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  Google Cites First Amendment In Challenge To FISA Secrecy Order

  18th June 2013 21:44

  Google, eager to salvage its security-related reputation in the wake of disclosures about the NSA's PRISM surveillance program, has asked a secretive intelligence court to let it disclose more details regarding government requests for information about its users, reports the Washington Post.  In a legal filing Tuesday, Google cited a First Amendment right to speak about the information it must legally provide to the government. The company is seeking to have the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court lift a gag order that prevents…

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  Google's Next Nexus Is Nowhere In Sight

  18th June 2013 16:39

  If you are waiting to get your hands on the latest and greatest of Google’s Nexus Android smartphones and tablets, the last month or so has been both exciting and disappointing.  Google's Hugo Barra announces Google Edition Samsung Galaxy S4 Google announces new Nexus smartphones and tablets when it ships new versions of Android. With every sugary dessert iteration, avid Android fans get flagship devices running unadulterated Android (free of the skins and bloatware from manufacturers and carriers) to satiate…

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  Pinterest Developers, After Years Of Waiting, Can Take Hope

  18th June 2013 16:10

  The developer community has a message for Pinterest: what’s taking so long? Ever since March 2012, the image-sharing network has promised developers an API. And it's in demand - according to ProgrammableWeb, the Pinterest API profile is the most frequently viewed page on the site, revealing the community’s anticipation for the feature. Whatever the reason, the lack of API access from Pinterest is not sitting well with the developer community. Promises But Little Progress An API, or application programming interface, is…

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  Death By Lawsuit: SCO Resurrects And Insanity Is Restored

  17th June 2013 15:53

  If ever we needed confirmation that markets, not courtrooms, should decide the technologies we use, witness SCO Group's reborn dream to sue all of UNIX-dom into its wallet. It was a specious lawsuit in 2003 when SCO Group (now Xinuos) first launched its $1 billion broadside against IBM. It's even more farcical today. Sadly, it's not clear that the legal fights between Apple and Samsung, or Oracle and Google, are much better. First, to SCO Group. SCO Is Like A…

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  Radical iOS 7 Design Is Threat To Some Existing Apps

  17th June 2013 14:34

  iOS 7 is a truly audacious redesign of Apple's chief operating system. I have been using the beta version since last week and it's abundantly clear that Apple is determinedly focused on ensuring that iOS—the software underpinnings of the iPhone and iPad—remains the simplest, purest OS on the planet.  It's also obvious that the new iOS 7 design and enhanced functionality will kill off many non-Apple apps, including some good ones. See also How Apple's iOS 7 Changes Everything For App…

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  Enabling The Mobile-First Enterprise

  17th June 2013 14:03

  Guest author Jesus Rodriguez is the CEO and co-founder of KidoZen. It has taken more than five years, but the first phase of integrating mobile into enterprises is almost over.  Enterprise mobility is evolving. The first generation of enterprise mobile solutions focused on the management of mobile devices (MDM), enabling traditional email applications and the occasional custom mobile app. It is time to take the next step. A new generation of mobile technologies is helping enterprises to reimagine entire business…

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  Zelda Goes To The Symphony

  15th June 2013 00:01

  Editor's note: This post was originally published by our partners at PopSugar Tech. I'm ushered into my seat as the conductor takes her place on the podium — but an ordinary night at the symphony this is not. The audience is in cosplay and the music of The Legend of Zelda begins, triggering memories of swashbuckling through Hyrule. But it's nothing like the 246-megabit soundtrack I grew up with. No, this is Symphony of the Goddesses, a reimagining of the…

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  Tech Firms And Others Are Sharing — A Lot — With U.S. Spies And The Pentagon

  14th June 2013 18:17

  PRISM may only be the tip of the iceberg. A new Bloomberg report reveals that a vast array of companies - many of them in the tech sector- have close working relationships with U.S. intelligence agencies and the military. These arrangements may, in some cases, cross the line from defensive information sharing to assistance that could aid active investigations and even offensive cyberwarfare capabilities. Some of these relationships are voluntary, therefore bypassing federal restrictions. Bloomberg's Michael Riley writes: Some U.S. telecommunications companies…

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  Handbrake, The Best Video Conversion Tool You've Never Used

  14th June 2013 15:02

  For some bizarre reason, you've probably never used Handbrake, arguably the world's best video transcoder. Maybe you're too young to have ever used a DVD ("Grandpa, tell me about the time when Netflix sent those DVD things via that thing called 'the mail'"). But more likely you just didn't know that there was a free, open-source tool that you could use to rip your DVDs to your computer, your Android device or whatever you happen to own. Now, you do.…

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  Microsoft Office For iOS App Limited In Audience, Features

  14th June 2013 14:06

  The unthinkable has happened: Microsoft Office has finally arrived on the iPhone. Microsoft has quietly released a new app in the U.S. that brings the functionality of Microsoft Office to Apple's mobile platform - though sadly just for the iPhone at this time. There is, however, a catch: the app, while free, is useful for Office 365 subscribers only. If you have such a subscription, then you're golden. If not, you will have the opportunity to buy an annual subscription…