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Exclusive: More well-known U.S. retailers victims of cyber attacks - sources — (Reuters) - Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only U.S. retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season last year, according to sources familiar with attacks on other merchants that have yet to be publicly disclosed.
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Target Confirms Point-of-Sale Malware Was Used in Attack — According to Target Chairman and CEO Gregg Steinhafel, point-of-sale (POS) malware was used in the recent attack that compromised millions of credit and debit card account numbers of customers across the country.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
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| John Paczkowski / Re/code: |
A Whitman Sampler? Not Exactly, as Apple's Latest Ad Markets With Verse. — When the San Francisco 49ers met the Carolina Panthers in NFL playoff game Sunday, Apple was there. With a brand new ad, its first big broadcast spot touting the new iPad Air. — Dubbed “Your Verse Anthem,” …
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| Ben Thompson / stratechery: |
Tablets initiated the PC decline; the complexity of Windows 8 accelerated it — Windows 8 and the Cost of Complexity — PCs just suffered their worse quarter ever. From the WSJ: … Here are the last 10 years of PC Sales from IDC (thanks to Charles Arthur, who wrote a great column today … | Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows: |
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| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
All Hail The Uber Man! How Sharp-Elbowed Salesman Travis Kalanick Became Silicon Valley's Newest Star — Shafqat Islam's phone was ringing. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the number on the screen. It said unknown, but he took the call anyway. — “Hi, this is Travis,” a voice said.
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A third-party developer explains the challenges of working with Nintendo and the Wii U — The Secret Developers: Wii U - the inside story — From reveal to launch and beyond - a third-party developer talks about the challenges of working with Nintendo and its latest console.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Steam Machines are here: how Alienware is realizing Valve's game console dream — Alienware leads the charge for Linux-based gaming PCs — Nearly two years ago, we broke the news that Valve was working on its very own game console. The reasons weren't yet clear.
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| Casey Johnston / Ars Technica: |
Many companies showed curved TVs at CES. Gimmick or valid innovation? — More than one high-profile vendor showed off a curved-screen TV during their press conferences at the Consumer Electronics Show. But as soon as the show floor opened, it became clear that curved screens … | Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
BlackBerry CEO: our future devices will ‘predominantly’ have hardware keyboards — An excellent keyboard was Blackberry's original claim to fame. But after a couple years focusing on software keyboards with devices like the Z10 and Z30, the company is now looking back to its bread and butter — however outdated — as inspiration.
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| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
Supreme Court to review ruling that holds Limelight liable for encouraging patent infringement — Supreme Court to Consider Rules on Encouraging Patent Infringement — At Issue Are Companies That Encourage Customers to Infringe Patents — The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday …
| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Queries to DuckDuckGo increased over 2.5X after Snowden revelations, totaled 1B for 2013 — Anonymous search tool DuckDuckGo answered 1bn queries in 2013 — The ‘anti-Google’, which searches the web without tracking or monitoring the user, now answers 4m queries a day
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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
How and when the iMac and Mac Pro can go Retina — Three major factors have probably prevented a proper 2×-in-each-dimension “Retina” version of today's 27″ iMac and standalone Thunderbolt Display, which would need to be 5120×2880 pixels: — Nobody makes general-purpose LCD panels with that resolution today.
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| Gautham Nagesh / Digits: |
Regulators face privacy and security challenges while framing rules for the Internet of Things — Setting Rules for the Internet of Things — Doors that unlock via smartphone. Household appliances that can be operated remotely. Baby clothes with sensors that notify parents when their child rolls over.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
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