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Intel chips will replace Texas Instruments' in a new version of Google Glass coming next year — Google-Glass Deal Thrusts Intel Deeper Into Wearable Tech — Intel Corp. will supply the electronic brains for a new version of Google Inc. 's Glass device expected next year …
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Microsoft Buys Mobile Email Startup Acompli For More than $200 Million — Microsoft is expected to announce later Monday morning that it is indeed buying e-mail start-up Acompli. — There may not be much surprise in this one thanks to an errant blog post, but Microsoft's purchase … | Reuters: |
Sony hires Mandiant after cyber attack, FBI starts probe — (Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired FireEye Inc's Mandiant forensics unit to clean up a massive cyber attack that knocked out the studio's computer network nearly a week ago, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.| Variety: |
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Amazon Reveals the Robots at the Heart of Its Epic Cyber Monday Operation — Don't tell the kiddies, but Santa's workshop isn't at the North Pole. It's here in Tracy, California, next to a line of rusting, graffiti-covered freight cars, in a building so long that you can't see the whole …
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Yahoo is selling Flickr photos licensed for commercial use with Creative Commons but won't share profits with most creators — Fight Over Yahoo's Use of Flickr Photos — Yahoo Starts Selling Canvas Prints From Free Pictures Uploaded to the Internet Sharing Site| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Vox Media raises $46.5M from NY investment firm General Atlantic at a $380M valuation — Yet Another Big Funding Round for a Big Web Publisher — This Time for Vox Media — Remember when investors didn't want to put money into content? — That was a long time ago!
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Every Cyber Monday tech deal we've found — Skipping the Black Friday crowds doesn't mean you have to miss out on the best deals. Lots of hot tech products are going on sale on Cyber Monday. We're tracking them all here.
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U.S. Thanksgiving, Black Friday Sales Break $1B; Total Holiday Spend Online Will Be $89B — Online retailers use Cyber Monday to extend the first flush of the post-Thanksgiving holiday sales rush, and now analysts are coming out with their first numbers laying out how holiday sales have been progressing so far.
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Google sold more Chromebooks to US schools than Apple did iPads in Q3 — According to the latest data from IDC, Google, for the first time ever, has overtaken Apple in United States schools. The research firm claims that Google shipped 715,000 Chromebooks to schools in the third quarter, while Apple shipped 702,000 iPads to schools.
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Recent leaks provide a comprehensive view of GCHQ's cable tapping activities — INCENSER, or how NSA and GCHQ are tapping internet cables — Recently disclosed documents show that the NSA's fourth-largest cable tapping program, codenamed INCENSER, pulls its data from just one single source … | Loek Essers / PC World: |
US, EU officials seize 292 domains for sites allegedly selling counterfeit goods — Officials seize 292 domain names to protect consumers during holiday season — The holiday season is rife with online rip-offs. In a move to protect consumers, law enforcement officials have seized 292 domain names …
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