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Edward Snowden says US intelligence 'aggressively criminal'

2013-06-19T00:00:00.000+12:00

“All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me” -- Edward Snowden wrote-- Edward Snowden calls US intelligence 'aggressively criminal'Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Edward Snowden, the former U.S. government contractor who leaked secret details of official surveillance programs, pledged Monday to release more information about

Google Internet Balloon Project

2013-06-18T00:00:00.000+12:00

"the top-secret project was announced Saturday in New Zealand, where up to 50 volunteer households are already beginning to receive the Internet briefly on their home computers via translucent helium balloons that sail by on the wind 12 miles above Earth." (source infra) Google's Internet Balloon Project Could Create "Enormous Benefits," Says Prof ...DePauw University"Google is launching

Google Calls US Data Disclosures a Step Backward for Users

2013-06-17T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google clearly the "good guy" in all this so far--in less than a week, Google has transformed a public relations nightmare into a crusade for Internet freedom-- Google Calls US Data Request Disclosures a Step Backward for UsersNew York Times (blog)Even as the government gave tech companies permission to publish some data on national security requests for user data, Google said it did not go far

Apple's Eddy Cue Defends E-Book Sales

2013-06-16T00:00:00.000+12:00

Apple has the guns and ammo to take on the DOJ-- Apple's Eddy Cue Defends E-Book SalesWall Street JournalThe Justice Department, in a civil trial being heard in federal court in Manhattan, has accused Apple of colluding with five major publishers to raise the price of e-books in 2010 in response to Amazon.com Inc.'s discount pricing of $9.99 for best ..(read more at link above) Amazon builds

Google Uncovers Iran Spying on its Citizens

2013-06-15T00:00:00.000+12:00

The surveillance campaign is just the latest evidence that political groups are increasingly using digital means to keep tabs on their opposition. During elections last April in Malaysia, security researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab found evidence that servers in Malaysia were running FinSpy, a surveillance tool sold to governments by the British surveillance firm Gamma Group.

Google details how it hands data to Feds

2013-06-14T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google taking advantage of NSA scandal to go "transparent"-- Google details how it hands over data to federal officialsWashington PostGoogle on Wednesday pushed harder to downplay its role in a secret national surveillance program, detailing for the first time how it typically hands over data to federal officials. Surprisingly, the global innovator uses decidedly simple and low-tech methods, ...

Google Wants Transparency on NSA Orders

2013-06-13T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google wants Transparency -- Feds want Secret Courts, Secret Court Orders, Gag Laws Google Asks for Approval to Report NSA Data RequestsWall Street JournalGoogle Inc. on Tuesday said it had asked the U.S. Justice Department for permission to publicly report on secret federal court orders that require it hand over information about its users to authorities including the National Security Agency.

Apple gives the iPhone user interface a facelift

2013-06-12T00:00:00.000+12:00

Apple iOS refresh overdue-- Apple gives the iPhone a user interface facelift ...CNETApple showed off the new look and feel of its latest mobile device operating system iOS7, which sports a new, cleaner design...Apple next Mac Pro goes peek-a-booCNETApple exec Phil Schiller offers a look at the upcoming Apple desktop computer and fires back at critics: "Can't innovate anymore, my ass."Mac Pro ...

Edward Snowden "outs" the NSA

2013-06-11T00:00:00.000+12:00

Video and article at the following link explains it all-- Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations | World news | guardian.co.uk: " . . . . Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world's most secretive

Apple iPhone trade-in program

2013-06-10T04:37:00.005+12:00

Good move by Apple to keep a mature market buying iPhones-- Apple partners with Miami company for iPhone trade-in program, report says - South Florida Business Journal: "The company (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to launch an iPhone trade-in program in June through a partnership with Brightstar Corp., sources told Bloomberg. Apple has teamed with Miami-based Brightstar Corp., a mobile-phone

Apple's WWDC June 10-14

2013-06-09T00:00:00.000+12:00

Apple's WWDC June 10-14-- WWDC - Apple Developer: "Get an in-depth look at what’s next in iOS and OS X, and learn how to take your apps to the next level. With over 100 sessions, extensive hands–on labs, and engaging events, you’ll connect with Apple engineers and fellow developers for an incredible week of inspiration. . . . ." A decade of WWDC: 10 years of Apple product ...CNETApple's annual

Microsoft, FBI Cripple Half Billion Dollar Citadel Botnet

2013-06-08T00:00:00.000+12:00

Good to see this--kudos to Microsoft and FBI-- Microsoft, FBI Join Forces; Cripple Half Billion Dollar Citadel BotnetPC MagazineRejoice! The Citadel botnet has fallen! The computers it once enslaved are free, and the world will be set right. Well, not quite, but Microsoft announced yesterday that they'd partnered with the FBI and other organizations to take 1,462 known, independent ...The Daily

Apple Denies It Fixed E-Book Pricing

2013-06-07T00:00:00.000+12:00

Apple attorney Orin Snyder: "Apple is going to trial because it did nothing wrong. Apple did not conspire with any publisher individually, collectively or otherwise to raise industry prices." Apple Denies It Fixed E-Book PricingABC NewsIn April 2012 the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, MacMillan, Hachette and Pearson over allegations

EU Commissioner Makes Push for Net Neutrality Rules

2013-06-06T00:00:00.000+12:00

Internet Freedom!-- EU Commissioner Makes Push for Net Neutrality RulesPC MagazineEurope needs a definitive net neutrality plan that will guarantee people's right to a free and open Internet, Neelie Kroes, the EU's commissioner for digital policy, said today. The topic is a very polarizing one, Kroes acknowledged during a speech before the ...The new Extreme II SSD from SanDiskCNETSanDisk

US vs Apple - ebook price-fixing?

2013-06-05T00:00:00.000+12:00

Apple CEO Tim Cook insisted last week that he would not settle. "We're not going to sign something that says we did something we didn't do," he said. "And so we're going to fight."--Apple in court over ebook price-fixing accusationsThe GuardianApple went on trial in New York on Monday over accusations by the US department of justice of conspiring with publishers to raise the price of ebooks in

Did Apple Buy Grokr?

2013-06-04T00:00:00.000+12:00

If not, Apple needs to-- Did Apple Buy Grokr?Cult of MacOne major difference between Google Now and Siri is that Google has a Knowledge Graph and Apple doesn't. Apple relies on Wolfram-Alpha for much of its “knowledge.” Google's Knowledge graph scales massively in two ways. First, the actions of over a ... US takes Apple to trial over e-books price-fixingReutersThe Justice Department filed its

Google ordered to hand private customer data over to FBI

2013-06-03T00:00:00.000+12:00

Obama's Big Brother Government--"Google could appeal the decision. The company declined comment. Kurt Opsah, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said: "We are disappointed that the same judge who declared these letters unconstitutional is now requiring compliance with them." The letters, along with the recent seizure of reporters' phone records by the Obama administration, have

Hey Marissa! -- fix your email service!

2013-06-02T00:00:00.000+12:00

BT customers who use the Yahoo! service have complained since February that hackers are repeatedly taking control of accounts and using them to pump out spam emails (source infra) Will Yahoo! ever fix its spammy email service? BT dumps Yahoo! email after hacking claims - Telegraph: " . . . . It will come as a blow to Yahoo! chief executive Marissa Mayer, who has been battling to restore the

Moto X smartphone built in US will launch by October

2013-06-01T00:00:00.000+12:00

Imagine that--an advanced smartphone--built in the US! Moto X smartphone is real and will be launched by October | Mobile - CNET News: " . . . the company will be launching the rumored Moto X smartphone sometime between now and October. In fact, the entire product line of Motorola smartphones will be revamped, Woodside said during an the D: All Things Digital conference here. "We'll launch a

Mary Meeker's Internet Trends Report (slides)

2013-05-31T00:00:00.000+12:00

KPCB Internet Trends 2013 from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Mary Meeker's Internet Trends Report (slides) Mary Meeker at D11 presents Internet Trends.CNETPALOS VERDE, Calif. -- In 1993, on the Internet nobody would know you were a dog. In 2013, everybody knows that you are a dog. That's how Mary Meeker, a general partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, described changes over

Google to Build Wireless Networks Abroad

2013-05-30T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google is getting the next billion people online-- Google to Build Wireless Networks Abroad, Expand Ad Empire: Report eWeek Google is strategizing to bring wireless connectivity (and mobile ads) to parts of the world without Internet access, says a new report. Nokia has talked about getting the next billion people online, but it's Google that's planning to build the networks. Google is ...

Interplanetary GPS Using Pulsar Signals

2013-05-29T00:00:00.000+12:00

Like GPS, but using Pulsar Signals-- An Interplanetary GPS Using Pulsar Signals | MIT Technology Review: "Astronomers are aware of well over 2,000 pulsars and the next generation of radio observatories are expected to reveal tens of thousands more. The basic idea behind this interplanetary navigation system is to use the signals from these pulsars in essentially the same way that we use GPS

Marissa and Yahoo - Shop til you drop

2013-05-28T01:00:00.000+12:00

The Yahoo buying spree continues . . . . Yahoo Submits Bid for Hulu - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD: "Add one more name to the Hulu bidding derby: Yahoo, which just announced plans to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion, has made an offer on the video website as well. The Web giant submitted a bid for the video site . . . " Yahoo Acquires Gaming Infrastructure Startup PlayerScale | TechCrunch: "

Taxes: Apple, Google, and everyone else

2013-05-27T00:00:00.000+12:00

Seems like everyone is talking about taxes, Apple, Google, et al-- Apple chief calls on US government to slash US corporate taxThe GuardianThe hearing was seen as a watershed in the increasing tense clashes between governments and multinationals, particularly technology groups such as Apple, Amazon and Google. Edward Kleinbard, professor of law at USC Gould School of Law, said: ...Google chief

FTC starts another meritless investigation against Google

2013-05-26T00:00:00.001+12:00

FTC doing another "government sponsored shakedown" of Google--wasting millions in taxpayer funds--how about "sequestering" 100% of the FTC's operating funds since they apparently have no interest in fulfilling their true purpose and mission? Google faces new FTC probe over display adsWashington PostFederal investigators have begun probing whether Google is using its increasingly potent position