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U.S. Links North Korea to Sony Hacking — 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 its release of the comedy …
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See also Mediagazer| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
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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Sony Just Cancelled The December 25 Release Of ‘The Interview’ — Sony Pictures has decided to cancel the December 25 release of ‘The Interview’ after major theaters said they wouldn't screen the movie. “We Have Decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release of 'The Interview … | Hugh Langley / TechRadar: |
Netflix: offline viewing is ‘never going to happen’ — Well damn … For some time now, services like BBC iPlayer and 4oD have offered the ability to download shows for offline viewing, yet Netflix hasn't — And despite the pleas of the masses (or maybe it's just us) …
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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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| 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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| 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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Purch, owner of Tom's Hardware and Laptop Magazine, acquires AnandTech months after founder Anand Shimpi leaves for Apple — Purch Acquires AnandTech, Dominates Tech Expert and Enthusiast Market — Leading content and commerce company adds respected mobile, computing, and IT reviews site to its brand portfolio| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Tile's tiny Bluetooth stuff-tracker now works with Android — Tile's promise to track your stuff with small Bluetooth squares last year made it one of the biggest crowd-funded successes ever, raising nearly $2.7 million worth of orders in just a month. What's taken the company a lot longer … | Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
21st Century Fox to Acquire Ad Tech Firm TrueX for $200 Million — 21st Century Fox Inc. has agreed to acquire the online advertising technology company TrueX Media, people familiar with the matter said. — 21st Century Fox is paying a sum approaching $200 million for TrueX, said a person familiar with the deal.| 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.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Uber will use biometric scans to improve background checks on drivers — A pledge to improve safety after an alleged rape in India — In the wake of high-profile incidents in which passengers were allegedly assaulted by their drivers, Uber said today it would improve background checks using methods including biometric scans.
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| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Facebook is testing an official way to sell goods in Groups — A new feature that's appeared for some Facebook users allows them to sell goods using a new “Sell Something” option when posting to a group. — The new selling option appears alongside the normal “Write Post” …
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Facebook, SlashGear, PC Magazine, WebProNews, Engadget, ITProPortal, International Business Times, The Verge, TechloMedia and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
ICANN e-mail accounts, zone database breached in spearphishing attack — Unknown attackers used a spearphishing campaign to compromise sensitive systems operated by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a coup that allowed them to take control of employee e-mail accounts …
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Netcraft, The Register, Threatpost, ZDNet, Network World, Darknet, The Hill, Domain Name Wire, TheDomains.com and CircleID
| 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 … | Reuters: |
Uber faces tough rivals, regulatory glare in China — (Reuters) - Deep-pocketed Chinese rivals and tough regulators stand in the way of U.S. car-hailing service Uber's plans to conquer one of the world's biggest transportation markets, even after it signed a tieup with domestic internet giant Baidu Inc.
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