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September 24, 2015, 7:55 AM
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Yusuf Mehdi / Windows Blog:
Microsoft partners with Baidu to create local Windows 10 experience in China; Baidu will be homepage and provide search in Microsoft Edge  —  Windows 10 in China  —  China is a global epicenter for innovation and as we shared back in March at the Windows Hardware Engineering Community summit in Shenzhen …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Pebble debuts Pebble Time Round, its first round smartwatch, with slim 7.5mm design, arriving in November for $249, available to preorder today  —  Pebble introduces its first round smartwatch  —  Take a look around at the watches on people's wrists.  It doesn't take long to notice a trend: the vast majority of them are round.
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
E-book sales fell 10% in first five months of 2015, while print books and bookstores are showing resilience  —  The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead  —  Five years ago, the book world was seized by collective panic over the uncertain future of print.
Nikhil Sonnad / Quartz:
First look at Chinese OS NeoKylin, a Windows like Linux system installed on 40% of commercial Dells sold in China  —  A first look at the Chinese operating system the government wants to replace Windows  —  Microsoft Windows is the dominant operating system in China, but the government is trying to encourage homegrown replacements.
More: Gizmodo and Neowin
Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News:
iOS 9 security flaw allows access to photos and contacts via passcode bypass on locked phones  —  iOS 9 Hack: How to Access Private Photos and Contacts Without a Passcode  —  Setting a passcode on your iPhone is the first line of defense to help prevent other people from accessing your device.
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet:
Trend Micro report finds hacking or malware behind 25% of data breaches in last ten years; payment card data breaches up 169% in past five years  —  The price of your identity in the Dark Web?  No more than a dollar  —  If you or your company is a victim of cyberattack, where does this stolen data go, and to what purpose?
More: The Register and PYMNTS.com.  Tweets: @jjg0
Lisa Brown / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Square opens St. Louis office, plans to hire 200  —  St. Louis has landed the newest office of Square, which plans to hire more than 200 people in the hometown of the mobile payment company's co-founders Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey.  —  Square's St. Louis office in the Cortex district …
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Moto 360 second gen review: compact design, improved speed, and better battery life than Moto 360, but inaccurate heart monitor and little new technology  —  The second generation Moto 360—a beautiful, compact design without much new tech  —  Review: It doesn't move the needle much, but design is what really matters in wearables.

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From Mediagazer

Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Sources: the DOJ issued a subpoena to NYT freelancer Matthew Cole, seeking to force him to reveal his sources about a failed top secret mission in North Korea

Ronald Mizen / Australian Financial Review:
Australia finalizes the News Bargaining Incentive, upping the rate from 2.25% to 2.5%, narrowing the charges to digital ad revenue attributable to Australia

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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook works with Oculus to roll out 360-degree videos in News Feed, launching today with six partners including Star Wars, Vice, and SNL
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
OPM now reports 5.6M federal employees' fingerprints stolen in breach, up from 1.1M
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica UK:
Researchers say over 4K apps in iOS App Store infected with XcodeGhost, but apps not as harmful as feared earlier
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