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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| John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
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 …
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| 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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See also Mediagazer| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
State-sponsored or not, Sony Pictures malware “bomb” used slapdash code — According to multiple reports, unnamed government officials have said that the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was linked to the North Korean government. The Wall Street Journal reports that investigators suspect … | 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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See also Mediagazer| 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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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Sony leaks reveal how Hollywood aims to achieve SOPA-style DNS blocking under existing laws — Sony leaks reveal Hollywood is trying to break DNS, the backbone of the internet — Most anti-piracy tools take one of two paths: they either target the server that's sharing the files … | Kevin Poulsen / Wired: |
The FBI used Flash code from abandoned Metasploit side project to identify Tor users in Operation Torpedo — The FBI Used the Web's Favorite Hacking Tool to Unmask Tor Users — For more than a decade, a powerful app called Metasploit has been the most important tool in the hacking world …
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Ars Technica, SC Magazine, Gizmodo and Schneier on Security
| 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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| 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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MacDailyNews, Daring Fireball, Stowe Boyd, Inc.com, Business Insider and Business Insider
| Janelle Lawrence / Bloomberg: |
Boston Uber Driver Charged With Raping Woman Seeking Ride — A Boston man who works as an Uber Technologies Inc. driver was charged with taking a woman to a secluded area and raping her, as questions about the company's driver-screening process prompted it to begin an assessment of its safety programs.
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| Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal: |
Box CEO Aaron Levie talks about the IPO, competition, and the company's future strategy — Box CEO Aaron Levie: From Commodity to ‘Defining Strategy’ — Box CEO Aaron Levie is one of the biggest cheerleaders for a new generation of corporate technology that he says can transform businesses and make employees more productive.
Tweets: @james_dasilva, @donal888, @collectedinc, @james_dasilva, @lombardi_gloria and @wsjd
| 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 … | Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Windows Browser Ballot comes to an end as EC obligation expires — Microsoft will cease showing EU-based Windows users a selection screen offering a choice of different browsers to install, known as the browser ballot. — In December 2009, and after lengthy negotiations …
| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
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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Variety, Geek.com, CBS Boston, TechnoBuffalo, The Verge, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Consumerist, Tech Times, Inc.com and CNN
| Katie Benner / Bloomberg View: |
Jawbone delays UP3 fitness band release until after holidays, offers discounts to preorderers — Jawbone's Missing Christmas — If you wonder how long the market can support richly valued startups, and what sorts of corporate stress might test investor enthusiasm, look no further than Jawbone … | iFixit: |
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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| 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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