NSA leaker describes 'massive surveillance machine'

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DOJ clears Softbank's acquisition of Sprint Nextel Apple blinks, inks deals with labels in time to intro 'iRadio' on Monday Network World Daily News AM June 10, 2013 Share this email NSA leaker describes 'massive surveillance machine' The person responsible for disclosing details on the growth of U.S. government surveillance programs that exploded into public view last week has identified himself as 29-year-old Edward Snowden, a technology contractor working at the U.S. National Security Agency. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. DOJ clears Softbank's acquisition of Sprint Nextel 2. Apple blinks, inks deals with labels in time to intro 'iRadio' on Monday 3. INSIDER Why password-only authentication is passe 4. Negligence and glitches create 64% of data breaches 5. Quick and dirty WWDC 2013 Rumor Roundup 6. Google said to be close to buying Waze, developer of crowdsourced map app 7. 15 cool and fun Google Chrome Experiments 8. 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Get the free product today or learn more here >> Negligence and glitches create 64% of data breaches While data breaches born of malicious attacks grab headlines, more data thefts are caused by employee negligence and computer glitches, according to a report this week by Symantec and the Ponemon Institute. READ MORE Quick and dirty WWDC 2013 Rumor Roundup WWDC is about 24 hours away and the Apple community will be watching intently as Tim Cook and co take the stage tomorrow at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to give us a glimpse into the future of iOS and OS X. There have been a lot of rumors surrounding WWDC 2013, so to help sort out the wheat from the chaff, below are a list of the more prominent and plausible rumors we've heard thus far reagrding what... 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