Tag: microsoft
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New World Next Week: Episode163 – Lavabit Shutdown, Mars Mission, Weed TV
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode163 – Lavabit Shutdown, Mars Mission, Weed TV Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Encrypted Email Providers Shutter Services To Protect Users From Government Snoops Microsoft Reverses…
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Revealed: How #Microsoft handed the #NSA access to encrypted messages
from guardian.co.uk: Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company’s own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian. The files provided by Edward Snowden illustrate the scale of co-operation between Silicon Valley and the intelligence agencies…
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Xbox One ‘Spy Camera’ Questioned by Australian and German Officials
from StratRisks.com: The Australian and German officials are concerned with the “always on” camera and privacy policies of Xbox One. Software giant Microsoft revealed in the unveiling of Xbox One is the console’s always ‘on’ Kinect camera is being questioned by activities concerned with privacy. While Microsoft maintains that the company has “very, very good…
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Microsoft Won’t Say If Skype Has Wiretap Backdoor
The United States government and law enforcement agencies have been trying to force VoIP carriers such as Skype and other digital communications companies to include a backdoor that would allow police and government agencies to institute a wiretap on online communications.
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Obama Lights the ‘Flame’: From ‘Virtual War’ To Military Conflict
#Video: Obama Ordered Cyber Attacks Against Iran from brasschecktv.com: Over a year ago the Pentagon announced that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war and could lead to military conflict. Now it has been ‘leaked’ that Obama ordered and even escalated cyber attacks against Iran. So what comes next? Video:…
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#DataDump: Homeless Hotspots, Phonehacking, Hollywood
Turning the Homeless Into 4G Hotspots at SXSW // FBI says paying cash for coffee is a sign of terrorist intent // DARPA’s Director Quits to Take Executive Slot at Google // Google Exec Joins Microsoft, Trashes Google // Supercomputer models atomic bomb saving Earth from massive asteroid
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billionaire plans mega plane for space tourism
stratolaunch plane could make space tourism affordable* from the register: Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul G Allen has set foot down a path trailblazed generations ago by another eccentric business kingpin: he intends to build the biggest aircraft ever flown. However unlike Howard Hughes’ monster “Spruce Goose” 1940s flying boat, Allen’s plan appears at least feasible…
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microsoft spins android malware into windows phone giveaway
from computerworld: Microsoft is using the latest malware campaign aimed at rival Android to give away new Windows 7 Phones to the five Android users who tell the best tales of woe. “More malware on Android! Been hit? Share yr #droidrage story to win a #windowsphone upgrade. 5 best (worst?) win!” said Ben Rudolph, Microsoft’s…
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kinect for windows to offer ‘minority report’ computer control
from telegraph: A new generation of PCs controlled by gestures is on its way, after Microsoft revealed it is specially adapting its Xbox Kinect technology for Windows computers. The system will allow Windows users to control software with the wave of a hand, as envisaged in the Steven Spielberg film Minority Report. “Building on the…
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10/13 defcon: outage, buyout, lineup
video: fbi makes arrest after johansson emails hacked* mitsubishi heavy, japanese defense contractor, targeted by over 50 computer viruses* fake netflix app poses data-stealing risk* blackberrys buzz back to life after long outage* dennis ritchie, father of ‘c’ programming language, dies at 70* microsoft skype buyout is officially official* faithful line up as apple’s new…
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9/9 defcon: i9/11, sources & sat crash
cybercrooks aiming to cash in on 9/11 anniversary* mars rovers carry 9/11 tributes* cia, mossad also targeted in massive diginotar cert breach* scientist stewart nozette pleads guilty to attempted espionage* the spy who tweeted me: intel community wants to monitor social media* video: google raided by south korean anti-trust officials* sources exposed as unredacted state…
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new world next week – may12
new world next week: episode073 – skype sellout, alert plan, nle ’11 Welcome back to the New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in alternative news & open source intelligence. This week: Story #1: Microsoft’s $8b Skype Deal Shocks Analysts…
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Microsoft’s $8B Skype Deal Shocks Analysts
Microsoft is reported to have closed a $8.5bn (£5bn) deal for the internet phone service Skype, in a deal that has shocked analysts who think it would be a substantial overpayment for the company.