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RT @appletweets__: Jury modifies Apple v. Samsung damages but final amount unchanged, calls Google involvement 'interesting' [upd...

RT @appletweets__: Apple stock breaks $600 threshold as investors embrace capital reinvestment: Riding high on a strong March qua...

RT @engadget: AT&T and Verizon received one government data request per minute last year

RT @chartier: Destiny has $500 million and 500 people working on it. Wow.

RT @slashdot: Internet Transit Provider Claims ISPs Deliberately Allow Port Congestion

RT @newsycombinator: All O'Reilly Ebooks 50% off today

RT @MacObserver: Apple Reportedly Ready to Launch iPhone Upgrade Promotion on Friday #apple #iphone #promotion

RT @pcworld: 'Small' Surface event this month? @BradChacos wraps up all we've heard re: Surface Mini so far

RT @pcworld: 'Small' Surface event this month? @BradChacos wraps up all we've heard re: Surface Mini so far

A bug has been discovered in iOS 7 that causes email attachments to not be encrypted. Before anyone panics, however, in order for an attacker to exploit the bug they'd need to a) steal your device and, b) brute force or jailbreak-bypass the passcode or password, which c) currently means iPhone 4s and later devices running iOS 7.1 or later software aren't at risk.

Five of those congested peers are in the United States and one is in Europe. There are none in any other part of the world. All six are large Broadband consumer networks with a dominant or exclusive market share in their local market. In countries or markets where consumers have multiple Broadband choices (like the UK) there are no congested peers.

Here’s the problem: Treating APIs as copyrightable would have a profound negative impact on interoperability, and, therefore, innovation. APIs are ubiquitous and fundamental to all kinds of program development. It is safe to say that ALL software developers use APIs to make their software work with other software. For example, the developers of an application like Firefox use APIs to make their application work with various OSes by asking the OS to do things like make network connections, open files, and display windows on the screen. Allowing a party to assert control over APIs means that a party can determine who can make compatible and interoperable software, an idea that is anathema to those who create the software we rely on everyday. Put clearly, the developer of a platform should not be able to control add-on software development for that platform. [Emphasis added]

Twenty-eight CEOs representing companies which provide Internet service to a majority of Americans sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday warning the agency against adopting more regulations of broadband lines. AT&T’s Randall Stephenson, Verizon’s Lowell McAdam, Comcast’s Brian Roberts*, Cox Communication’s Patrick Esser and Brian Sweeney of Cablevision were among the signatories.

The court’s decision means that individuals can ask Google or other search operators to take down links to web pages that are published by third parties, such as newspapers, containing information relating to them. That doesn’t mean that the article or website has to be removed or altered by the original publisher. It would only affect search results compiled by search engine operators like Google.

Blink, a mobile messaging application that lets users share self-destructing messages, has been acquired by Yahoo, TechCrunch has confirmed. The app competed in an increasingly crowded space alongside Snapchat, of course, but also newer entrants like Frankly, Confide, Wickr, and others. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Maybe I was kidding myself, but from my vantage point in the back seat, I didn’t feel unsafe in the least. The car braked for jaywalkers, paused when it was coming around a curve and couldn’t see whether the light in front of us was green or red, and skittered when it worried that a bus might be turning into our lane.

On Monday, the watchdog group, based in California, filed a complaint with the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, saying that Mr. Schmidt has “serious, troubling and unlawful conflicts of interest” that should preclude him from serving on the commission.

The Council states that the agreement is unreasonable and unilateral, as the consumer has few rights whereas Apple reserves itself many, partially unreasonable, rights. Apple's right to unilaterally change the agreement is in violation of the Marketing Act's §22, according to the complaint text. This law applies whether the service is paid for or not.

From now on, network operators will have to register with the cops, have staff with security clearance and ask the GCSB spy agency for permission to change their networks and buy gear. This is to make it easier for the government to intercept communications and to keep network secure. The new law applies to everyone, from small ISPs to Facebook, Google, Microsoft and telcos. Failure to comply could cost as much as NZ$500,000 in fines per day."

Still, IHS notes that these teardown estimates can be misleading, since the majority of the costs associated with many electronic devices—particularly Glass—can come from nonmaterial expenses, such as engineering costs, software development and tooling costs.

RT @newsyc20: Instagram Dropping Foursquare for Facebook Places ()

RT @newsyc20: Instagram Dropping Foursquare for Facebook Places ()

RT @TheNextWeb: Beautiful puzzle game Monument Valley wanders onto Android by @nisummers

RT @ITBlogs: via @washingtonpost: ‘Game of Thrones’ books are written on a DOS computer not connected to Internet

On Tuesday, the state’s highest court appeared to agree, striking down a statute that made it a felony to communicate with someone “in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm.”

RT @diggtech: The Inside Story Of The Birth Of The NSA's Electronic Surveillance Program

YouTube dropped to 13.2% of total peak downstream usage in March from 18.6% in the second half of 2013, according to the report. Amazon Instant Video continues to gain, but still accounts for only 1.9% of downstream traffic vs. 1.6% last fall, while Hulu usage increased slightly from 1.4% to 1.7% share.

After months of adamant defense of the Kinect's role in the Xbox One experience, Microsoft has yet again reversed its stance, bringing full circle a thorough stripping of nearly every interesting element from its console -- it's daring yet poorly handled promise of a disc-less future and digital resale program; its forward-thinking family-sharing plan; the motion and voice-controlled centerpiece of its entertainment vision. That means that the Xbox One and PS4 are not only barely differentiable from each other, but also at their core offer nothing substantially different than what their predecessors did nine years ago.