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ACLU: NSA phone dragnet should be killed not amended

Microsoft stakes out ambitious goal of 1B Windows 10 devices

But will the number matter where it counts, in mobile?

Companies must teach employees how to swim in new oceans of data

NASA shows off 10 engine helicopter/aircraft hybrid drone (video too!)

The Greased Lightning drone could become a personal aircraft in the future

Potential rival to Google’s Project Ara booted from IndieGoGo

Partners Health Care breach: Here comes the flood

Breaches at Premera, Anthem were predicted to mark the start of a wave of attacks going after medical records.

Have Salesforce’s rumored acquisition suitors looked at its financials?

Any other firm with a balance sheet this bad would get hell from Wall Street.

Microsoft jumps into application monitoring

Microsoft open-sources JavaScript tools

ManifoldJS turns Web experiences into native mobile apps, while Vorlon.JS offers remote JavaScript debugging

Apple Watch, Samsung Edge glitches anger users, but no outright revolt

As mobile tech grows more complex, early adopters seem willing to hang in there

IT outsourcing deal values hit 10-year low

Amid increasing automation and decreasing prices, the IT outsourcing industry has just recorded its worst first quarter in terms of annual contract value of deals awarded since 2004. However, the current slowness is not necessarily a negative thing.

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, May 1

Malware campaign inflated views of pro-Russia videos

Startup launches subscription model for buying SSL certificates

Oracle says it could win if a rival buys Salesforce

Facebook change will give you control over data sharing with apps

GogglePal: Augmented reality and heads-up meets the snow

Soon there'll be no aspect of our lives that won't be "quantified" but, predictably, sports is one of the first.

Microsoft sets up machine learning demo site that guesses your age

Ubuntu still vulnerable to time-twiddling hack

Lasers will allow real-time satellite communications

Gigabit laser in space has obtained speeds of 0.6 Gbps over 45,000km. For the first time, that means the often long delays in low-orbit satellite data communications could become a thing of the past.

SDN ushering in “Golden Age” of network administration

Interop panelists say SDN adoption is taking hold, but use cases differ greatly

House committee approves bill to end NSA phone records program

Wireless engineers now have a new online hotspot for geeking out

WirelessGeek.net forums cover everything from news to design tips to vendor-specific questions

Appeal goes out to UN, Africa Union over Burundi social media shutdown

FAA: 2 million lines of code process new air traffic system

Just completed ERAM system almost doubles the number of flights that can be tracked in US airspace

UNESCO, Chinese school tech fund helps Liberia recover from Ebola

InfoSec pros reject DHS criticisms of encryption

InfoSec pros strongly opposed to a plea to rethink encryption by the DHS

Apple, IBM to bring iPads to 5 million Japanese seniors

Microsoft is about to gain 15,000 retail stores

Not discussed much in the acquisition was Nokia's massive worldwide retail presence, which Microsoft is planning to use to launch Windows 10 in India.

iOS 8 now on 4 out of 5 Apple mobile devices

IPhone, iPad users adopting latest Apple iOS edition

Microsoft woos Android, iOS devs with porting toolkit

At Build, Microsoft unveils plan that lets developers reuse Java, C++, and Objective-C code for Windows

Google: Cloud on verge of major transformation

Google SVP says you will not even recognize today’s cloud in five years

Microsoft’s HoloLens adds virtual life to Raspberry Pi 2 gadgets, robots

Sony’s smartphone struggles continue as other areas look up

Microsoft to offer three new ways to store big data on Azure

Is Google worried about Amazon in the cloud?

Google cloud guy says it’s so early, winners haven’t yet been crowned

Juniper still challenged in switching

Solid Q1 doesn't hide sales shortfalls, product gaps

China’s a fast-growing gold mine for Apple

Microsoft’s Nadella sets lofty cloud goals

Why the Apple Watch is in short supply

A new report has shed some light on why Apple Watch supply has been extremely strained.

RSA president questions government’s role in cybersecurity

Microsoft helps developers gear Windows 10 for the post-PC era

Who’s courting Salesforce? IBM, Oracle among top guesses

Lawmakers criticize FBI’s request for encryption back doors

Extreme outlines SDN policy

Adopting OpenDaylight’s group-based model, integration with Microsoft Skype

UCLA commencement speaker choice ripped as “patent troll”

Student paper questions UCLA's choice of Ex-Microsoft CTO and co-founder of Intellectual Ventures Nathan Myhrvold

Airbnb’s new app for tablets features magazine-style layout

Social media helps curb Nigerian election deathtoll, paving future path

New algorithms could keep drones from crashing into people

Heavy-handed regulation isn't the only answer to a potential crashing drone problem. Algorithms that understand where the population is and route flights accordingly is the way to go, some say.

IDC’s state of the network at Interop: Change, or be left behind

The “third platform” of mobile, social and cloud will require the network to evolve