Google Officially Buys Waze in a $1 Billion-Plus Deal, Will Keep It Independent

Google now owns map startup Waze.
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Did Stuxnet Actually Improve Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities?

What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.
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Will Waze Be Facebook’s Next Instagram?

It worked so well the first time that CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to be making a similar play.
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Hackers Hit Israel Over Palestinians

Hundreds of Israeli websites on Sunday came under attack from a group of pro-Palestinian hackers, who disrupted dozens of government and private websites in their stated attempt to “erase Israel from cyberspace.”

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Accel Closes $475 Million European Tech Fund

Accel Partners said today it had closed its $475 million London IV fund, which will focus on early and growth-stage tech companies in Europe and Israel. The venture capital firm said the fund was raised in just eight weeks and was “significantly oversubscribed.”

Cisco Acquires Israel’s Intucell for $475 Million

Wireless networks that fix themselves with software.
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Cyberwar in Iran Comes Home to U.S. Banks. Is Anyone Surprised?

At long last, Iran retaliates for the cyber campaign carried out against it.
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Iran Responds to New “Stuxnet-Like” Cyber Attack

More, more cyber war.
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Pixplit Is a Photo App That’s Actually Social

Okay, so let me be upfront about this: It’s another mobile photo app.
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Egging Anon

Today, Anon lacks the talent and semi-cohesion it once boasted across the net, and its most recent online crusade is an embarrassing reminder. This is less a war than the hacker equivalent of egging someone’s house and then smoking weed behind a Denny’s.

– Gizmodo editor Sam Biddle, in an article entitled “Anonymous Is Losing Its War Against Israel”