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The Evidence That North Korea Hacked Sony Is Flimsy — A poster for the movie “The Interview” is taken down by a worker after being pulled from a display case at a Carmike Cinemas movie theater, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Atlanta. Georgia-based Carmike Cinemas has decided to cancel …
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U.S. Said to Find North Korea Ordered Cyberattack on Sony — WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials have concluded that the North Korean government was “centrally involved” in the recent attacks on Sony Pictures's computers, a determination reached just as Sony on Wednesday canceled …
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See also Mediagazer| Dave McNary / Variety: |
Sony Has ‘No Further Release Plans’ for ‘The Interview’ — Sony Pictures Entertainment has walked out on “The Interview,” deciding against releasing the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy in any form — including VOD or DVD. — “Sony Pictures has no further release plans for the film,” a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Sony Pictures' internal systems still haven't fully recovered, forcing some employees to work with decades-old tech — Sony Pictures Employees Now Working In An Office “From Ten Years Ago” — It's been different for everyone," she said. She was upbeat, optimistic … | Business Insider: |
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AMC and MoviePass partner for unlimited movie subscription plan, priced between $35 and $45 per month — From AMC and MoviePass, a Film a Day for a Monthly Fee — LOS ANGELES — Netflix brought subscription-based movie and television streaming to the millennial masses.
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| Nicholas Carlson / New York Times: |
Book adaptation: How Marissa Mayer fought to turn around Yahoo and lost her way — What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs — Credit: Illustration by Matt Dorfman. Photographs by Getty Images. — Eric Jackson was sitting in his hotel room on Sea Island, Ga. …
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| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Palo Alto Networks finds factory-installed backdoor on Android devices from China's Coolpad — Manufacturer's Backdoor Found on Popular Chinese Android Smartphone — A popular Android smartphone sold primarily in China and Taiwan but also available worldwide, contains a backdoor …
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Amazon Echo teardown: TI DM3725 processor, single-core ARM Cortex A8 chip, 256MB of LPDDR1 RAM, 4GB storage, 2.5" woofer, 2.0" tweeter, 7-microphone array — Amazon Echo Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.
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| Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Amazon brings one-hour delivery to New York City with Prime Now — Service rolls out in select areas of Manhattan today, with other cities coming in 2015 — Amazon today announced a new service called Prime Now, which promises one-hour delivery for a range of “daily essentials.”
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple to instate country-specific app taxes in EU starting Jan. 1 — In an email sent out to iTunes Connect members on Wednesday, Apple reminded developers of an upcoming value-added tax (VAT) rate policy change that will see customers pay fees based on their country of residence rather than other EU locales with lower taxes.
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Judge rules videotaped Steve Jobs deposition to remain out of public eye — After successfully defending a long-running antitrust case related to the iPod and iTunes ecosystem, Apple on Wednesday won a separate fight to keep videotaped deposition from late company cofounder Steve Jobs sealed.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Plex Arrives On PS4 And PS3 In Europe And Asia, U.S. Launch Coming Later — The one puzzle piece I needed to complete my Ultimate Home Theater setup has finally arrived: Plex is available for PlayStation 4 and PS3 in the U.K, Europe and Asia, with an app live in the PlayStation Store.
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| Lisa Fleisher / Wall Street Journal: |
Eurostat study finds nearly one in every five Europeans aged 16-74 has never used the internet — 1 in 5 Europeans Has Never Used the Internet — Believe it or not, at a time when many of us are glued to our smartphones and messaging apps, there are still many Europeans who say they have never used the Internet.
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
Apple's Holiday Product Red Campaign Raises $20 Million for AIDS Research — Apple raised in excess of $20 million in a holiday campaign for Product Red, which funds an organization dedicated to fighting AIDS in Africa. — The technology giant partnered with software developers who sold apps …
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| Bloomberg: |
Costolo's Family Trusts Sell Remaining Twitter Stock — Twitter Inc. (TWTR) Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo's family trusts have sold off the last shares of the company he leads. — The Richard Costolo 2001 Living Trust and Lorin Costolo 2001 Living Trust, named for his wife …
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| Shane Dingman / Globe and Mail: |
BlackBerry Classic review: old-fashioned phone that won't please traditionalists or new users — Review: BlackBerry Classic is a trip back in time — The BlackBerry Classic is a curmudgeonly phone. — That's not entirely pejorative: a curmudgeon can be a beloved figure with a kind of …
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