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Biggest-ever series of cyber attacks uncovered, U.N. hit — (Reuters) - Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organizations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world.
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Hillicon Valley, Inquirer, PC World, BetaNews, Washington Post, Computerworld, MediaFile, WebProNews, The Business Insider, Gawker, TechEye and Softpedia News
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Revealed: Operation Shady RAT — For the last few years, especially since the public revelation of Operation Aurora, the targeted successful intrusion into Google and two dozen other companies, I have often been asked by our worldwide customers if they should worry about such sophisticated …


Exclusive: Operation Shady rat—Unprecedented Cyber-espionage Campaign and Intellectual-Property Bonanza — For at least five years, a high-level hacking campaign—dubbed Operation Shady rat—has infiltrated the computer systems of national governments, global corporations, nonprofits …
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Between the Lines Blog, New York Times, CNET News, ReadWriteWeb, Digits, Vanity Fair, SiliconANGLE, Mashable! and Disruptors


Internet Explorer story was bogus — The story claimed that users of internet explorer had a lower IQ than those who opted for other browsers — A story which suggested that users of Internet Explorer have a lower IQ than people who chose other browsers appears to have been an elaborate hoax.
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CNET News, Computerworld, CNN, AptiQuant, PC World, Computer Business Review, The Microsoft Blog, Daring Fireball, The Ed Bott Report Blog, msnbc.com, WinRumors, Mashable!, Digital Trends, Between the Lines Blog, The Next Web, SlashGear, Geek.com, Gizmodo and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
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The Internet Explorer IQ Hoax and the State of Tech Blogging
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The Register, GeekWire, Network World, GMSV and WinExtra


Exclusive: Apple To Launch iTunes Replay In The Coming Weeks — While rumors of Apple launching a proper streaming service for its iTunes content have been around for years, it's only recently that Apple has begun turning the dream into a reality. Just a few days ago …


Samsung Is Said to Examine InterDigital Patents — Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest maker of mobile phones, is examining InterDigital Inc.'s patent portfolio after being approached to make a bid, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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CNET News, mocoNews, TechCrunch, Mobiledia, Inquirer, FierceWireless, SlashGear and 9to5Mac


Google Promoting “Free” Nexus S On Homepage — Hurry, supplies are limited. If you've been to Google.com today (from a US IP address) then you've already seen the Nexus S “free today only” offer. Users can obtain the phone from US retailer Best Buy and must sign up for a two-year contract.
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Internet2Go, Google Watch, The Next Web and TechSpot


Inkling nabs $17M to bring textbooks to the iPad — Inkling, the digital textbook software startup, has closed on $17 million in new funding. — The San Francisco-based company will use the money to hire more employees and meet the growing appetite it's seeing from traditional textbook publishers …
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AllThingsD, paidContent and Pulse2

Pegatron to begin shipments of iPhone 5 in September — Pegatron Technology has landed orders for 10 million units of iPhone 5 to become the second ODM of the smartphone. Shipments will start in September, according to industry sources. — As iPhone gross margins are relatively small …
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Fast Company, VentureBeat, Startup Meme, iDownloadBlog.com, ITProPortal, The Next Web and TiPb

Pages are now self-serve! A new home for brands and organizations on foursquare. — Back in January of 2010, Intel became the first organization with a Page on foursquare. We hacked together a new template for them (look at our spec, with our crazy old logo!) and built it out by hand.
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The Next Web and The Business Insider


Ashton Kutcher Or Kevin Rose, Whose Tweets Are Worth More? — Whose tweets lead to more actual sales, Ashton Kutcher's or Kevin Rose's? The answer is not immediately obvious. Kutcher boasts 7.3 million Twitter followers to Rose's 1.3 million, but a recent promotion run …


Why I Quit My Job to Start a Tech Company — Back in November of 2006, before NY Mag and TimeOut put startups on the cover, before the “tech bubble”, before Twitter and Foursquare were popular, before working at a startup in NY was considered a reasonable thing to do …


Google, TI cozy up on Android Ice Cream Sandwich — Texas Instruments and Google are hooking up on Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of Android that will run on both phones and tablets. — Though TI has been a player in Android phones (most notably the Motorola Droid series) …
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Gizmodo, Android and Me, Droid Life, AndroidGuys and Electronista


Mobile Developers See More Promise in Google+ than iCloud — Mobile application developers believe that Google's new social network Google Plus will have more impact on mobile growth and adoption than Apple's iCloud, or even iOS 5's Twitter integration. This is just one of the fascinating …
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CNET News, ReadWriteMobile, CNET News, GigaOM, AllThingsD, TechFlash, Reuters, The Tech Herald … and eWeek


Silicon Valley has jobs advice for Washington — The president asked for ideas to improve job creation and innovation. Now the technorati are delivering. — FORTUNE — With the debt ceiling standoff resolved (sort of), Silicon Valley's technorati gathered in Palo Alto …
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Groupme 3.0 goes international and cross-platform, questions everything — Groupme, the little group messaging service that made a bit of a splash at Google I/O, turns 3.0 today. There are some shiny new features on board, including a simpler way to exchange private messages and “Questions” …
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GroupMe Blog, Mashable!, ReadWriteWeb and Wall Street Journal


Google+ attracts 25 mln visitors - comScore — (Reuters) - Google Inc's new social network has attracted 25 million users, making it the fastest website to reach that audience size, according to data released on Tuesday by comScore. — Google+, launched in late June …
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Search Engine Land, 9to5Google, The Business Insider, Digital Trends, The Next Web, Agence France Presse and CNET News


Qualcomm Overhauls The Snapdragon Brand, Ditches The Confusing Chipset Names — If you've got any smartphone made in the last year or so that isn't made by Apple or Samsung, chances are preeeetty good that it's powered by one of Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipsets.
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The Toybox Blog, BGR, 9to5Google, Engadget, This is my next, Electronista and PC Magazine


Airy Lands $1.5M for Educational Games; Peter Thiel Foundation Does a Happy Dance — Palo Alto-based education game maker Airy Labs has raised $1.5 million from Foundation Capital, Google Ventures, and Playdom co-founder Rick Thompson. — The funding comes after a $100,000 fellowship grant …
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Twitter Rolls Out HTML5 Version Of Twitter.com For iPad — Because the stream of realtime palaver that is Twitter needed even more platforms to be consumed on even more devices, the company has just announced that it has started to roll out its HTML5-based Twitter.com for iPad …
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The Business Insider, The Next Web, iLounge, TUAW, everythingiCafe, FierceMobileContent, App Advice and iDownloadBlog.com


Samsung's Full Response On Australian Galaxy Tab 10.1 Battle With Apple — First we heard that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 had been blocked in Australia. An injunction? Not so responded Samsung late yesterday, “The Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the Australian market will be released in the near future.”
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Engadget, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, LAPTOP Magazine, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch and The Next Web, Thanks:danny_allen

Privacy and social media investigation: how I tracked down an entire family from one tweet — Last Saturday I presented to students taking part in the brilliant Young Journalist Academy. — The topic was “New Media” (not my title) and the primary aim was to get them up and running with their own blog and learn to publish online.
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Microsoft releases new Zune HD apps. We don't know why — Despite killing off the Zune HD line (effectively) and telling people to buy Windows Phones instead, Microsoft today released a spate of new applications for its old music player line. — Why would it do that? We have no idea.
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Technologizer, WinRumors, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Neowin.net, Gizmodo and Zunited

Apple: 'A6′ Chip Will Merge iOS With OS X In 2012, Says Jefferies — Is Apple (AAPL) looking to combine its computer operating systems — “OS X” — and its gadget operating system — “iOS”? — That's the theory offered today by Peter Misek, who follows the shares for Jefferies & Co …
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The Toybox Blog, The Tech Trade, 9to5Mac, BGR, DigiTimes, International Business Times, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, Redmond Pie, OS X Daily, SlashGear, iClarified and Apple Bitch


Lockerz Nearing Closure on $45 Million Round From Live Nation, Others — Seattle-based Lockerz, an e-commerce company trying to build a rewards-based program for teens, is close to securing a third round of capital totaling $45 million. — Lockerz's CEO Kathy Savitt said so far $36 million …
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Venture Capital Dispatch, GeekWire and TechFlash


Time Inc. Doubles Down on Tablets, Promises All Magazines on All Platforms by End of Year — Magazine publishers have veered back and forth on what tablets means for their business — Savior! Disappointment! Maybe sort of promising! — but here's Time Inc. making another bet on the technology …
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Business Wire, Betabeat, paidContent, TechCrunch, Gizmodo and Electronista