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TheNextWeb  3 hours ago:

NSA chief says data collection program prevented 10 terrorist plots in the US and 50 worldwide -

When pressed by the House Intelligence Committee today, National Security Agency head General Keith Alexander revealed that surveillance programs that have recently come to light helped stop over 10 domestic.
TheNextWeb  3 hours ago:

Google and Bing have a little disagreement about the Xbox One -

If you ask Bing about the coming Xbox One console, it has a pretty simple take. Google’s is a bit more complex.
TheNextWeb  4 hours ago:

DISH drops Sprint merger bid to focus on Clearwire deal -

DISH Network has published a statement indicating that it has elected not to submit a revised offer for a merger deal with Sprint and will instead focus its efforts on.
TheNextWeb  5 hours ago:

Some developers already seeing more active users running iOS 7 than are still on iOS 5 -

Yesterday, Tapbots‘ Paul Haddad shared on Twitter that there were already more Tweetbot users on iOS 7 than still on iOS 5.
TheNextWeb  5 hours ago:

Nvidia announces new plan to license GPU cores and visual computing patents -

Graphics chip maker Nvidia has just announced a new business approach where it will license select GPU cores, starting with the Kepler architecture, and its visual computing patent portfolio to.
TheNextWeb  5 hours ago:

Dell Special Committee slaps Icahn’s new proposal as incomplete, risky -

This didn’t take long. Today, following the announcement of new proposed deal for Dell by Carl Icahn, the company’s Special Committee has responded with a terse statement that calls what.
TheNextWeb  6 hours ago:

Google alternative DuckDuckGo hit nearly 3.1M queries yesterday, up 50% in 8 days as PRISM fears rise -

Just over a week after passing a record 2 million searches in a single day, DuckDuckGo has announced a new milestone: the company processed 3,095,907 searches yesterday.
TheNextWeb  7 hours ago:

Facebook for iOS update brings status action icons and easier privacy control -

Facebook for iOS has gotten a small update today that adds a couple of nice changes. Foremost is the ability to very quickly edit the privacy of a given post.
TheNextWeb  7 hours ago:

NSA update: Here’s the latest on the raucous surveillance scandal -

The NSA surveillance controversy continues this week, and TNW would be remiss to keep you out of the loop.
TheNextWeb  7 hours ago:

Google invokes first amendment rights as it requests permission to disclose FISA order figures -

Google has filed a petition with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court citing its first amendment rights as it asks for permission to disclose controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests.