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<title><![CDATA[FBI issues warrants over pro-WikiLeaks attacks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The FBI is on the hunt for the hackers responsible for a recent wave of cyberattacks launched in defense of WikiLeaks.FBI agents yesterday executed more than 40 search warrants in the United States as part of their ongoing investigation. Pointing to the group Anonymous, which has taken responsibility for the attacks, the FBI said that the distributed denial of service (DDoS) assaults were facilitated by software the group makes available as free downloads.Late last year, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, and other companies were hit by DDoS attacks triggered by activists in support of WikiLeaks after the companies cut off sources of funding to the whistle-blowing site.The FBI apparently started its investigation after it was contacted by PayPal in December and was able to trace two of the IP addresses provided by PayPal to physical locations, one of which was in Texas where the agency seized a server.Looking beyond the United States, the FBI said it's working with other law enforcement agencies abroad. Officials in the Netherlands, Germany, and France are each conducting their own probes into the cyberattacks, while police in the U.K. arrested five people yesterday on suspicion of involvement in the attacks launched by Anonymous.Additionally, an organization called the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance is lending a hand in the investigations. With a focus on cybercrime, the group provides a bridge between the private sector and law enforcement agencies and has worked directly with the FBI in the past.Those who facilitate or conduct a DDoS attack face up to 10 years in prison and civil fines over damages, according to the FBI.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask Maggie: On waiting for a Verizon iPhone 5]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Now that theVerizoniPhone has been introduced, the next question people ask me is if they should get it now or wait until the summer when a new version of the Apple iPhone is expected.This is indeed the age-old question of buying now or waiting for the new generation of product. It's hard to advise people, because there are so many unknowns. But in this week's Ask Maggie, I do my best to provide some insight.I also help another reader decide if he should get the Verizon iPhone or one of the new Verizon LTE devices that is set to launch later this year. And finally, I answer another reader's question about the benefits of owning an Android smartphone and anAndroid tablet. Ask Maggie is a weekly advice column that answers readers' wireless and broadband questions. If you've got a question, please send me an e-mail at maggie dot reardon at cbs dot com. And please put &quot;Ask Maggie&quot; in the subject header. Waiting, waiting, and more waiting.Dear Maggie,I am one of those Verizon customers caught in the vacuum of deciding should I buy the iPhone 4 now (something I have been drooling over for a year now) or wait until the iPhone 5 comes out potentially this summer. This will also allow time for the &quot;dust to settle&quot; and things to become more clear as to how Verizon's service will be affected by all this. But now that Verizon has said it will only offer the unlimited data package &quot;for a limited time&quot; I don't want to be left in the dust. Should we get the Verizon iPhone 4 now so we don't miss out on the unlimited data package My wife and I just need a good dependable cell service. We use text..... A LOT! We exchange pictures and some video of our adorable 3-year-old, play music while on the train to and from work. And we would like to check on Facebook while out and about every so often. We are Mac users at home so the iPhone fits into what we like in regard to iTunes, iCal, iPhoto and iMovie (of said, adorable 3 year old :)) I know there is always a want of the &quot;latest and greatest&quot; but I am thinking of waiting until the summer to make our decision. Whadathink  Thanks, 2longshot Dear 2longshot, The short answer to your question is this: If you can wait, you might as well wait a little longer to see whether Apple announces a new iPhone and whether that phone will be offered on Verizon's network. Verizon's offer of unlimited data plans for a &quot;limited time&quot; is clearly meant to entice consumers to sign up for the iPhone 4 sooner rather than later. Verizon clearly wants to rack up as many new iPhone users as it can as soon as it can. It doesn't help them meet their quarterly revenue expectations to have customers waiting until the middle of the year to see if a new iPhone will come to the network. As you mentioned, Apple typically releases a new version of the iPhone in June. The company has come out with a new version of the product in the summer every year since 2007. But it's unclear what new features or functionality will be added to this year's new model. Will it be much different from the iPhone 4 After all, the iPhone 3GS followed the iPhone 3G and only offered modest enhancements. Will the next version of the iPhone also be available on Verizon's network Or will it only be available for GSM networks, such as AT&amp;T's network  Honestly, I don't have the answers to these questions. I can speculate on what I think will happen. But that's not too helpful given that I simply don't know for certain. So if it is important for you to have the latest and greatest iPhone, and you can live with your current phone another few months, then I would wait. You don't really have anything to lose. Don't let yourself be pressured into buying the iPhone 4 from Verizon immediately because you think the unlimited plan will go away in a few months. From what you described of your usage patterns, it doesn't sound like you need unlimited data anyway. You'd probably be fine on a tiered service offering. Of course it is hard to say whether you'd pay more or less for that plan than what Verizon offers today, because the carrier hasn't announced what its plan will be. And that is a risk. But Verizon recognizes this is a competitive market, and I doubt the company would introduce a plan that is more expensive than AT&amp;T's offer for the vast majority of consumers. Verizon iPhone or Verizon 4G LTE smartphoneDear Maggie, I am currently an iPhone user on AT&amp;T's network. But I want to switch back to Verizon Wireless. I am trying to decide between the Verizon iPhone 4 or the 4G HTC Thunderbolt. The one concern I have about the Thunderbolt is that I am currently not covered for 4G in my area where I live. So is the first 4G phone worth gettingThanks so much, PatrickDear Patrick,Neither the Verizon iPhone 4 nor the HTC Thunderbolt have been released. And neither device has been reviewed yet by CNET yet. So, it's hard to say for sure which phone is more reliable or performs better. But what I can tell you is that each of these devices has their pluses and minuses.Switching from the AT&amp;T iPhone to the Verizon iPhone would likely cause you the least amount of pain in terms of syncing contacts, music, e-mail, text messages, and other information from one device to another. Since all of that information is stored in iTunes it should just go with you when you sync your new iPhone from Verizon to your account. That said, the HTC Thunderbolt is a cool phone. The fact that you are not in an area where you can access Verizon's 4G LTE network is a factor to consider. The phone would likely offer much better performance than the iPhone if you were able to get to the 4G network. But if you can't get to the 4G network, then performance is likely to be similar on Verizon's 3G network.I asked CNET smartphone reviewer Bonnie Cha what she thought and she said that the Thunderbolt is worth looking at.&quot;It's definitely worth checking out,&quot; she said. &quot;Even without 4G, you're still going to get a good set of features.&quot;The Thunderbolt will run Android 2.2 with the latest version of HTC Sense and will be upgradable to Android 2.3. It offers 8GB of internal storage and 768MB RAM, an 8-megapixel camera with HD video capture, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera, and a 1,400mAh lithium ion battery.The one thing Bonnie said has initially disappointed her about the Thunderbolt is that it does not use Nvidia's dual-core Tegra processor. Instead, it uses the 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8655 processor. The downside of this is that the device may not be as responsive as other LTE devices that are coming out that use the dual-core processor. But the upside is that the device may have a slightly better battery life than these other devices. Also, the fact that you'll use this device mostly on Verizon's 3G network instead of the 4G LTE network likely means that the battery performance will be similar to other 3G smartphones, such as the iPhone.We know the Verizon iPhone 4 will be launched February 10, but we don't yet know when the HTC Thunderbolt will be coming out. Bonnie said she has heard rumors it could hit store shelves in February or March. So my advice to you is to wait until the devices are on the market. Check out what reviewers have to say about the phones. Also consider what users who have bought the phones say. And then make your decision. I hope this helps.Any benefit to owning an Android phone and Android tabletDear Maggie, If I own a Droid Incredible, does it make sense to keep the Galaxy Tab I got for Christmas or should I exchange it for the iPad I was thinking &quot;Android-Android,&quot; but I keep second-guessing myself. What would you advise Thanks, SnehilleDear Snehille,The obvious benefit of using devices that share the same operating system is familiarity. If you're already used to using the Droid Incredible, which is based on the Google Android OS, you may be more comfortable with the OS for the Galaxy Tab, which also uses Android. But one of the problems that Android has is that it's very fragmented. Even at the smartphone level, different devices run different versions of the Android OS and that means that not every app runs every device. The situation gets even more complicated when you talk about tablets, according to CNET tablet reviewer Donald Bell. Since Android lacks a central piece of sync software like iTunes, getting apps on multiple Android-based devices isn't easy, he said.  The second part of the equation is that not all Android tablets include Google's official Android app store. The high-profile models do, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Dell Streak. But the vast majority do not, and instead use third-party storefronts with limited selection and no record of past purchases you may have made through Google's Marketplace.  The third factor is that not all tablet hardware running Android meets the same specs of Android phones. To keep prices low, many manufacturers omit features such as cameras, GPS, compass, multitouch screens, or Bluetooth, which potentially breaks compatibility with many apps. It's one thing to get Android running on a device, but it's another thing altogether to promise third-party app compatibility, Donald said.  But Donald also said there is hope that with Android Honeycomb and Google's acknowledgment of Android's place on tablets, that the approval process and possible licensing hurdles for getting Google's Marketplace on tablets will become less difficult.But today, it's likely that apps that you have downloaded from the Android Market onto your Droid Incredible may not work on your Galaxy Tab. You may have to download the same app again. And in some cases, that may mean paying twice for the same app. This is not the case within the Apple family of products. If you already have apps for your iPhone or iPod Touch, Apple claims on its Web site that &quot;you can just sync them to iPad from your Mac or PC. They run in their original size or you can expand them to fill the iPad screen. And you can choose from over 300,000 iPhone and iPod touch apps in the App Store. iPad works with almost all of them.&quot; So my advice is that there is no inherent benefit to having an Android smartphone and an Android tablet outside of comfort level. But that is not the case with the iPhone/iPad, since apps can be shared among the devices, which is a benefit. In your case, since you'd have to buy separate apps for your Droid Incredible and your Galaxy Tab, then you might as well get the iPad, if you like that device better than the Galaxy Tab.         Marguerite Reardon     Full Profile E-mail Marguerite Reardon   E-mail Marguerite Reardon If you have a question or comment for Marguerite Reardon, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Marguerite Reardon has been a CNET News reporter since 2004, covering cell phone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate, as well as the ongoing consolidation of the phone companies.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Youku video site makes strong NYSE debut]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Wall Street might have another China-based winner on its hands.Chinese video site Youku made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, and after all the trading was said and done, the stock price was up 161 percent over its initial per-share price of $12.80. It closed the day at $33.44. That momentum is helping to carry the stock to even greater heights today. As of this writing, Youku shares are up nearly $5 to $38.36. The company's market cap is now at over $2.6 billion.Youku's IPO success is following in the footsteps of China's largest search engine, Baidu. According to CBS Marketwatch, which reported on Baidu's IPO in August 2005, the company's shares rose 354 percent that month, sending the price to $66 from their opening price of $27. Currently, Baidu shares are trading at $107.68.Youku expects to generate approximately $186.6 million from its IPO. The company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to use the proceeds to invest in &quot;technology, infrastructure, and product development efforts.&quot; It will also acquire more video content and expand its &quot;sales and marketing efforts.&quot;All that cash might do Youku some good. The company generated approximately $35 million over the nine-month period ended September 30, but posted a net loss during that time of nearly $25 million.That said, Youku, which launched in 2006, is wildly popular in China. The service, which is basically the Hulu of China, currently attracts about 203 million unique visitors each month &quot;from homes and offices.&quot; It has an additional 61 million unique visitors who access its service from Internet cafes. The company claims to have &quot;a 40 percent share of total user time spent viewing online videos among Chinese Internet users.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New virus tweets its way into Twitter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A new virus is infecting Twitter users through the use of URLs shortened by the goo.gl service.Apparently triggered last night, the virus is spreading as a result of users clicking on links that start with http://goo.gl, Google's URL shortener. TechCrunch is saying that the virus started on Twitter's mobile site and has been growing through different URLs, including http://goo.gl/od0az and http://goo.gl/R7f68.The virus tries to redirect unsuspecting users to malicious Web sites, according to Techweet, which says that the messages are coming from new, disposable Twitter accounts as well as existing accounts that have been hijacked.Twitter users have been busy tweeting warnings to each other to avoid clicking on links that may spread the nasty virus. People using Twitter through a mobile phone should be especially wary of any shortened URLs that seem suspicious.TechCrunch says the tech folks at Twitter are aware of the virus, have been sending out password resets for those affected, and are monitoring the problem.Shortened links have posed a problem on Twitter and other sites since users can't see the actual URL until they click on the link itself. As such, they've been a favorite trick for cybercriminals who use them to point people to malware-hosting Web sites.Certain services, such as TinyURL, offer a preview feature so you can see the full URL before clicking on the link. Some browser plug-ins exist that can also preview these types of URLs. And a few antivirus products say they can detect malicious shortened URLs.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Founder Buys Free Gifts Back from SGN for Less than 10% of the Purchase Price&nbsp'[TCTV]]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Zachary Allia is just 26 years old. He&amp;'s either really lucky, is a negotiating savant or a combination of both. Back in 2007 when Facebook first opened their platform, Allia and a graphic designer pal came up with the Free Gifts app&amp;8211' mostly because he was a poor college kid and paying $1 to send someone a picture of a cake seemeda4sexorbitant. He launched it and woke up the next morning to find it had 1 million users. It soared to ten million before he sold it to SGN in 2008.Three things are notable about that deal: It was for a small undisclosed amount but Allia owned 100% of the company at the time, so it was likely a life changing amount of money' he chose selling to SGN over selling to Zynga (doh!)' and he came to regret the deal once SGN abandoned the product to move more towards games. When Facebook abdicated its own virtual gifts product last summer,a4sAllia decided he wanted the company back. Getting it took some doing, as he explains in the exclusive interview with TechCrunchTV below.He enlisted two important allies: The first was Dave McClure who gave him $100,000 in funding. He acquired the company, and still had money left over if that tells you how cheap it was. The second was Narendra Rocherolle who is the master of selling, buying back on the cheap and reselling&amp;8211' having sold Webshots for $85 million, bought it back for practically nothing and sold it again for $70 million. Rocherolle got to know Allia before he even built Free Gifts and has taken him under his wing, serving as an advisor and co-founder in the new company, which is called 64 Pixels. The goal is to spin the company into an egreetings 2.0 powerhouse. Watch the clip to hear more about the deal, any regrets, the company&amp;'s future and Allia&amp;'s advice for any kids coding in dormrooms. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[eBay&'s $75 million Milo buy: Another reason e-commerce is set to boom]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[E-commerce giant eBay is close to announcing it has purchased local shopping search engine Milo for $75 million, according to a report by Business Insider.That report appears to confirm what a source familiar with eBay&amp;'s plans told VentureBeat. According to our source, eBay plans to spend $75 million on a startup that specializes in tracking inventory in local stores &amp;8212' Milo.com&amp;'s specialty.While the price tag might seem disappointing in light of earlier hype about Milo, the purchase makes sense for eBay, which needs to rejuvenate its core marketplace business. Originally driven by auctions, eBay&amp;'s marketplace has lost its identity as it moved to fix-price listings and suffered from lackluster technology and design.What eBay.com excelled at was moving units at the beginning and end of a product&amp;'s life: early on, when there&amp;'s scarcity &amp;8212' think Beanie Babies or the Nintendo Wii video-game console' and at the end, when it needs to be heavily discounted to be moved. It also continues to work well for one-of-a-kind items like collectibles. In short, eBay&amp;'s network of buyers and sellers works best when the marketplace needs to discover the right price.But scarce or discounted goods are a tiny part of retailing. Think of those overpriced Nintendo Wiis: People were taking advantage of local shortages by buying regular-priced consoles where there was an excess, and then reselling them on eBay to people where local stores had run out of stock. That&amp;'s really a question of inventory.Those profits could, in theory, be captured by the operators of local stores if they had a better way of linking up the real-time contents of their shelves with interested buyers &amp;8212' and eBay.com&amp;'s still-sizable audience combined with Milo&amp;'s technology might accomplish that.In short, there&amp;'s a ton of commerce that has yet to feel the friction-removing touch of the Internet. And eBay&amp;'s rumored Milo purchase would just be a start.Update: In an email, Milo founder Jack Abraham at first declined to comment on what he characterized as &amp;''rumors and speculation.&amp;'' He then tweeted a confirmation. Well played, Abraham, well played.Next Story: Motorola brings streaming video to mobile devices via mystery gadget Previous Story: Conde Nast digital chief: Murdocha4a4s iPad newspaper a4Adoesna4a4t make any sensea4PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: e commerce, e-commerce 2.0, local commerce, local searchCompanies: eBay, Milo          Tags: e commerce, e-commerce 2.0, local commerce, local searchCompanies: eBay, MiloOwen Thomas is the executive editor of VentureBeat.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In The Future All Music Videos Will Be About&nbsp'Facebook]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you haven&amp;'t already picked up on ita4shere, here and here, Facebook has replaced the nightclub as the de riguer setting for foreign music videos. Much like Gergana&amp;'s opus &amp;''Facebook,&amp;'' Swiss DJ David May revolves the entire narrative of his &amp;''Facebook Love&amp;'' video around meeting and courting a girl on, what else, Facebook.Actually the increased prevalence of the social network in cultural artifactsa4scomes as no surprise, as people now spend more time on Facebook then anywhere else online, clocking in a whopping a 41.1 billion minutes spent last quarter.I&amp;'m just wondering when this Facebook music video thing, like the popularity of cellphones, will eventually hit the US. Extremely silly &amp;''Facebook Love&amp;'' lyrics below.Ia4a4ve met the scene a girl in a my life I do beforeHer eyes, her lips, her face, thata4a4s all I ever wantedAnd this is how all wentShe added me as a friend, I accepted &amp;8230'And now into her profile, just to check her things and all that I could say was wow, wow, wowMy Facebook love, she was my first Facebook love X 2Now I got to check if the girl is online, yeah, yeah, she isI gotta make the first step and I hope shea4a4s gonna write backThis is how the story goes onHow you doing, where youa4a4re fromYou look so beautiful to me, cause I went into your profileAnd I saw your pics and all that I could say was wow, wow, wowMy Facebook love, she was my first Facebook love X 5h/t EuropoppedCrunchBase InformationFacebookInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leo Apotheker lays out his strategy for first time as HP CEO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Leo Apotheker, chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, articulated his company&amp;'s strategy to make the shift from its dominant position in computing and enterprise hardware to playing a role in the emerging smartphone, tablet and cloud computing markets of today.The opportunities in this new information age are vast, Apotheker said. &amp;''Our vision is to provide seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world,&amp;'' he added.He said HP is financially strong, has market leadership in a variety of markets, and, as the world&amp;'s largest tech company, has a huge array of businesses and products. HP ships more than 2 printers per second, he said.&amp;''We have market leadership in virtually every category we compete in,&amp;'' he said. &amp;''HP is strong, but we realize the world is changing around us as well.&amp;''The idea of two separate lives, one professional and one consumer, is over. People have merged those roles in their daily lives. The enterprise requires cloud computing, connectivity, mobility, social media, open standards, and analytics, he said.&amp;''The world is connected, people to people,&amp;'' he said.&amp;''People want information where and when they need it.&amp;''At HP, he said he sees a future that requires a transparent, real-time view of cloud-based business services with lots of interaction with customers, much like IBM said last night in its own strategy announcement dubbed &amp;''smarter commerce.&amp;'' It requires secure information flow across everything.&amp;''Who but HP could provide this&amp;'' he asked rhetorically.The traditional technology infrastructure for companies is one that HP understands intimately, Apotheker said, but it remains too complex. Cloud-based platforms are simpler and more flexible and versatile for consumers, he said, adding that HP has seven of the top 10 largest cloud providers as customers.The new ecosystem for tech infrastructure should include connected devices, an open cloud marketplace, cloud services, platform services and a hybrid infrastructure that replaces proprietary infrastructure, he said.The company&amp;'s three strategic focuses will be cloud, connectivity and software, he said.Next Story: Introducing Alicia Saribalis, publisher and president of VentureBeat Previous Story: Stop worrying about nuclear power, you idiotsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: printers, strategy cloud computingCompanies: Hewlett Packard, HPPeople: Lo Apotheker          Tags: printers, strategy cloud computingCompanies: Hewlett Packard, HPPeople: Lo ApothekerDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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