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<li><strong>[00:00] french gov bans free eBooks w/Sam Schechner @samsesch</strong></li>
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<li>] amazon started charging for books given away previously, cost&nbsp;is .01</li>
<li>] this isnt about ebooks, its about physical books</li>
<li>] amazon can no longer&nbsp;offer 5% discount off books or offer&nbsp;free shipping</li>
<li>] law could help amazon, increase their profits,</li>
<li>] amazon is popular in france, but not as dominant as in US, web services are also popular</li>
<li>] a lot of regulatory concerns coming out of europe lately, is this going to be a continuing trend, likely, not as much success for internet companies in EU, concerned over the handful of companies</li>
<li>] <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-shelves-french-book-discounts-1405006355" target="_blank">Amazon Shelves French Book Discounts</a></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] msft ceo satya nadella sends&nbsp;epic memo to employees w/juan carlos perez </strong></li>
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<li>] purpose/theme - letting the company know about some things he has noticed, so far,&nbsp;the company needs a change in corporate culture,</li>
<li>] where is msft going?, can they change from PC first firm</li>
<li>] its a big ship, turning in a different direction is hard, mobile first , cloud first</li>
<li>] delivering its products to be delivered, sold first via the cloud, a big shift, not entirely clear that they will succeed, consensus that it needs to be done</li>
<li>] next week is partners conference, nadella</li>
<li>] how we are going to change the world, cortana</li>
<li>] xbox is important to us, its not going anywhere</li>
<li>] retired the company description&nbsp;created by previous CEO Steve Balmer&nbsp;as "a devices and services company"</li>
<li>] new descriptions - productivity solutions, platform provider</li>
<li>] clear that it's a priority for him to change the culture,</li>
<li>] company needs to be faster</li>
<li>] msft has a bad reputation for corporate culture</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html" target="_blank">Bold Ambition &amp; Our Core: From Satya Nadella</a></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] tablet market, shipments&nbsp;are in decline for first time</strong></li>
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<li>] 56M units VS 59M units last year</li>
<li>] consumers not as interested in smaller&nbsp;form factor tablets( 7 - 8")</li>
<li>] phablets(big phones)&nbsp;are cannibalizing small tablets</li>
<li>] not so much difference in tablet hardware between models from year to year</li>
<li>] its not the end of the world for the tablet market,</li>
<li>] bad news for apple, people may not be buying new ipads every year</li>
<li>] <a href="http://blogs.seattletimes.com/microsoftpri0/2014/07/09/worldwide-pc-shipment-decline-slowed-in-second-quarter/" target="_blank">Worldwide PC shipment decline slowed in second quarter</a></li>
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<li><strong>&nbsp;[00:00] areo now a cable company, according to supreme court? w/Ted Johnson @ </strong></li>
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<li>] court said areo was similar to a cable company</li>
<li>] trying to exploit a big loss, shifting their legal strategy</li>
<li>] is this just a hail mary on their part?</li>
<li>] perhaps, a little bit,</li>
<li>] <a href="http://blog.aereo.com/2014/07/3784/" target="_blank">Aereo CEO's letter to the U.S. district court in N.Y.</a></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] msft now also being forced to 'forget' in EU</strong></li>
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<li>] name of person can no longer be used to provide results, ex search for "john doe"</li>
<li>] searching for&nbsp;results by 'name',</li>
<li>] in&nbsp;EU, bing has larger market share then it does in the&nbsp;US where&nbsp;google is dominant search engine, approx&nbsp;70% vs 18%&nbsp;market share</li>
<li>] in US this is an outrage, in EU its popular</li>
<li>] <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/09/microsoft-to-wade-into-complying-with-the-right-to-be-forgotten/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">Microsoft Taking Steps to Comply With the Right to be Forgotten</a></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] documents leaked to techcrunch.com, say google favors g+ results over yelps</strong></li>
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<li>] docs accused google of favoring g+ results</li>
<li>] study done saying google was taking 20% of traffic that belonged to 'yelp'</li>
<li>] unclear about who did the study,</li>
<li>] panel of people who understood yelp, 80% people clicked on yelp review</li>
<li>] is is OK for google to favor its own properties?</li>
<li>] FUD by yelp OR ???</li>
<li><a href="http://searchengineland.com/leaked-documents-yelp-google-196208" target="_blank">Leaked Documents Show How Yelp Thinks It's Not Getting Screwed By Google</a></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] chinese hackers - </strong></li>
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<li>] finding personal financial information about people with high level security clearances</li>
<li>] not sure of wether it was govt sponsored</li>
<li>] latest in a a long line of back and forth between</li>
<li>] stopped attack before it got too far</li>
<li>] not clear of what their intent was</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/chinese-hackers-target-us-workers-report-says/" target="_blank">Chinese hackers target US government workers</a></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] android factory reset update email</strong></li>
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<li>] do this instead</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] spacecraft follow up</strong></li>
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<li>] project to fire up old rocket,</li>
<li>] spacecraft appears to be - out of fuel</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/10/330255777/the-little-spacecraft-that-couldnt?ft=1&amp;f=1026" target="_blank">The Little Spacecraft That Couldn't</a></li>
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<li><strong>[00:00]&nbsp;iphone 6 sapphire screen - damage attempts</strong></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>
<li>] guest host&nbsp;- Don Reisinger</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1045" 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-july-10-2014" 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>
<li>] trove -&nbsp;</li>
<li>] rsa.com</li>
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