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Microsoft launches new free Office apps on iPhone and iPad, preview of Office for Android tablets — Bringing Office to everyone — Today is the next step in bringing Office to everyone and on every device with the start of Office for Android tablet preview, new Office for iPhone apps, updated Office for iPad apps and more.
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Office for Android general release is in early 2015, before the touch-first Office for Windows shipping alongside Windows 10 — Microsoft kicks off its Office for Android tablets preview — Summary: Microsoft is opening up its preview program for Office for Android and plans to deliver the final version of the suite in early 2015.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Silk Road 2.0 seized by FBI, DHS, Europol; alleged operator Blake Benthall arrested in SF, charged with narcotics trafficking, money laundering, hacking — Feds Seize Silk Road 2 in Major Dark Web Drug Bust — A year after the Silk Road 2 came online promising to revive …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
FBI, DHS and Europol also seize drug markets Hydra and Cloud 9, with likely more to come in Operation Onymous — Not Just Silk Road 2: Feds Seize Two Other Drug Markets and Counting — A full-blown dark web drug crackdown is in the works, and it's not stopping with the Silk Road.
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| Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple says it's blocking 467 WireLurker-infected apps from launching on Mac computers — Apple Blocks Chinese iPhone Hacks — Apple has blocked newly discovered apps meant to help prying eyes spy on Chinese iPhone users. — The software is hidden in downloads available from a Chinese app store for Mac computers.
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WireLurker not as great a threat as the potential for weaponizing its underlying technique — What You Need to Know About WireLurker — Mobile Security company Palo Alto Networks has released a new white paper titled WireLurker: A New Era in iOS and OS X Malware.
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| Shelly Banjo / Wall Street Journal: |
Home Depot reports hackers accessed 53M email addresses via stolen vendor username/password — Home Depot Hackers Exposed 53 Million Email Addresses — Hackers Used Password Stolen From Vendor to Gain Access to Retailer's Systems — The hackers behind the massive credit card breach …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Echo Is A $199 Connected Speaker Packing An Always-On Siri-Style Assistant — Amazon has a new product that doesn't really have any current equivalent form any other tech company - a connected speaker called Echo that's always-on, listening for commands that its virtual assistant …
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| DL Cade / PetaPixel: |
Lytro Branches Out from Photography, Offers Unprecedented Access to Their Tech for $20K — The folks at Lytro have always believed that light field technology is the future, and not just for photography and storytelling. They believe that anything with a lens and a sensor can benefit from the technology …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Aereo imposes large layoffs, but streaming TV service is not shutting down — There's more trouble for Aereo, which laid off the majority of its staff this week. The internet TV service will continue operations for now. — Aereo's bad year just got worse.
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| Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: |
Zynga's Q3 loss $57.1M compared with $68K loss in same period last year as it struggles to generate new hit — Zynga's Loss Widens as Company Struggles to Generate a New Hit — Game Maker Lost $57.1 Million in 3rd Quarter, Compared With $68,000 Loss a Year Ago
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Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg: on Messenger, building new things, organic reach, and why he wears the same shirt every day — Q&A with Mark — Today Mark Zuckerberg took part in his first public Q&A. Watch the full video here.
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Former Zynga CEO Mark Pincus starts self-funded company Superlabs to begin work on two startup ideas — The Pincubator? Former Zynga CEO Mark Pincus Starts a Startup Factory. — Mark Pincus, the founder of Zynga who stepped down as its CEO amid troubles at the online gaming company …
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| Simon Phipps / InfoWorld: |
Joyent, Canonical open-source container technologies Manta, SmartDataCenter to take on Docker — Joyent open-sources its core technology — Cloud pioneer Joyent throws down the gauntlet to the bloated world of OpenStack with fresh open source releases — Not all the action is happening at the OpenStack Summit in Paris.| Larry Seltzer / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases free Antimalware for Azure — Summary: The service, using the same engine and signatures as Microsoft's other offerings, is now available to most Azure virtual machines. The software is free, but use of it may cost money. — Microsoft has released Microsoft Antimalware … | Nancy Scola / Washington Post: |
Boulder and six other Colorado towns secure right to build their own broadband through local referendums allowed by escape clause in state law — 7 Colorado communities just secured the right to build their own broadband — Boulder County election official Erin Meyers receives sealed ballots …
| Tim-o-tato / Droid Life: |
LG G Watch R Now Available on Google Play for $299.99 — Google has made the G Watch R from LG available through Google Play this morning, priced at $299.99. LG's next Android Wear-powered smartwatch features a full circle display, as well as a Snapdragon 400 processor.
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| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
Cindy Cohn, digital rights freedom fighter, named EFF executive director — Lawyer who fought for cryptography and human digital rights taking EFF helm. — Cindy Cohn, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's legal director at the forefront of trying to dismantle the National Security Agency's …
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| Blaire Mattson / The Dropbox Blog: |
Dropbox employee demographics: 55.9% white, 30.8% Asian, 4.8% declined to state, 3.9% 2+ races, 3.7% Hispanic, 1% black in US; globally 66% male — Strengthening Dropbox through diversity — We want to be a company where Dropboxers from any background can build a career they love.Sponsor Posts
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