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August 3, 2013, 4:55 PM

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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Vetoes Ban on Sale of Some Apple iPhones, iPads  —  Concern Cited Over Patent Holders Gaining ‘Undue Leverage’  —  The Obama administration on Saturday vetoed a U.S. trade body's ban on the sale of some Apple iPhones and iPads, a rare move that upends a legal victory for smartphone rival Samsung Electronics Co.
Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:
Chinese Hacking Team Caught Taking Over Decoy Water Plant  —  A Chinese hacking group accused this February of being tied to the Chinese army was caught last December infiltrating a decoy water control system for a U.S. municipality, a researcher revealed on Wednesday.
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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Why Microsoft isn't going to dump Windows RT  —  Summary: Is there any chance Microsoft is going to do a 180 and dump its Windows RT operating system?  My bet is no, and here's why.  —  In the days following Microsoft's $900 million Surface RT write-down, many have been questioning Microsoft's stated plan …
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Hashtag Inventor Chris Messina Leaves Google to Join Small Startup NeonMob  —  Chris Messina, known for bringing the hashtag to social media, has left Google after more than three and a half years.  —  An advocate of open social Web technologies, Messina had first joined Google …
CNNMoney.com:
Your TV might be watching you  —  Today's high-end televisions are almost all equipped with “smart” PC-like features, including Internet connectivity, apps, microphones and cameras.  But a recently discovered security hole in some Samsung Smart TVs shows that many of those bells and whistles aren't ready for prime time.
Brian Klug / AnandTech:
Google Releases 4.3 OTA for HTC One and Galaxy S4 Google Play Editions  —  It's been a busy week in the Android space, and this evening Google appears to have hit the button on the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean MR2) update for the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition phones.
Ben Popper / The Verge:
A month after Google killed its beloved Reader, the market for paid RSS tools is booming  —  Without the search giant strangling the market, will RSS actually evolve?  —  It's been a month since Google Reader shut down, breaking users' hearts and bringing an end to a nearly eight-year run of RSS dominance.
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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
CBS Blocks Time Warner Cable Subscribers From Watching Full Episodes On CBS.com  —  A dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable over retransmission fees for its broadcast content has spilled over onto the web, with a blackout of television programming also being extended to CBS' online properties.

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