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Samsung launches $800,000 app contest for Galaxy S4

Jay Alabaster) — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:40:00 GMT

Samsung will host a US$800,000 contest for developers that build apps for the Galaxy S4 using the company's peer-to-peer software interface.

US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks

noreply@idg.co.uk (John Ribeiro) — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:47:00 GMT

Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems.

Yahoo Japan says 22 million user IDs may have been stolen

noreply@idg.co.uk (Jay Alabaster) — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:07:00 GMT

Yahoo Japan, the country's largest Web portal, said up to 22 million user IDs may have been leaked during a hack that was discovered last week.

After two-year hiatus, EFF accepts bitcoin donations again

noreply@idg.co.uk (Jeremy Kirk) — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:58:00 GMT

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resumed accepting bitcoins donations, saying some of the legal ambiguity around the virtual currency has disappeared.

Report: Yahoo board approves deal to buy Tumblr for $1.1B

noreply@idg.co.uk (Juan Carlos Perez and Zach Miners) — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:00 GMT

Yahoo's board of directors has approved spending US$1.1 billion [b] in cash to buy popular blogging site Tumblr, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Bitcoin developer talks regulation, open source and the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto

noreply@idg.co.uk (James Niccolai) — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:02:00 GMT

With Bitcoin all the rage and startups popping up left and right, it's hard to know who's an expert in the virtual currency and who just has an opinion. Most people would put Jeff Garzik in the former camp.

Report: Yahoo board approves deal to buy Tumblr for $1.1B

Juan Carlos Perez and Zach Miners) — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:22:00 GMT

Yahoo's board of directors has approved spending US$1.1 billion [b] in cash to buy popular blogging site Tumblr, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Bitcoiners rally to enlighten Washington

Zach Miners) — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:19:00 GMT

Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet.

Bitcoiners crave coders to cope with demand

noreply@idg.co.uk (Zach Miners) — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:13:00 GMT

Bitcoin is not going away, the digital currency's developers say, and they're craving more technically savvy people to support its use.

Bitcoin's rollercoaster ride is not slowing down

noreply@idg.co.uk (Zach Miners) — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:45:00 GMT

More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday.

Bitcoin finding its feet at first Silicon Valley conference

James Niccolai) — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:13:00 GMT

Bitcoin is growing up. The virtual currency that caught the public's attention last month when its value zoomed briefly past US$200 kicked off its first Silicon Valley conference Friday evening and shows no sign of losing momentum.

No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention

Juan Carlos Perez) — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:58:00 GMT

Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and collaboration suite.

At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight

noreply@idg.co.uk (Zach Miners) — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:00 GMT

Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.

Yahoo calls press conference amid Tumblr acquisition rumors

noreply@idg.co.uk (James Niccolai) — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:07:00 GMT

Yahoo has called a mystery press event in New York City on Monday afternoon, hot on the heels of rumors that it plans to buy Tumblr for US$1 billion.

Wall Street Beat: Market stokes tech IPOs, as Tableau and Marketo debut

noreply@idg.co.uk (Marc Ferranti and Joab Jackson) — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:18:00 GMT

A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave.

T-Mobile drops challenge to FCC's net neutrality rules

noreply@idg.co.uk (Grant Gross) — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:03:00 GMT

T-Mobile USA has dropped a pending challenge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules.

Dell's thumb PC, Project Ophelia, to ship in July

noreply@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:21:00 GMT

Dell's thumb-sized PC called Project Ophelia, which is the size of a USB stick, will start shipping in July for around US$100.

Alleged tech support scammers settle FTC charges

noreply@idg.co.uk (Grant Gross) — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:00 GMT

Operators of two alleged tech support scams that charged consumers hundreds of dollars to supposedly fix their computers have settled charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Broadband speeds on planes and ships to double with new satellite

Antony Savvas) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:15:00 GMT

ViaSat has brought in Boeing to build a satellite to "double" existing broadband speeds on planes, ships and other locations around the world.

Tech City start-ups offered 'wibre' to quickly connect to cloud

Antony Savvas) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:00 GMT

Tech City businesses in Shoreditch, east London are being offered combined data centre and new "wibre" connectivity services to help them quickly grow.

Banking privacy prevails over copyright enforcement, Dutch court rules

Loek Essers) — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Privacy laws protecting bank account holders are more important than providing information to aid in copyright enforcement, according to a Dutch court ruling this week.

New Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer

Lucian Constantin) — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:05:00 GMT

Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway.

Telefonica deploys Office 365 across 130,000 strong cloud

Antony Savvas) — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:00 GMT

Telefonica, the owner of the O2 mobile brand in the UK, is deploying the cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite and Yammer social networking platform across its operating businesses worldwide, covering 130,000 staff in 24 countries.

ODI urges government to be 'bold' on open data for business

noreply@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:50:00 GMT

The Open Data Institute (ODI) has welcomed the findings of Stephan Shakespeare in his Independent Review of Public Sector Information, and has called on the government to drive them forward, by "turning recommendations into real progress".

Mozilla postpones default blocking of third-party cookies in Firefox

noreply@idg.co.uk (John Ribeiro) — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:35:00 GMT

Mozilla has postponed blocking third-party cookies by default in the Beta version of Firefox 22, "to collect and analyze data on the effect of blocking some third-party cookies."