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Feds grab 163 web sites, snatch $21.6 million in NFL counterfeit gear strike Researchers create Android app to show when other apps track you ITworld Today January 31, 2014 Share this email Report: Satya Nadella to be named Microsoft CEO; Gates out, too Microsoft's cloud chief, Satya Nadella, will lead the company as its next chief executive, according to a report from Bloomberg. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Feds grab 163 web sites, snatch $21.6 million in NFL counterfeit gear strike 2. Researchers create Android app to show when other apps track you 3. SPECIAL REPORT: Your Strategic Guide to VDI 4. Ex-network engineer faces prison after admitting he sabotaged employer's system 5. Hands-on with Valve's Steam In-Home Streaming beta 6. Obama selects cryptologist to head NSA 7. MIT researchers resort to flash for big data storage 8. Tor-enabled malware stole credit card data from PoS systems at dozens of retailers 9. 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Learn More Hands-on with Valve's Steam In-Home Streaming beta It's early in beta and the system still has some issues, but overall it works pretty well. READ MORE Obama selects cryptologist to head NSA President Obama has nominated an expert cryptologist to head the National Security Agency at a time when the agency is under pressure to reform its surveillance. READ MORE MIT researchers resort to flash for big data storage An MIT research team next month will show off a networked system of flash storage devices they say beats relying on DRAM and networked hard disks to handle Big Data demands. READ MORE Tor-enabled malware stole credit card data from PoS systems at dozens of retailers Details of over 50,000 credit and debit cards have been stolen from 119 PoS terminals infected with a malware program called ChewBacca. READ MORE LAST CHANCE: Enter to win a copy of "Ubuntu Unleashed 2014 Edition" Five will win. Enter the drawing today! 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