new UHD TVs are built to support Netflix in 4K when it arrives — 3D? Pah. 2014 is the year that 4K makes its first grand assault upon the mainstream. Naturally, Sony is one of the names leading the charge, and is bolstering the 4K support it added to the Video Unlimited service back in September.

More: The Next Web, Variety and Gizmodo

Mark Hachman / PC World:

Nuance, Intel build speech commands into PCs — finally — LAS VEGAS—PCs from Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo will soon include Nuance's Dragon Assistant, the speech giant's technology for tweeting, Facebooking, and playing music using voice commands. — Nuance announced the partnerships here at CES …

More: BGR and Gotta Be Mobile

Michelle Maisto / eWeek:

Induct introduces Navia, the first commercial driverless vehicle, a $250k electric shuttle — Induct Now Selling Navia, First Self-Driving Commercial Vehicle — Induct Technology has begun selling the world's first commercially available self-driving vehicle, Navia.

More: Computerworld, Digital Journal, VentureBeat, Forbes and Associated Press

Ashley Feinberg / Gizmodo:

Netgear's HDMI Dongle Is Your Storage-Friendly Answer to Chromecast — While Google's Chromecast might seem poised become the quintessential universal streaming device, it's taking a hell of a long time to get there. So in the meantime, Netgear's new NeoMediacast dongle is picking …

More: Business Wire, Gigaom, Engadget and The Verge

Christopher Williams / Telegraph:

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch under fire from US Air Force over HP claims — Accounting row renewed by US Air Force report rasing possibility of Mike Lynch and two US firms being barred from federal contracts — Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy, has defended himself against renewed allegations …

More: Washington Post, iTnews.com.au, Financial Times, CNBC, Mercury News and SiliconBeat

Brad Molen / Engadget:

Epson introduces new Moverio glasses with head-motion tracking and camera — Everybody knows about those other smart glasses, but they're certainly not the only ones making a big fuss these days. Epson has been working on a similar product called the Moverio BT-100, for the last few years …

More: TechCrunch

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Samsung's Ultra HD TVs will stream 4K video from Amazon, Comcast, DirecTV, Netflix and more — Samsung's Ultra HD TVs won't sell themselves — they need the content to justify all those extra pixels. To that end, the Korean tech giant has just announced partnerships with companies that will deliver 4K to the masses.

More: Amazon.com, CNET, Softpedia News, The Verge, The Next Web, Gizmodo and The Verge

Dana Wollman / Engadget:

Vizio's Portable Smart Audio players run Android, play from built-in streaming apps — Don't call it a wireless speaker. Though Vizio's new Portable Smart Audio players are capable of streaming music over WiFi and Bluetooth, that's not how they were meant to be used.

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