1 | TITLE: There's No Hacking in Baseball! * 1282 | CO-ANCHOR: ZDNet contributing writer Kevin Tofel | ||||
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2 | Tease: Cyber-espionage comes to professional baseball. | Shownotes Link: | EDIT NOTES | |||
3 | 06/17/2015 : Microsoft pushes out four major executives, California delivers some bad news to Uber, and more... | |||||
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7 | This is Tech News Today for Wednesday, June 17, 2015 | |||||
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12 | I'm Mike Elgan. | |||||
13 | Our co-anchor today is ZDNet contributing writer Kevin Tofel | |||||
14 | [Thing o' the day: Nest event ] | http://www.droid-life.com/2015/06/10/this-is-the-nest-cam-and-the-new-nest-app-for-android/ | ||||
15 | LATE-BREAKING STORY | SHOW | ARTICLE | |||
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20 | A Microsoft re-org announced today pushes out Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. Also out at Microsoft is Mark Penn, who was in charge of the company's disastrous "Scroogled" campaign. Kirill Tatarinov and Eric Rudder are also leaving the company. Meanwhile, Windows chief Terry Myerson will take over a newly formed group called the Windows and Devices Group. | http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/17/8796331/microsoft-satya-nadella-reorganization-2015 | ||||
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26 | The California Labor Commission yesterday filed a ruling that says Uber drivers are officially employees of the company, rather than independent contractors. The ruling came in response to a complaint from an Uber driver in San Francisco named Barbara Ann Berwick. * * * | http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/06/17/california-labor-commission-rules-uber-drivers-are-employees-not-independent-contractors | ||||
27 | Natt Garun wrote about the story for The Next Web. Q: Why does this matter so much for Uber? Q: What will Uber be required to do now that it has so many employees? Q: Is there some change Uber could make to establish its drivers as independent contractors in the eyes of California law? Q: What happens next? | Natt Garun US Editor, The Next Web @nattgarun | ||||
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29 | Natt Garun * thenextweb.com * @nattgarun | |||||
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55 | The FBI is investigating the St. Louis Cardinals baseball organization for hacking the Houston Astros for the purpose of corporate espionage -- specifically, to steal information about players. That information exists in a proprietary database application called Ground Control, developed by the Astros, which holds all the club's information about trades, statistics, medical information and scouting reports. If the FBI's suspicions turn out to be true, this would be the first known case of corporate espionage hacking involving professional sports teams. If they're not true, then China probably did it. * * * | http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/baseball/st-louis-cardinals-hack-astros-fbi.html | ||||
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58 | The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that an Estonian news site called Delfi can be held responsible for comments made by readers. If allowed to stick as a precedent, the ruling would force all social networks and other sites operating in Europe to censor comments, because they as a company would be held liable for everything anyone says on the sites. | http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-155105 | http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/06/shock-european-court-decision-websites-are-liable-for-users-comments/ | |||
59 | * goes against the European Union’s e-commerce directive, which "guarantees liability protection for intermediaries that implement notice-and-takedown mechanisms on third-party comments." * decision doesn't have any direct legal effect * may be influential in further development of future law * the judgment upholds a finding that "proactive monitoring" of Internet users can be required | |||||
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61 | The new US net neutrality rules went into effect Friday. And already a San Diego-base webcam streaming company called Commercial Network Services is already accusing Time Warner Cable of violating those rules. They say Time Warner Cable is degrading video quality from the site to its users. and is therefore a "blatant violation" of the FCC's rules. * * * | http://sundiegolive.com/ | ||||
62 | Semi-related: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-17/at-t-to-be-fined-100-million-by-fcc-for-slowing-mobile-data | http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-17/at-t-to-be-fined-100-million-by-fcc-for-slowing-mobile-data | ||||
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74 | Dropbox introduced today a new tool called file request, which enables anyone -- including people without Dropbox accounts -- to send files. The tool sends your request for files via email, and the recipient can upload directly from the email. * * * | https://blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2015/06/introducing-file-requests/ | ||||
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86 | Connexity, which owns shopping and price comparison sites including Shopzilla, has acquired PriceGrabber. Terms were not disclosed. * * * | http://connexity.com/blog/2015/06/connexity-acquires-pricegrabber/ | ||||
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107 | Google engineering VP Brian McClendon and former Maps chief has left the company and joined Uber to help that company create an alternative to Google Maps and also self-driving cars. * * * | http://recode.net/2015/06/16/uber-hires-googles-former-head-of-maps-to-oversee-location-technology-pittsburgh-center/ | ||||
108 | In other human resources news, "Magic" Johnson is joining Square's Board of Directors, joining Silicon Valley VC luminaries Roelof Botha, Vinod Khosla, Mary Meeker, David Viniar, as well as Square co-founder Jim McKelvey and economist Larry Summers. * * * | |||||
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119 | 100 million * That's how many dollars the FCC is requiring AT&T to pay for slowing down Internet speeds for customers with "unlimited" data plans. The fine is the largest ever levied by the agency. * * * | |||||
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153 | * * * FIN * * * | |||||
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155 | Microsoft pushes out four major executives. | |||||
156 | California delivers some bad news to Uber... | |||||
157 | And Cyber-espionage comes to professional baseball. | |||||
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164 | Links 'R' Us | LINKS | INTERVIEWS | B-Roll | ||
165 | executive changes at Microsoft | https://www.google.com/search?q=Microsoft+Elop&num=30&es_sm=119&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ei=1oeBVdHxCsvfsAXWzoDoCw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=834&bih=622 | http://news.microsoft.com/2015/06/17/microsoft-aligns-engineering-teams-to-strategy/ | |||
166 | the California labor commission's Uber ruling | Natt Garun | ||||
167 | European court's ruling on website user comments | https://www.google.com/search?q=websites+comments+Europe+OR+European&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI1tXc8eOWxgIVgUGsCh00yAB-&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/06/shock-european-court-decision-websites-are-liable-for-users-comments/ | |||
168 | Time Warner Cable and net neutrality | https://www.google.com/search?q=Time+Warner+Cable+net+neutrality&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIwavyu-WWxgIVhJaICh1pGgA7&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://sundiegolive.com/ | |||
169 | the baseball hackusation | https://www.google.com/search?q=Cardinals+Astros&num=30&es_sm=119&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI05ikjuSWxgIVRjKsCh3NVwBG&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/baseball/st-louis-cardinals-hack-astros-fbi.html?_r=0 | |||
170 | Apple's action against Monster | https://www.google.com/search?q=Apple+Monster&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAoQ_AUoBGoVChMIsPDc5OOWxgIVhWStCh0KnAD-&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-revokes-monsters-authority-to-make-licensed-accessories-1434481512 | |||
171 | Amazon's claim about drone rules | https://www.google.com/search?q=Amazon+federal+drone+OR+drones&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMI5-Dq6-eWxgIVVCuICh1HYAHf&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://www.amazon.com/b?node=8037720011 | |||
172 | the Kindle Paperwhite | https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Kindle+Paperwhite%22&num=30&es_sm=119&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMI9O78_uuWxgIVQymsCh0xvwCU&biw=1152&bih=644 | http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQVZDJM?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=53161179416&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6894166041066571384&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_5tr0or9c07_b | |||
173 | the new AMD graphics chips | https://www.google.com/search?q=AMD+R9+Fury+X&num=30&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMIhrWIsOWWxgIViS-ICh2FlwAG&biw=1152&bih=644 | https://youtu.be/lLLxFNkwgas?t=17s | |||