Does Sony Have a Case to Stop Hack Reporting? (videos)

Does Sony Have a Case to Stop Hack Reporting?: Video - Bloomberg:
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Sony Pictures Entertainment requested news outlets stop disclosing material from a devastating computer hack as its studio chief made plans to meet a civil-rights leader after the exposure of a racially tinged e-mail exchange. Rasch Technology And Cyberlaw Principal Mark Rasch weighs in on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 12/15)

Sony Asks Media to Destroy Hacked Data: Do They Have a Case?: Video - Bloomberg:
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Trend Micro's Tom Kellermann and Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw discuss the ethical issues raised by the hack attack on Sony Pictures. They speak with Bloomberg's Trish Regan on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg 12/15)


New York Times
Apple Wins Decade-Old iTunes Suit
New York Times
Several other Apple executives were called to the witness stand. ... in the process of fixing hacks, “it might screw up the Real technology anyway, ... accusation: that Appleand the online retailer Amazon had colluded to make their ...
Apple Wins iPod Antitrust Trial - Wall Street Journal
Jury finds Apple not liable of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case - The Verge
Apple Wins Class-Action Lawsuit Over iPod Prices - ABC News


RT
Apple halts online sales to Russia as the ruble plunges in value
The Verge
According to reporters at Bloomberg, Apple is shutting down its online sales to Russia because of the "extreme fluctuations" in its currency, the ruble.
Apple Stops Online Sales in Russia Over Ruble Fluctuations - Bloomberg


Newsweek
What People Are Searching For, According to Google
Newsweek
Every December, as one year is about to give way to the next, Google ... pumpkin pie, anapple and an egg; Paleo, Atkins and Gluten-free were the ...
Robin Williams Tops 2014 List of Google Searches - ABC News


CNET
Dozens of vendors jump on Apple Pay bandwagon
CNET
Log In to CNET; Sign In with Facebook Google Yahoo; Join CNET; Member Benefits ... With the expanded list, Apple says its mobile-payments system now ... Other services such as Google Wallet and Softcard have tried to find ... CNET, Computer Shopper,Microsoft TechNet, and other technology sites.
Apple Pay Recruits Dozens of New Banks and Stores - Wired
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Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto V, Pushing the Limits (video)

Grand Theft Auto V: Is the Game Pushing the Limit? -

Polygon Editor-In-Chief Christopher Grant and IGN C0-Founder Tal Blevins discuss the release of Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto V. They speak on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 11/19)

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New York Times
Twine, the Video-Game Technology For All
New York Times


CNET
Firefox dumps Google for search, signs on with Yahoo
CNET
In another part of the deal, Yahoo will support the Do Not Track technology for Firefox ... "Google has been the Firefox global search default since 2004. ... "We are coming to the midpoint of the 10-year agreement" with Microsoft, Mayer said .... Apple said to be embedding Beats music service into iOS.
Yahoo Will Soon Become The Default Search Engine In Firefox - TechCrunch
Mozilla strikes Firefox search deal with Yahoo, ending long partnership with Google - ZDNet
Firefox Dumps Google For Yahoo - Business Insider


BBC News
BBC News - Microsoft Azure faults knock websites offline: "Microsoft Azure's status page says problems began at 00:52 GMT across the globe. Its European operations are taking the longest to fix. Access to Microsoft's Office 365 online suite of apps and its Xbox Live gaming facility are among services affected. The faults could set back the company's efforts to sell Azure. Microsoft is attempting to make gains on the market leader, Amazon Web Services, as well as IBM, Google and others offering rival products."


Wall Street Journal
Amazon Deploys Robot Army for the Holidays
Wall Street Journal
The robots are the fruits of Amazon's 2012 purchase of Kiva Systems Inc. for ... After the acquisition,Amazon stopped selling Kiva robots to other ... Kiva was founded in 2003 by Mick Mountz, a former executive at Apple Inc. and ...

Apple and Others Encrypt Phones, Fueling Government Standoff
Wall Street Journal
Apple and Others Encrypt Phones, Fueling Government Standoff. U.S. Says New Technology Will Hinder Police Investigations....



Christian Science Monitor
Apple Will Bundle Beats On iPhone As Google's Music Key Threatens
Forbes
The Financial Times is reporting that Apple plans to bundle its newly acquired Beats Music service into an upcoming version of iOS, making it instantly ...
Apple plans to push Beats to every iPhone - CNBC.com

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Apple, Gold iPad, Luxury Watch, Signs Of Decline Into Irrelevancy

This speaks volumes about Apple and where it is headed--Gold iPads and luxury watches are Apple's admission that it can no longer compete in the mass market--

Apple Said to Add Gold Option to IPad to Goose Sales - Bloomberg: "Apple Inc. (AAPL) will add a gold color option for its full-size iPads in an effort to boost a category that’s posted declining shipments this year, according to people familiar with the plans. New versions of the company’s 9.7-inch iPads, anticipated to be unveiled this month, will include gold as a choice of color for the rear metal cover, adding to the silver and gray available for the lighter iPad Air..."

as does this:

Jony Ive, Marc Newson showcase Apple Watch to fashion luminaries in Paris
The Apple Watch has attracted some of fashion's biggest names to its ...
and this

A Rare Look at Apple's Design Genius Jony Ive — Vogue (yes that Vogue, the fashion mag!)

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Wall Street Journal
Facebook Changes Real-Name Policy After Uproar From Drag Queens
Wall Street Journal
Drag queens from left, Lil Miss Hot Mess, Sister Roma and Heklina, take turns speaking about their battle with Facebook during a news conference in ...
Facebook Clarifies 'Real Names' Policy Amid LGBT and Drag Queen Protests - Yahoo Tech
Facebook Apologizes, Promises to Update 'Real Name' Policy - Mashable
Facebook clarifies real name policy amid LGBT protests - The Verge


The New Yorker
Here Is Why Yahoo Is Now A Most Enticing Stock To Buy
Forbes
Yahoo Yahoo (YHOO), one of the world's largest providers of online content and services that owns a 22.4% stake in Alibaba, looked like a sure big ...


The New Yorker
Facebook Aims to Shrink Google's Lead in Digital Ads
Wall Street Journal
Google will take 32% of the $120 billion global digital ad market this year, ... Facebook is second with an estimated 8% share this year. ... relaunched Atlas, an advertising system it bought last year from Microsoft Corp. ... other required tracking technology such asApple's Identifier for Advertisers, or IDFA, ...


USA TODAY
Windows 10: Microsoft hits a turbo button to get back to business
The Verge
Microsoft's Windows 10 event didn't include flashy features, sexy videos, or big unveils, it was about two things: fast improvements and feedback.
Is this why Microsoft named it Windows 10? - CNET


Minneapolis Star Tribune
Which States Make You Pay an Amazon Sales Tax
Wall Street Journal
Amazon.com today begins collecting sales tax from purchasers in Minnesota and Maryland, marking the 22nd and 23rd states where the online ...

Facebook Apologizes To LGBT Community And Promises Changes
After weeks of backlash over Facebook's real name policy, namely from members of the LGBT community who have had their Facebook pages ...

Google bows to pressure, removes news snippets from German search results | Computerworld: "In a move to minimize legal risks, Google has stopped showing news snippets and thumbnails for some well-known German news sites in search results."

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SpaceX Launches First 3-D Printer to ISS (video)

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the rocket maker led by Elon Musk, launched an unmanned cargo mission on Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Florida containing the first 3-D printer destined for the International Space Station. Here is raw footage of the liftoff with narration from NASA TV. (Bloomberg 9/22/2014)


New York Times
Months After Buying Beats, Apple's Plans for Its Music Service Remain Unclear
New York Times
On Monday, an online report by the technology news site TechCrunch claimed that Applewould “shut down” Beats' streaming service, Beats Music, ...


Wall Street Journal
Google Must Improve Search Settlement or Face Charges, EU's Almunia Says
Wall Street Journal
Ms. Vestager's position on the Google investigation remains unclear. But in an interview with The Wall Street Journal Tuesday, Ms. Vestager stressed ...


Wall Street Journal
Alibaba Deal Pummels Yahoo Stock
Wall Street Journal
Yahoo shares have plunged 8.2% in the two trading days since Alibaba ... Yahoo shares had surged 27% from mid-June through Thursday's close, ... Still, Yahoo continues to lose advertising revenue to Google Inc. GOOGL ... in Yahoo shares rose to its highest on Friday since May 2008, when Microsoft ...


Forbes
Why The Apple TV HomeKit Update Makes An Apple Television More Likely
Forbes
With all the hoo-ha surrounding the launch of Apple Apple's new iPhones and ... As reported by Forbes, Apple also apparently rolled out last week an ... For years now attechnology shows around the world TV brands have been ...


Economic Times
Wall Street thinks Yahoo is worth less than nothing
CBS News
In the shadow of that news is Yahoo (YHOO), the old-time Internet "portal," which held a bundle ... Say Google (GOOG) and you think search. Apple (AAPL) is consumer electronics. Facebook (FB)? Social networking. Even often dismissed Microsoft (MSFT) has been financially successful with operating ...


PC Advisor
Apple's Watch marks its transformation into a fashion brand
The Verge
Apple's big event this month relegated the company's best known and best selling ... The thing is, the Apple Watch isn't even all that special. ... and explain a piece of newtechnology is as essential to its commercial success as .... Sep 10 Between Google andApple, the smartwatch wars are over before ...

After eight years with Facebook's News Feed, there's no such thing as 'TMI'
Washington Post
When Facebook introduced its News Feed in 2006, users quite literally .... When you Google something, an algorithm surfaces some results and ...


TechCrunch (blog)
Google X Founder Sebastian Thrun Has Left His Role As Google VP And Fellow
TechCrunch (blog)
Sebastian Thrun has left the building — the Google X building, that is. ... and robotics that have paved the way for autonomous driving technology.

How Facebook Can Predict Your Politics, Your Love Life, And Even Your Sister's Name
Forbes
Oh sure — the reality TV stars inhabit a different universe than most Americans. But their names aren't as unusual as you might think. If you have a ...

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Snowden Says Drop Dropbox, Use SpiderOak

Take it from the "pro" --

Snowden Says Drop Dropbox, Use SpiderOak - Digits - WSJ: "Edward Snowden singled out cloud-storage provider Dropbox for lacking security measures he says would protect users from government snooping. He then plugged smaller competitor SpiderOak, which he says does."

Amazon unveils Kindle Unlimited, an e-book subscription service
Los Angeles Times
Amazon entered the e-book subscription market Friday by launching Kindle Unlimited, a Netflix-like subscription service for e-books available for ...


New York Times
Microsoft may drag out layoffs for a year
Computerworld (blog)
Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday said it could take as long as a year to lay off the 18,000 workers who will be eventually shown the door, making ...


FanSided
Google reveals Athena, a Material Design-inspired revamp of Chrome OS
PCWorld (blog)
Chrome evangelist François Beaufort gave us a glimpse of the potential future of Chrome OS on Friday, and boy is it ugly. Maybe that's a bit harsh.


The Guardian
Apple should do more to tackle in-app purchases problem: EU
Chicago Tribune
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple has provided no concrete and immediate solutions ... Since then, Google, which owns the Android operating system for ...


Reuters
Google's executive shuffle highlights its growing ambitions
Chicago Tribune
On Thursday, Google announced the surprise departure of its veteran ... such as the Google+ network launched to take on Facebook Inc, appear to ...


Wall Street Journal
Google Honors 'Right to Forget' Tantric Workshop
Wall Street Journal
Europe's new "right to be forgotten" on the Web now applies to references to Tantric sex. A Netherlands-based private-equity investor named Greg ...


CIO Today
Apple-IBM Deal: 9 Moves Rivals Should Make
InformationWeek
With Apple and IBM allied to advance iOS in the enterprise, these mobile technology ... As for Google and Microsoft, the gauntlet has been thrown.

Microsoft Shows Tech 'Monopolies' Don't Last
InformationWeek
... shows just how vulnerable the world's biggest software company has become as competitors from Apple toGoogle to Amazon.com have eaten its ...


Boston Globe
Facebook tests button to let people shop from its website
Boston Globe
The “buy” button is shown on a Facebook page. With the feature, the social network aims to keep up with Twitter and Google. ... The company also recently signed a deal withAmazon.com to let Twitter members shop by hashtag.


TIME
Microsoft Is Shuttering Xbox Entertainment Studios, but Halo TV Series Lives On
TIME
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Studios Phil Spencer speaks at the Microsoft Xbox E3 2012 media briefing in Los Angeles on June 4, 2012.
Why Microsoft is Closing Xbox Entertainment Studios - The Next Web

Lenovo stops selling small-screen Windows tablets in the U.S. due to lack of demand | PCWorld: "Lenovo has stopped selling Windows tablets with screen sizes under 10 inches in the U.S. due to lack of interest."

On Apollo 11 anniversary, people share their memories and thoughtsWashington Post
On July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin was “out of town” when the world rejoiced in a way never seen before or since. He and Neil Armstrong were on the moon. They missed the celebration 45 years ago. So did Michael Collins, orbiting solo around the moon in the ...

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Google Getting Faster, Expanding Infrastructure

Google's expanding network serving up faster internet services --

Google serves users from 700 p.c. more locations: Study - The Hindu: ". . . according to researchers from University of Southern California (USC). From October 2012 to late July 2013, the number of locations serving Google’s search infrastructure increased from a little less than 200 to a little more than 1,400, and the number of ISPs grew from just over 100 to more than 850, according to the study. Most of this expansion reflects Google utilising client networks that it already relied on for hosting content like videos on YouTube, and reusing them to relay -- and speed up -- user requests and responses for search and ads, researchers said. . . ." (read more at link above)

The Hindu

Microsoft deferred sales, bookings raise eyebrows

MarketWatch
For its fiscal first quarter, Microsoft reported a profit of $5.24 billion, or 62 cents a share, on revenue of $18.53 billion. During the year-ago period,Microsoft ...

MarketWatch

Stephen Elop is Ready for Big Change at Microsoft
Tom's Hardware Guide
With the departure of a good chunk of Microsoft's old guard and a series of big moves that have left consumers skeptical of the 800 pound gorilla of the tech world, Stephen Elop just might be the person to set the company back on the right track. In an interview ...

Apple reports fiscal 4Q results Monday

USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — Wall Street isn't expecting much when Applereports its fiscal ... The 47 stock analysts who publish research on Applesee the company's ...

WCCFtech

Apple's Mavericks OS refines file management, apps to great success

Newsday
SAN FRANCISCO - There isn't one thing that jumps out with Apple's new Mac operating ... It's similar to the approach Google's Gmail uses to organize email. ... And it's certainly not as revolutionary as Microsoft'stransition to Windows 8 and a ...

Newsday

Apple, Google must face antitrust suit on hiring

The Seattle Times
Apple, Google and two other Silicon Valley companies must face a group lawsuit representing more than 64,000 technical employees claiming their incomes ...

Techie News

Apple's plan to wipe out disc drives is nearly complete

CNET
With only a single machine that still has a DVD drive, Apple is close to finishing ... namely Adobe and Microsoft, were pushing their biggest products as cloud ...

Qualcomm: Microsoft's Surface 2 can't compare to Nokia's Windows ...

CNET
For processors, Microsoft's tablet houses a 1.7GHz Nvidia Tegra 4, whereas Nokia went ... for recent hot tablets such as the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 and the Google Nexus 7. ... "Google and Microsoft are very capable organizations, [with] lots of ... Thumbnail image of Apple's plan to wipe out disc drives is nearly complete.

PhoneDog

Amazon woos fashion industry as studio opens

Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
NEW YORK — In Williamsburg — a Brooklyn neighborhood that's become something of an epicenter for the prototypical hipster — Amazon.com Inc. is working ...

Amazon Builds the Spheres, While Google Opts for the Hulk - Kara ...

Kara Swisher
Amazon Builds the Spheres, While Google Opts for the Hulk ... As with Apple, Facebook, Samsung and many other tech companies, ... Microsoft Q1 Unveiled Today, but Don't Expect an October Surprise for New CEO (See You in December).
AllThingsD

Addition by subtraction? Hands on with Apple's new iWork ... - Gigaom

Mark Crump
I've always felt that Numbers was an app Apple created because they had to; not because they wanted to. I'm not at all a Microsoft Excel power user (once in an ...
Gigaom

Top 10 Clever Google Search Tricks - Lifehacker

Whitson Gordon
Google is a more powerful tool than most people realize. You can get much more ... Is It Actually Cheaper to Order Everything from Amazon? ... You've probably searched for comparisons onGoogle before, like roku vs apple tv . But what if you ...
Lifehacker

Tesla hires ex-Apple VP for new vehicle development - Autoblog

Damon Lowney

Tesla hires former Apple vice president of Mac hardware engineering, Doug Field, as the vice president of vehicle programs.
Autoblog

Amazon Publishing | The head leaves Jurassic Park to the ...

Paul St John Mackintosh
The head of Amazon Publishing has left, along with some other staff members. How much will it hurtAmazon? Probably not much.
TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics

Running Google Apps on the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX (Gmail, Play ...

Brad Linder
It's possible to load some of the Google's key Android apps without rooting the tablet. That includes Gmail, Google Play Music, the Chrome web browser, and ...
Liliputing

Mysterious floating barge in San Francisco Bay could be secret new ...
Could this barge be home to Google's next big operation? ... is likely home to a major marketing effort, a “kind of giant Apple Store,” in support of Google Glass.
news.yahoo.com/.../mysterious-floating-barge-in-san-francisco...

Google: Our Robot Cars Are Better Drivers Than You - Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "At a robotics conference in Santa Clara, California, the head ofGoogle's autonomous car project presented results of a study ...
slashdot.org/.../google-our-robot-cars-are-better-drivers-than-...

Amazon's In Favour Of The Online Sales Tax Bill Now - Forbes
Amazon's now come out in favour of the online sales tax bill: specifically, that all online retailers should be collecting it from consumers and passing it onto the ...
www.forbes.com/.../amazons-in-favour-of-the-online-sales-tax...

Thoughts and Observations Regarding This Week's Apple Event
Apple and Google are squeezing Microsoft from both sides, and the result is that .... Android-based competitors — from Samsung, Google, and Amazon — and ...
daringfireball.net/2013/10/this_weeks_ipad_event

Amazon and the "profitless business model" fallacy — Remains of ...
[DISCLOSURE: As always when I write about Amazon, I'll note I worked there from .... Why doesn'tGoogle break out its lines of business in more detail in its financials? Why doesn't Apple reveal more detail about exact sales of the various ...
www.eugenewei.com/.../amazon-and-the-profitless-business-m...

Apple's Jony Ive Designs Special Edition Red Mac Pro - Mashable
Apple design chief Jony Ive has revealed a customized version of the company's new Mac Pro that will go on auction in November.
mashable.com/2013/10/26/jony-ive-red-mac-pro/

BBM heads to the top of Google Play | CrackBerry.com
As of now BBM is riding high in Google Play with downloads in the 10000000 ... in lots of places but as long as people keep saying apple rocks and that hype ...
crackberry.com/bbm-heads-top-google-play

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