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<li><strong>[00:00] </strong>Amazon's rumored smartphone, which will probably be announced tomorrow, will be available on AT&amp;T exclusively,&nbsp;</li>
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<li><a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/at-t-to-exclusively-carry-amazon-smartphone-1403001723/" target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;Read more at wsj.com</em></a> and <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249143/Amazon_s_expected_smartphone_already_faces_skeptics?taxonomyId=230&amp;pageNumber=1" target="_blank"><em>computerworld.com</em></a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>Google I/O -- the company's massive developer conference -- kicks off June 25 in San Francisco.</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.google.com/events/io" target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;Read more at google.com.</em></a></li>
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<li>Online satelite images are a about to get much better. The US government has lifted restrictions on how high-def satellite pictures can be, according to a report on the BBC. The US Commerce Department, which made the chance, has not yet announced it. The report is based on a claim by a satellite imaging company called Digital Globe, which asked for the policy change and says their request was granted.</li>
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<li><a href="http://investor.digitalglobe.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=70788&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1939027" target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;Read more at digitalglobe.com</em></a> and <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27868703" target="_blank"><em>bbc.com</em></a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>Box this week acquired Streem, which allows customers to stream files to their desktops.</li>
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<li><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/16/box-acquires-yc-backed-streem/" target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;Read more at techcrunch.com.</em></a></li>
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<li>Dropbox today acquired Parastructure, which builds data analysis software.</li>
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<li><a href="http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/acquisition-hungry-dropbox-is-building-a-mobile-first-cloud-first-platform-225949.html"><em>&nbsp;Read more at firstpost.com.</em></a></li>
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<li>The speech recognition company Nuance Communications is exploring a sale. The company could be acquired by Samsung, according to a piece in The Wall Street Journal.</li>
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<li>&nbsp;<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/nuance-communications-explores-possible-sale-1402936735" target="_blank"><em> Read more at wsj.com.</em></a></li>
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<li>Microsoft is opening its arms to developers yet again -- this time with the IE Developer Channel.</li>
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<li><a href="http://winsupersite.com/cloud/microsoft-launches-ie-developer-channel" target="_self"><em>&nbsp;Read more at winsupersite.com</em></a> and <a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/new-internet-explorer-developer-channel-gives-devs-a-taste-of-whats-to-come/" target="_blank"><em>arstechnica.com.</em></a></li>
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<li>The British government says spying on UK citizens via Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and even Google Search is acceptable and legal because those services are based in the United States, and therefore it's international and not domestic surveillance.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/business/international/british-spy-agencies-said-to-assert-broad-power-to-intercept-web-traffic.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss" target="_blank"><em>&nbsp;Read more at nytimes.com.</em></a></li>
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<li>] show host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li>
<li>] show producer -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=234" target="_blank">Jason Howell</a></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1030" target="_blank">show url</a>&nbsp;- shows home page with video of show and links</li>
<li>]&nbsp;show notes&nbsp;- detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/content/top-news-june-17-2014" target="_blank">show notes summary</a>&nbsp;-</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://irc.twit.tv/" target="_blank">twit chat room</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technewstoday/" target="_blank">subreddit</a> -&nbsp;News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today</li>
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<li>] rsa.com</li>
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