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Obama to encourage companies to share cyber threat data

February 13, 2015 publisher civil-liberties, country, internet, michael-daniel, public-nuisance, sets-the-stage, stolen-as-much, xinhua

By Joseph Menn and Roberta Rampton SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is set to sign an executive order on Friday aimed at encouraging companies to share more information about cybersecurity threats with the government and each other, a response to attacks like that on Sony Entertainment. The order sets the stage for new private-sector led “information sharing and analysis organizations” (ISAOs) – hubs where companies share cyber threat data with each other and with the Department of Homeland Security. It is one step in a long effort to make companies as well as privacy and consumer advocates more comfortable with proposed legislation that would offer participating companies liability protection, the White House said

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Commuter infected with measles is San Francisco LinkedIn employee

February 12, 2015 publisher civil-liberties, country, disease, employee-based, francisco, internet, linked, measles-while, michael-daniel, northern, rapid-transit

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Northern California commuter who health officials say may have exposed tens of thousands of people to measles while riding San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit system while infectious is an employee of LinkedIn Corp, the social networking company said on Thursday.

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Judge rules for NSA in warrantless search case

February 10, 2015 publisher california, district-judge, internet, jeffrey-white, lawsuit-alleges, nsa, purely-domestic, the-government, time

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland, California wrote the plaintiffs failed to establish legal standing to pursue a claim that the government violated the Fourth Amendment

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Willis Re launches cyber insurer tool as risks remain unclear

February 3, 2015 publisher alice-underwood, among-insurers, companies-gauge, help-insurance, internet, portfolios, should-private, the-reinsurance, willis, willis-group

Reinsurer Willis Re on Tuesday launched a tool designed to help insurance companies gauge their portfolios' exposure to cybersecurity risks, the latest effort to develop a growing market that has nonetheless faced worries about potential pitfalls. The tool, called PRISM-Re, is meant to help insurance companies understand how much risk they face should they have to pay out for everything from managing a cyberattack crisis to hiring credit monitoring services should private data be breached. “There's still a little bit of hesitation (among insurers) about, 'how do I understand what my overall exposure might be',” said Alice Underwood, head of analytics for Willis Re North America

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China’s internet population hits 649 million, 86 pct on phones

February 3, 2015 creative alice-underwood, among-insurers, companies-gauge, internet, internet-cafe, search-giant, should-private, use-computers, wave, world

By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – China had 649 million internet users by the end of 2014, with 557 million of those using handsets to go online, said a government report on Tuesday, as the world's biggest smartphone market continues its shift to mobile.

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Facebook, Twitter lock horns in post-Super Bowl battle of the statistics

February 3, 2015 creative during-the-game, facebook, internet, jennifer-saba, match, san, seahawks, search-giant, super, touchdown-catch, use-computers, wave, world

By Alexei Oreskovic and Jennifer Saba SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc released a barrage of data, special “heat” maps and slick animations on Monday to claim the title of most-popular social network for spectators watching the Super Bowl, but a winner was difficult to pick. Facebook, the world's largest social network, boasted that 65 million people chimed in on its service about the match that saw the New England Patriots edge the Seattle Seahawks 28-24, up 30 percent from the year earlier.

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State lawmakers slam attempt at online sales tax law

January 27, 2015 creative collect-sales, congress, country, easing-the-way, house, internet, non-sales-tax, proposed-online, representatives, sales, speaker-john, state-lawmakers, wrote-the-group

U.S. states for years have asked Congress for federal legislation easing the way for them to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases, but now that a bill has been drafted, state lawmakers are resisting. The National Conference of State Legislatures on Tuesday released a letter it sent to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Monday that depicted a proposed online sales tax bill as an unconstitutional attack on states’ rights.

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Open Text revenue hit by strong US dollar, weak emerging markets

January 27, 2015 admin average, china, country, easing-the-way, helps-companies, internet, middle, officer-john, proposed-online, speaker-john, state-lawmakers, thomson-reuters, wrote-the-group

Canadian business-software maker Open Text Corp’s quarterly revenue fell short of market expectations, hit by a strong U.S.

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Social media flurry around blizzard: gripes, jokes and romance

January 27, 2015 creative although-some, included-mashup, internet, kelso2utd-wrote, laila-kearney, mayor-bill, motto, northeast, percent-rise, social-media, statue, threefold-jump

By Laila Kearney and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fear, disappointment and even romantic thoughts about the Northeast’s blizzard of 2015 powered a social media storm that raged on the Internet on Tuesday. The avalanche picking up speed on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook included mashup photos that replaced the Statue of Liberty’s torch with a snow shovel and outfitted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in a king’s fur cape and sword with the motto “Winter is Coming” from the “Game of Thrones” television show. Two of the most popular Twitter hashtags were #Snowmageddon2015 and #Snowpocalypse, although some felt #Blizzfizz was more appropriate.

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Snapchat adds news, entertainment content to messaging service

January 27, 2015 creative competition, feature-videos, included-mashup, internet, mayor-bill, media, messaging-apps, motto, northeast, san, snapchat, time-on-their

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Snapchat has partnered with CNN, ESPN and nine other media companies to feature videos and articles on its mobile messaging service, a move that heightens the competition with social networks such as Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc. Snapchat's new Discover service features individual “channels” for its various media partners that include five to 10 stories a day, according to Snapchat, which announced the move on its official blog on Tuesday. After 24 hours the stories disappear, in keeping with Snapchat's trademark feature of private messages that disappear a few seconds after they are viewed by users of the service.