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NSA Said to Have Used Heartbleed Bug, Exposing Consumers — The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said.
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| IC ON THE RECORD: |
NSA and Federal government were not aware of Heartbleed vulnerability before April 2014 — Statement on Bloomberg News story that NSA knew about the “Heartbleed bug” flaw and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence — April 11, 2014 — NSA was not aware of the recently …
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| CloudFlare: |
Attacker successfully obtains SSL private keys with Heartbleed exploit, solving Cloudflare's challenge — The Heartbleed Challenge — So far, two people have independently solved the Heartbleed Challenge. The first was submitted at 4:22:01PST by Fedor Indutny (@indutny).
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Amazon plans to announce a smartphone in June, to ship by the end of September — Amazon Preparing to Release Smartphone — Retailer Has Plans to Announce Phone in June, Begin Shipping By End of September — Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to release a smartphone in the second half of this year … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
IAC bought 11% of Tinder from Palihapitiya for only $55M, valuating company at $500M — Hot But Not That Hot: Tinder Stake Sale Puts Valuation of Whole Startup at $500 Million — As in dating online, a Bloomberg report from earlier today that put the valuation of popular dating app Tinder …
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| Drew Houston / The Dropbox Blog: |
Dropbox responds to uproar over Condoleezza Rice: our commitment to your rights and privacy will continue — Our commitment to your rights and privacy — There's nothing more important to us than keeping your stuff safe and secure. It's why we've been fighting for transparency …
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| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
Appeals court reverses hacker/troll “weev” conviction and sentence [Updated] — A federal appeals court Friday reversed and vacated the conviction and sentence of hacker and Internet troll Andrew “weev” Auernheimer. — The case against Auernheimer, who has often been in solitary confinement …
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Another SF protest at the home of a Googler targets lawyer accused of evicting families — SF housing protests get personal as another Googler is confronted at home — There's an undeniable second boom underway in the tech sector, and the consequences, both positive and negative … | Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Apple rests its case against Samsung after calling it a copycat yet again — After nearly five full days of court, Apple has rested its case against Samsung, marking a turning point in a trial where billions of dollars hang in the balance. Now it's Samsung's turn to go on the offensive …
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| Dhanya Ann Thoppil / Wall Street Journal: |
Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders May Soon Be Allowed to Work in the U.S. — It may be about to get easier for Indian programmers to get work for their spouses in the United States. — The U.S. is planning changes to the immigration rules that will make the country more attractive … | Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider: |
Apple vs. Samsung docs reveal Galaxy Tab was a flop and Samsung knew it — Top secret sales data revealed during the Apple vs. Samsung trial this week shows that Samsung knew that the Galaxy Tab sales figures (and overall Android tablet sales) it and various market research groups had fed to the media were not even remotely true.| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google is testing a program with advertisers to match web users to in-store sales — Google Tests a Way to Follow You to the Mall — Internet Giant Working With Advertisers to Match Web Users to Their Purchases at Stores — Retailers have long struggled to determine whether online ads fuel sales …
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| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Microsoft and Sony invest in Intellectual Ventures' latest acquisition fund, Apple and Intel decline — Exclusive: Microsoft, Apple diverge on bankrolling big patent buyer — (Reuters) - Patent buyer Intellectual Ventures has persuaded Microsoft and Sony to invest in its latest acquisition fund …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Box Defeats Preliminary Injunction In OpenText's $268M Patent Infringement Case — Some positive legal news for Box, the cloud services company that is preparing for an IPO. A judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction of one of its products — originally requested … | Facebook: |
Facebook cleans up News Feed spam by cracking down on Like-baiting, repeated content, and spammy links — News Feed FYI: Cleaning Up News Feed Spam — The goal of News Feed is to deliver the right content to the right people at the right time so they don't miss the stories that are important and relevant to them.| Mathew Ingram / Gigaom: |
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