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February 17, 2014, 10:20 PM

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Lucian Constantin / PC World:

Exploit released for vulnerability targeted by Linksys router worm — Technical details about a vulnerability in Linksys routers that's being exploited by a new worm have been released Sunday along with a proof-of-concept exploit and a larger than earlier expected list of potentially vulnerable device models.

More: exploit-db.com, The Droid Guy, The Hacker News, Digital Trends, HotHardware.com News, SecurityWeek and Softpedia News

Jon Southurst / CoinDesk:

Mt.Gox says fix in place for transaction vulnerability, Bitcoin withdrawals to resume “soon” — Mt. Gox: Bitcoin Withdrawals Will Resume Soon — Mt. Gox has issued an official statement saying it has found a workaround for its bitcoin transaction malleability problems, which will see bitcoin withdrawals resume “soon”.

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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

iTunes Connect update brings modernized look, sales breakdowns by category, region and more — Sales data redacted. — Apple today updated the Sales and Trends section of iTunes Connect, giving developers more detailed information about the origin of their apps' sales as well as a modernized visual style.

More: MacRumors, iMore and AppleInsider

New York Times:

Punching Above Its Weight, Upstart Netflix Pokes at HBO — On the night of the Golden Globes ceremony last month, Netflix and HBO held dueling parties at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Bono and Julia Roberts mingled underneath a bejeweled tent as Netflix, the upstart streaming service …

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Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Bound by 10-year Microsoft search deal, Yahoo's Mayer focusing on mobile and contextual search over web and keyword search — More on Mayer's Search Plans for Yahoo: The “Three S's” and Slipping Through a Microsoft Loophole — Since Re/code revealed in weeks ago that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer …

More: ZDNet and WebProNews

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Secret revealed: inside the most scandalous social network — Will anonymity make Secret essential reading — or become its undoing? — Late on a Saturday evening in San Francisco, at a party filled with tech workers, people keep retreating to odd corners to stare at their phones.

More: Chris Hates Writing. Tweets: @hamburger and @caseynewton

Karyne Levy / Business Insider:

Google To Take Over San Francisco Space For Engineers Who Don't Want To Commute To Silicon Valley — You know what's worse than a Google bus in the middle of San Francisco's Mission District? — A Google-owned building in the middle of San Francisco's Mission District.

More: Financial Times, CNET, VCPOST, Financial Times, SFist, In The Mission and SlashGear

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Bloomberg:

Talks for including Netflix on Time Warner set-top boxes are on hold after Comcast deal announcement — Netflix Talks for Time Warner Cable Carriage Said to Slow — Netflix Inc. (NFLX)'s effort to secure a place for its video-subscription service on Time Warner Cable Inc. set-top boxes …

More: Ars Technica and The Verge. Tweets: @zseward. See also Mediagazer

Reuters:

Spotify seeks to hire U.S. filings expert as bankers eye IPO — (Reuters) - Online music streaming service Spotify is recruiting a U.S. financial reporting specialist, adding to speculation that the Swedish start-up is preparing for a share listing, which one banker said could value the firm at $8 billion.

More: VentureBeat and Softpedia News

Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:

Pando raises Series A of $1.2M+, about half its seed raise, led by “unconventional” Tennessee-based investors — The new Pando: “Speaking truth to the new power” — Two years and one month ago, I officially founded PandoDaily. I had $2.5 million of investor money …

More: SouthernAlpha. Tweets: @samfbiddle, @jasonschreier, @joshsternberg, @alex and @mcarney. See also Mediagazer

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Philips takes on Apple's iBeacon with lights that send deals to your smartphone — Philips is already one of the biggest names in smart light bulbs, and now it's beginning to test a new unit that could be even smarter. At a retailer in Düsseldorf, Philips is piloting a lighting unit …

More: Philips, Engadget, PandoDaily, Ars Technica, HotHardware.com News, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wired.co.uk, Marketing Pilgrim, iDownloadBlog.com, PC World, Gigaom and Ubergizmo

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Partners With DocuSign To Bring eSignatures To Office 365 — Microsoft and eSignature service DocuSign today announced a long-term partnership that will make it easy for Office 365 subscribers to submit and sign documents without leaving Microsoft's Office apps.

More: Office Blogs, Microsoft Corporation, CNET, PC World, GeekWire, Re/code and The Next Web

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