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April 12, 2014, 7:40 PM

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Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:

Private crypto keys are accessible to Heartbleed hackers, new data shows — Contrary to previous suspicions, it is possible for hackers exploiting the catastrophic vulnerability dubbed Heartbleed to extract a private encryption keys from vulnerable websites, Web services firm Cloudflare reported Saturday.

More: The Verge, The Next Web, Re/code, CloudFlare Blog, CloudFlare Blog, Engadget, Engadget, ZDNet, Digital Trends and Softpedia News

Tweets: @matthewburton, @eastdakota, @davidu, @timbray, @indutny, @mikko, @grittygrease and @eff

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Paul Mutton / Netcraft:

Only 30K of the 500K+ SSL certificates affected by the Heartbleed bug have been reissued to date

More: Softpedia News. Tweets: @latentexistence and @netcraft

Boris Jabes / Meldium:

Agents that fetch URLs are vulnerable to “reverse” Heartbleed exploits, warns Meldium dev team

More: The Akamai Blog, Veracode Blog, Crowdfund Insider, Computerworld, Security Watch, The PhoneBoy Blog, Shopify Blog, Daily Dot, InfoWorld, Global Nerdy and Nextgov

Tweets: @jcoglan and @thomasfuchs

The Boston Globe:

Massachusetts governor unveils sweeping legislation to eliminate noncompetes for tech workers — Patrick looks to eliminate tech noncompete agreements — Governor Deval Patrick on Thursday will propose sweeping legislation to make it easier for workers in technology, life sciences …

More: BostInno, Bijan Sabet, BetaBoston, Gigaom, VentureBeat and Feld Thoughts

Tweets: @cdixon, @hackerchick, @dittycheria, @masseohed and @danprimack

Fulya Ozerkan / Agence France-Presse:

Turkey PM threatens to ‘go after’ Twitter for tax evasion — Ankara (AFP) - Turkey's prime minister said Saturday he will “go after” Twitter, accusing the site of tax-evasion, after it was used to spread damaging leaks implicating his inner circle in corruption claims.

More: VentureBeat, International Business Times, Reuters, TurkishPress.com, DW.DE, MWC News and presstv.ir

Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:

Report: 44% of Twitter Accounts Have Never Sent a Tweet — Twitter is having no trouble signing up users. But some new research provides an update on the size of an ongoing problem: getting people to tweet. — A report from Twopcharts, a website that monitors Twitter account activity …

More: PC World, Business Insider, Forbes, Gigaom, Mashable, Digital Trends, Business 2 Community, TechSpot, Consumerist and InvestorPlace

Tweets: @mrjohncrowley, @wsjeurope, @wsj and @bgurley

Hunter Walk:

Gil Penchina interviewed on plans for his leaderboard-topping $3.3M AngelList syndicate — Gil Penchina's Army: How AngelList's Largest Syndicate Plans to Lead A Rounds, Hire An Associate & Keep VCs Honest — Gil Penchina doesn't appear in TechCrunch or Valleywag often. He tweets infrequently.

Tweets: @chrisfralic and @hunterwalk

San Francisco Chronicle:

Salesforce leasing half of planned 61-story Transbay Tower, tallest in SF after 2017 opening — Salesforce makes landmark deal to lease half of Transbay Tower — Salesforce.com will lease half of the planned Transbay Tower in a landmark real estate deal that puts San Francisco's largest …

More: TechCrunch, Thomson IR, PC World, Bloomberg, Pulse 2.0, Los Angeles Times, Softpedia News and bizjournals

Cam Simpson / Businessweek:

Samsung facing more scrutiny in South Korea over its cancer-stricken semiconductor workers — Samsung's War at Home — Just inside his single-story home, built of concrete blocks and coated in turquoise paint, Hwang Sang-ki, a 58-year-old Korean taxi driver, sits on a floor mat.

More: Ars Technica and The Verge. Tweets: @stroughtonsmith

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft experiments with making Windows Live Tiles interactive — Summary: Microsoft researchers are looking at ways to allow Windows 8, Windows Phone and Xbox users able to interact directly with Live Tiles. — Microsoft researchers in Asia are experimenting with the usefulness …

More: I4U News, TechnoBuffalo, Softpedia News, Engadget, SlashGear, The Verge, PC World and Windows Phone Central

Joshua Brustein / Businessweek:

Staples begins offering in-store 3D printing services in US, starting in LA and NY — Staples Wants to Bring 3D Printing to the Masses — Staples has been selling 3D printers for about a year. Now it wants to begin selling access to them. — The office supply retailer began offering …

More: VentureBeat, Gigaom, TechCrunch, Electronista and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @staples

Re/code:

Amazon is wooing app developers for upcoming smartphone with money, Amazon Web Services, more — Amazon's Hard Sell: Gaining Developers for Its Coming Smartphones — As Amazon prepares for the launch of its first smartphones, the company faces a daunting task: Ensuring that the devices …

More: iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Phones Review, Redmond Pie, SlashGear, SeekingAlpha.com, Mashable, Gigaom Research, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, Softpedia News and Wall Street Journal

Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom:

PayPal releases mobile payment app for the Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint reader — With the Samsung Galaxy S5 now available, PayPal is making good on its promise to use the handset's fingerprint reader. The company released mobile apps specifically for the Galaxy S5 and Samsung's latest wearables on Friday.

More: PayPal Forward, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, PC Magazine, SlashGear and SamMobile

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft OS chief Myerson talks turkey on transparency, cadence and cross platform — Summary: Microsoft Executive Vice President of operating systems Terry Myerson talks about Windows' value proposition for the a more cross-platform-committed Microsoft. — Microsoft Executive Vice President …

More: TechCrunch, Softpedia News and Computerworld

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