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What’s in a typo? More evidence tying North Korea to the Sony hack

Yahoo has reasons of its own to help mobile developers

Russian extradited to US for hacks that stole 160 million credit card numbers

Wireless carriers aren’t complying with cellphone unlocking agreement

The FCC is celebrating wireless carriers for changing course on cellphone unlocking. But are they really?

Competition, new rules to spur West African electronic financial services

IBM puts software and cloud at the center of storage

Arabic cyberespionage group attacking Middle Eastern, other targets

Most memorable SNL tech skits & bits

SNL 40: IT guys, Google Glass, Apple reviewers all have received Saturday Night Live treatment over the years

Nvidia’s Android-powered Shield tablet is actually great for gaming

I test drove the Nvidia Shield tablet and it eventually became my go-to gaming console.

Microsoft adds HTTP Strict Transport Security support to Internet Explorer

Big Data suite goes open source

Pivotal is releasing its data lake architecture components, including Greenplum DB, GemFire and HAWQ, to the open source community.

Microsoft adds limited support for iCloud to Office for iPad, iPhone

Part of larger initiative to open mobile Office -- including Windows 10 -- to third-party storage services like Dropbox, Box, Citrix and Salesforce

Microsoft targets June for Windows 10 completion

Can they squeeze out the bugs in six months?

Apple orders 5-6 million Apple Watch units; Gold model may cost more than $4000

2 totally predictable iPhone trends that demonstrate Apple’s power

These examples clearly illustrate how smartphone makers' decisions influence how the world uses mobile devices.

Adidas CIO plays to win at digital marketing

Fanny superworm likely the precursor to Stuxnet

Brocade improves data center agility with new VDX fabric switch

Breaking down Brocade's new VDX 6940 fabric switch.

President’s cyber security summit: Share attack info but protect privacy, civil liberties

Cyber security cannot be done right without government and private business cooperating

Ex-FCC attorney says Internet plan won’t achieve broadband goals

'Affordable, abundant' broadband should be the ultimate goal, says Blair Levin

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, February 17

Microsoft adopts international standard for cloud privacy

Equation cyberspies use unrivaled, NSA-style techniques to hit Iran, Russia

Campaigners offer simpler way to find out if British government spied on you

Proposal for altered data retention law is still unlawful, Dutch DPA says

Is student data at risk due to out-of-date privacy laws

Members of Congress warn that an aging privacy statute hasn't kept pace with technology in the classroom and urge that restrictions be placed on third-party use of student data.

Materials breakthrough promises smaller chips

Carbon, just one atom thick, makes up the super-conductive substance known as graphene. Graphene now has new a competitor—silicene. And unlike graphene, silicene works in transistors.

Talented startup aims to deliver software defined cloud

Avni Networks has stocked up on experience as it prepares to emerge from stealth mode.

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, February 16

Information disclosure flaw exposes Netgear wireless routers to attacks

Is Apple building a car?

Xiaomi leads China’s smartphone market, despite Apple’s iPhone 6

Cybercriminal gang plunders up to $1 billion from banks over two years

Vint Cerf worries about a ‘digital dark age,’ and your data could be at risk

Huawei faces outcry over telecom towers in Zambia

Megaupload programmer pleads guilty to copyright infringement

Internet Censorship in China: We’ll Sing it for You

One Chinese government agency is so proud of how well they censor the Internet that they put their feelings to music.

Obama pushes for more cyberthreat information sharing

Google relaxes strict bug disclosure rules after Microsoft grievances

After dust-up between the companies over bug revelations, Google offers 14-day grace period before going public

Apple’s Tim Cook warns that sacrificing privacy ‘risks our way of life’

Newsreel reveals that even 1946 debut of ENIAC was greeted with ‘1984’-ish suspicion

Fair-trade smartphone meant to last longer

Personal weather stations can expose your Wi-Fi network

EU air passenger surveillance system could be ready for take-off by year end

U.S. carriers meet voluntary deadline for unlocking mobile phones

Prepaid devices to be unlocked within a year of purchase

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, February 13

US lawmakers introduce two bills to protect email privacy

GeoPoll, Control Union tap mobile tech to bring African farmers into supply chain

Cyberattacks in West Africa spark debate over online security

Can the enterprise allow employees to use the public cloud?