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<h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2014-01-11</h1>
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<li><strong>] security breach -Target and 4 others hacked, neiman marcus + 3 other unnamed retails</strong></li>
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<li>] pos malware - grabs encrypted data, ramscraper ...</li>
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<li><strong>] security breach - total # of users affected, how it's affecting compramised users</strong></li>
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<li>] reuters reporting numbers... 40 M, 70M, 110M</li>
<li>] and how the expoit is affecting users is unknown</li>
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<li><strong>] secret new google service coming for airline ticket purchasing</strong></li>
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<li>] for purchasing airline tickets - price comparison, ad supported, &nbsp;eta 2014-03</li>
<li>] " - Ryanair, CEO, Michael O Leary - would change the way people buy tickets forever</li>
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<li><strong>] paypal</strong></li>
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<li>] has new "in context" checkout service, keeps user on 'merchant site'</li>
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<li><strong>]&nbsp;windows 8 is failing says&nbsp;Paul Thurrott of windows supersite</strong></li>
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<li>] msft planning windows 9 release in 2015-04, codenamed "<a href="http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/threshold-be-called-windows-9-ship-april-2015" target="_blank">Threshold</a>" to 'distance itself' from the 'win 8 debacle', will bring back the 'start menu'</li>
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<li><strong>] take down my twitter</strong></li>
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<li>] dance music label 'spinnin records' request google take down links to its own twitter site</li>
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<li><strong>] maxis simcity update 10</strong></li>
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<li>] coming out with offline mode for single player, previously offline version requred network sign-on</li>
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<li><strong>] NYC crime down BUT iphones stolen WAY UP,&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] 1/5 of grand larceny cases in NYC involves an apple product, 8000+ stolen</li>
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<li><strong>] blackberry's comeback plan</strong></li>
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<li>] newest models z10,z30 - followed the trend of smartphones, not successfull in the marketplace, bb not having much success with anything</li>
<li>] new CEO, John Shen saying their <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/12/5300992/blackberry-ceo-john-chen-future-devices-hardware-keyboards" target="_blank">new devices would be predominantly 'keyboard' centric</a>, NOT exclusively keyboard</li>
<li>] Mike thinks it brilliant, focus on the (x) % of the market that is 'keyboard' centric&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] IOT - "dead in the water"</strong></li>
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<li>] former apple exec&nbsp;Jean-Louis Gass&eacute;e blogged that the IOT 'revolution' is dead in the water, B/C of the "basket of remotes problem",&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;Even Smart TVs can&rsquo;t provide a machine-readable description of the commands they understand, or even tell a smartphone app whether its on, what channel its on and so on. Smart refrigerators, smart toasters and smart thermostats? Forget it. Hardly anyone is working on this problem, and it&rsquo;s the one problem that will kill the Internet of Things for consumers. Unless the industry organizes around standards and machine-readable and universally readable communication between devices, the Internet of Things is just a &ldquo;Basket of Remotes&rdquo; -- the features are there but nobody will use them.</li>
<li>] harmony remote - 1 remote, many devices</li>
<li>] seeing it with the nest thermostat</li>
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<li><strong>] NBC partners with "nowthisnews"</strong></li>
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<li>] makes 6 second news clips, play on vine, snapchat</li>
<li>] networks trying to figure out how to use twitter, crowdsourced content</li>
<li>] dumbing down of content OR&nbsp;</li>
<li>] nowthisnews - backed by Kenneth Lerer - co-founded The Huffington Post and currently serves as chairman of BuzzFeed.</li>
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<li><strong>] drone warfare in the classroom</strong></li>
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<li>] belgian school considering using 'drones' to monitor students taking exams for cheating, drones flying overhead in the classroom&nbsp;</li>
<li>] a prank OR the dumbest idea ever?</li>
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<li><strong>] facebook - marilyn mckenna, (wife of former AG Rob)</strong></li>
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<li>] has her facebook post served with a takedown notice for 'promoting' body image', post was her showing her weight loss(she lost 100+#), was not selling anything,&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[objects]</h2>
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<li>] harmony remote</li>
<li>] windows 9 threshold&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[systems]</h2>
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<li>] paypal - incontext&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[people]</h2>
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<li>] show host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li>
<li>] show co-host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=231" target="_blank">Sara Lane</a></li>
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<h2>[events]</h2>
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<h2>[places]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/921" target="_blank">show url</a>&nbsp;- shows home page with video of show and links</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.google.com/a/twit.tv/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AnfwL2-_1Rv3dHR2NlljRHhrWXRHd1BjTEJQdFJ0LUE&amp;gid=38" target="_blank">show notes</a>&nbsp;- detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources&nbsp;</li>
<li>] sponsor - ] gazzelle.com - buys your old device - &nbsp;$110 for 4s 64gb</li>
<li>] sponsor - [19:00] squarespace.com - easy to use, create website from scratch, 20 new templates, tweak with controls, makes you look like a 'design' genius, scaleable, 24 hour support, mobile ready, metrics, from $8 month, free 2 week trial</li>
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