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Bitcoin wallet service to issue refunds after users' funds stolen

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August 21, 2013
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17 epic Microsoft Windows Auto Update meltdowns

These legendary clunkers made Patch Tuesday a living hell for Windows users the world over.

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Issue highlights

1. Bitcoin wallet service to issue refunds after users' funds stolen

2. Win $500? Survey says YES!

3. Creating a Twitter proxy for mobile developement

4. China arrests two for using the Internet to defame cultural icon

5. Twitter's new Vine video service hits 40M users since January

6. Facebook, six other tech companies launch partnership to bridge the digital divide

7. Google seeks experts for its soon-to-launch Helpouts video service

8. Science panel only 95% certain that humans are causing global warming, so obviously the debate rages on!

9. Celebrating Unix heroes

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Bitcoin wallet service to issue refunds after users' funds stolen

A widely used Bitcoin wallet service plans to issue refunds to people who saw their bitcoins stolen as a result of a weakness in its application. READ MORE

Win $500? Survey says YES!

Take our short tech survey (just 10 minutes, we promise) and enter the drawing for a chance to win $500. READ MORE

Creating a Twitter proxy for mobile developement

It's been several months now since Twitter switched over to version 1.1 of the Twitter API. Headaches were expected, and headaches are being had. A primary cause of these headaches is the move to enforce OAuth for every API request, but a second culprit - rate limiting - is responsible for drastic restructuring of existing code. READ MORE

China arrests two for using the Internet to defame cultural icon

Chinese police have detained two Internet users for allegedly starting online rumors that tried to defame government groups and a cultural icon in the nation. READ MORE

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Twitter's new Vine video service hits 40M users since January

Vine, the video service introduced by Twitter in January, now has 40 million registered users, it said Tuesday. READ MORE

Facebook, six other tech companies launch partnership to bridge the digital divide

Facebook and six other tech companies have launched a joint project called Internet.org which aims to connect the two-thirds of the global population that is not currently linked to the Internet. READ MORE

Google seeks experts for its soon-to-launch Helpouts video service

Google needs help. More specifically, the Internet giant is looking for people who are experts on basically anything to lead some of the first sessions for its soon-to-launch Helpouts video calling program. READ MORE

Science panel only 95% certain that humans are causing global warming, so obviously the debate rages on!

The percentage of scientists convinced that human activity is causing global warming continues to rise, but that won't matter to the climate-change deniers. READ MORE

Celebrating Unix heroes

Early Unix pioneers and their contributions to the computer industry. READ MORE

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