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	NSA taps tracking cookies used by Google, others, to monitor surveillance targets The browser cookies that online companies use to track Internet customers for targeted advertising are also used by the National Security Agency to track surveillance targets and break into their systems. Read More   In this Issue U.S. investigates allegations of Dell computer resales into Syria The top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants Sharon Machlis: Why I'm ignoring the hysteria about the 'Obamacare' website NSA cites Reagan-era executive order to justify collection of cellphone location data WHITE PAPER: Tintri Storage Intelligence for Virtualized Environments Built on the industry's first and leading VM-Aware Storage architecture, this paper discusses how Tintri Flash First Design including VM-level QoS works and how it makes virtualization simple, predictable and efficient. Read now! U.S. investigates allegations of Dell computer resales into Syria The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a report alleging that Dell computers have been sold to the Syrian regime despite the trade embargo in place, according to a July filing by Dell to the U.S.A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that was made public this week. Read More   The top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants Politics collided with technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst among U.S. citizens and foreign governments and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky start. Meanwhile, the post-PC era put aging tech giants under pressure to reinvent themselves. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Exablox ESG Report: Exablox Re-Imagines File Storage Exablox emerged from stealth mode with a new platform (OneBlox) designed for midsized enterprises with content-intensive applications. Its scale-out system leverages commodity hardware, and has some interesting data protection features. Read now! Sharon Machlis: Why I'm ignoring the hysteria about the 'Obamacare' website If you think getting it right from day one is always what matters, you probably haven't been following technology too closely. Read More   NSA cites Reagan-era executive order to justify collection of cellphone location data The National Security Agency on Friday cited a 1981 executive order signed by then-President Ronald Reagan as the authority under which it is collecting location data daily from tens of millions of cell phones around the world. Read More
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