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Jim Finkle / Reuters:
FBI warns US businesses of possible cyberattacks in wake of Sony Pictures breach  —  Exclusive: FBI warns of ‘destructive’ malware in wake of Sony attack  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned U.S. businesses that hackers have used malicious software …
Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:
A look at North Korea's cyberwar army, as more reports point to it as culprit in Sony hack  —  Here's What We Know About North Korea's Cyberwar Army  —  It is still not definitively known if the hacking attack that brought the computer network belonging to Sony Pictures to its knees was carried out on behalf of North Korea or not.
Reuters:
Sony hires Mandiant after cyber attack, FBI starts probe
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook, Google, And Twitter's War For App Install Ads  —  An unexpected consequence of our love of apps is that now there's just too damn many of them.  The app stores are overcrowded, leaving developers desperate for a way to get their games and utilities discovered.
More: Business Insider.  Tweets: @hunterwalk.  Thanks:@joshconstine
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
3D Systems v. Form Labs Patent Lawsuit Dismissed  —  The lawsuit between Form Labs and 3D Systems relating to stereolithography has been dismissed with prejudice, a move that frees Form Labs to make their printers without fear of further patent problems.  —  3D Systems first sued Form Labs …
More: Gigaom
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Apple going to trial this week for decade old iTunes DRM lawsuit, faces potential $350M in damages  —  Star Witness in Apple Suit Is Steve Jobs  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Three years after his death, Steve Jobs is very much a presence in courtrooms across the country.  —  And that's not necessarily good news for Apple.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Dropbox For Business Is About To Launch An Enterprise Tools API To Fight Box  —  Dropbox's frilly consumer brand and lack of hardcore enterprise security features has kept its “For Business” software from scoring more corporate clients.  But an internal-only Dropbox launch plan attained …
More: Gigaom and VentureBeat.  Tweets: @joshconstine
Scott Kirsner / BetaBoston:
Airbnb acquires Pencil Labs, creators of scheduling app Wyth  —  Airbnb picks up Pencil, Cambridge startup that built scheduling app  —  Airbnb has quietly acquired a small Cambridge startup, Pencil Labs.  Pencil Labs had built a scheduling app called Wyth that was intended to eliminate …
David Carnoy / CNET:
Amazon Echo speaker review: uneven sound quality, voice control a mere novelty, no iOS integration  —  Amazon Echo talks the talk, but still needs a little work on walking the walk  —  The Good The Amazon Echo is an attractively designed speaker and its voice-control system …
More: ParisLemon
Napier Lopez / The Next Web:
Microsoft does away with Clip Art and replaces it with Bing Images  —  When was the last time you used Clip Art?  If you can't remember, you're not alone: Microsoft's Office team today announced it is doing away with Clip Art's online image library and replacing it with Bing Image Search.

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New York Times:
Sources: CNN CEO Mark Thompson told Paramount he would not share oversight of CNN with another exec, as David Ellison weighs whether to put Bari Weiss in charge

Emily Dreyfuss / The San Francisco Standard:
An interview with Brian Stelter about the Murdoch family's moves to boost their political influence in California, including the launch of the California Post

Ryan McGrady / The Conversation:
An analysis of 20M blocks of users of English language Wikipedia shows a shrinking number of administrators relying on more-frequent blocks, to raise efficiency

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Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Mozilla rolls out Firefox 34 with default Yahoo search for North America, disables support for SSL 3.0 standard
Mary Tuma / Austin Chronicle:
Google Fiber sign-ups begin in South and Southeast Austin today, company opens “Fiber Space” for residents to test speeds
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Phishing attacks against 100+ public companies in biotech, medical devices, other sectors seek insider info that could affect stock prices
Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom:
CoreOS unveils Rocket, a possible competitor to Docker

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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Obama announces $75M funding for up to 50K police body cameras
Elizabeth Olson / New York Times:
Online Sales for Girl Scout Cookies Are Approved
Wall Street Journal:
Intel chips will replace Texas Instruments' in a new version of Google Glass coming next year
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