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Amazon just announced a software update for the $79 Kindle, the least-expensive of its dedicated e-readers, including changes that the company says will improve the experience of reading on the device.

Come this fall, people will start talking to their iPads. Apple’s breakthrough Siri Assistant, based on an incredible artificial-intelligence system, will no longer be exclusive to users of the popular iPhone 4S. According to trusted sources, one of the tentpole iOS 6 features is Siri support on the iPad. Not just the Voice Dictation brought to the iPad with the third-generation models and iOS 5.1, but the complete Siri voice assistant.

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RT @mashable: 6.5 Million Encrypted LinkedIn Passwords Leaked Online [REPORT]

RT @Gartenberg: "we never share or store your calendar information." uh huh, so why are you stealing, uh scraping it.

RT @Gartenberg: LinkedIn's iOS app is scraping my private meeting notes. Nice. Time to delete that service. #trust

Several technology powerhouses are trying to encourage adoption the IPv4 sequel through an Internet Society event called the World IPv6 Launch that began today. (Well, actually it started at 5 p.m. PT yesterday -- blame the time-zone complications of global events.)

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That means that Microsoft IE 10, which the company announced last week will have Do Not Track turned on by default, won’t be compliant with the official spec. Which means that tech and ad companies who say they comply with Do Not Track could simply ignore the flag set by IE 10 and track those who use that browser. Which means Microsoft has no choice but to change the setting.

(Reuters) - Twitter has generated more advertising revenue from its mobile platform than from its website on many days in the last quarter, CEO Dick Costolo said Wednesday, highlighting Twitter's progress in squeezing ad dollars out of the growing number of smartphone and tablet users worldwide.

(Reuters) - Google Inc is deploying a fleet of small, camera-equipped airplanes above several cities, the Internet search company's latest step in its ambitious and sometimes controversial plan to create a digital map of the world.

"The binary is downloaded by the uninfected computer as if it is a legitimate Windows Update file and is executed. The binary is not Flamer itself, but a loader for Flamer. One sample of this binary refers to itself as TumblerEXE.exe," Symantec explained.

RT @waxpancake: Isaac's Lip-Dub Proposal was blocked on YouTube by, among others, Scripps News!? So stupid.

RT @TechCrunch: One Thousand Foxconn Workers Riot In Chengdu, China Plant by @johnbiggs

RT @TechCrunch: Alleged iPhone 5 Housing Gets Manhandled On Video by @chrisvelazco

Content ID Run Amok: Isaac's Lip-Dub Proposal Removed from YouTube - | RT @waxpanca...

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We have heard from a source that Apple will be introducing a TV SDK at WWDC next week. This would enable third-party developers to create software for Apple’s TV products. BGR reported late last month that Apple has plans to demonstrate an all new TV operating system during its WWDC keynote next week. For more information, head to our WWDC 2012 article.

We break down everything you should expect into categories of iOS 6, iCloud updates, OS X Mountain Lion, and the exciting updates to multiple Mac hardware lines. Our complete round-up is available after the break:

JMP's Alex Gauna: Constructive Reads on Apple Ahead of WWDC. In our view, details are scant and expectations relatively subdued coming into the event, which sets the bar reasonably low for Apple to upside surprise in one form or another. Our assessment from the recent E3, Computex, and Cableshow trade shows is that no single entity, nor consortium of players, has put together anything that Apple isn't capable of outdoing with its 2H12 refreshes of iPhones, iPads, Macs, and new media devices (iPods, Apple TV, AirPlay) and as such we are revising our estimates upwards to reflect benign pricing pressures and the further free fall in NAND component costs ... WWDC arguably matters most in terms of setting the stage for the next iPhone refresh broadly anticipated to come in the fall. Now that Apple has shown the industry the way, smartphone competition is clearly outpacing the iPhone in terms of time-to-market, form factor diversity, and lower price alternatives. What the iPhone has in its favor, and needs to keep that way, is a user and developer-friendly ecosystem of attractive devices, software, and services. Market perform. Price target: N/A

The Flame espionage malware that infected Iranian computers has initiated a self-destruct command that removes all traces of itself on infected machines that receive the instruction, researchers said.

The statement from Posner also rejects the idea that, outside of the damages question, "injunctive relief" (blocking one another from offering the products) was reasonable, stating that it would "impose costs disproportionate to the harm" and "would be contrary to the public interest."

Bertrand tells JK to go to Fry's (the famous West Coast computer chain) and buy the top of the line, most expensive Vaio they have. So off JK, Max and I go to Frys. We return to Apple less than an hour later. By 7:30 that evening, the Vaio is running the Mac OS. [My husband disputes my memory of this and says that Matt Watson bought the Vaio. Maybe Matt will chime in.]

Twitter aired its first ever TV commercial today during the 2012 Pocono 400 Nascar race. The ad features driver Brad Keselowski, who finished in a disappointing 24th place, using his phone to share his point of view with the world.

RT @Techmeme: Three Takeaways From Today's WWDC Keynote (@gruber / Daring Fireball)

RT @Techmeme: Three Takeaways From Today's WWDC Keynote (@gruber / Daring Fireball)