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iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending March 14

With spring stirring, so is the iOSphere's optimism, not to mention Wall Street's. The thrilling prospect of a Big Screen iPhone 6 is prompting visions of an upgrade tidal wave.

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Debunking Internet nonsense is what Snopes.com does every day, of course, but rarely have the site's proprietors been called upon to navigate such a swiftly running stream of bogusness as they have following the March 8 disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. And in some cases, rather than perfunctorily stamping these hoaxes "false," Snopes has gone the extra mile to tell us what the images... READ MORE

Cisco looking into Russian operations

Cisco is investigating activities in Russia that may have violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. The investigation is at the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a Cisco public filing. READ MORE

Microsoft dangles $50 carrot in front of XP users

Microsoft has anted up in its attempt to convince last-minute laggards to abandon Windows XP by handing a $50 carrot to people who buy a new Windows 8.1 device. READ MORE

Google patches $310K worth of Chrome, Chrome OS bugs

Google on Friday patched several vulnerabilities in Chrome and Chrome OS within 48 hours of their disclosures at last week's Pwn2Own and Pwnium hacking contests. READ MORE

Neil deGrasse Tyson: What technology pros can learn from America’s favorite scientist

Just about everybody loves Neil deGrasse Tyson, and I'm no exception. Dr. Tyson's keynote session at SXSW may have been the happiest event on the event's crowded calendar. The packed house ate up his energetic musings on the nature of science and the scientific method, showering the man with warmth and approval, in which he eagerly basked. READ MORE

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Twitter CEO visiting China, but won't change ways to target market

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IBM latest tech company to deny links with NSA spy program

IBM said it has not provided client data to the U.S. National Security Agency or any other government agency under surveillance programs involving the bulk collection of content or metadata. READ MORE

Google wants to black out court details about data-mining e-mails

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Cisco Sourcefire recently announced that their Snort open source IDS/IPS 2.9.7 will now support free application visibility and control, called OpenAppID. It will be fully integrated into the current Snort framework and offers a new application preprocessor and keyword 'appid' that can be used in any Snort rule. OpenAppID will launch with detection for over 1400+ applications, providing Snort... READ MORE

Mozilla shelves Metro Firefox, cites user apathy toward Windows 8

Mozilla on Friday abruptly canceled the release of its touch-enabled Firefox browser for Windows 8, just four days before it was to ship and after two years of work. READ MORE

Harsh wireless conditions? Send in the drone hot spot

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has moved along a project it says would use hot-spot enabled drones to bring bring wireless communications to even the most distant and harsh environment. READ MORE

Facebook Rolls Out Video Ads, Takes Aim at TV Networks

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