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• 14 June 2013

• News: Google slammed by MPs for 'contrived' tax payments

  The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has slammed the way Google avoids paying corporation tax in the UK, and has called on the government to close tax loopholes the internet company has exploited.

• News: Siemens looking to unload share in networking venture with Nokia, report said

  Siemens has started talks with private-equity firms about the sale of its share in Nokia Siemens Networks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

• News: Apple's crucial overscroll bounce patent claim is valid, US patent office says

  The USPTO has confirmed four claims of Apple's overscroll bounce patent, including claim 19 of the patent, according to a document filed with a Californian court on Thursday. That claim played a crucial part in Apple's US$1.05 billion dollar lawsuit against Samsung,.

• News: Decades-old bets in Myanmar's tech industry finally reap rewards

  It may have taken almost two decades, but Tun Thura Thet's investment in one of Asia's poorest countries is finally paying off.

• News: Myanmar braces for mobile phone boom as Internet access trickles in

  In Yangon, Myanmar, giant Samsung billboards hang overhead as dozens of handset shops line the crowded city streets and advertise the latest smartphones. Just a few years ago, you wouldn't have seen such a sight, said Soe Nyi Nyi, a local tech entrepreneur.

• News: New York introduces legislation to regulate 3-D printed arms

  New legislation in New York city aims to regulate the use of 3-D printers to make firearms, as the U.S. tries to cope with the possible proliferation online of drawings for making such arms.

• 13 June 2013

• News: Australian SMBs increasingly adopting flexible workforce policies: Citrix

  Half of Australia's SMBs are offering flexible workforce policies to all staff, a Citrix study has found.

• News: Apple's Eddy Cue offers short answers in e-book antitrust trial

  Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue offered only short answers in testimony Thursday in federal court when questioned by U.S. Justice Department prosecutors trying to solidify their case that Apple, along with five of the largest book publishers, worked together to illegally set the prices of electronic books for the market.

• News: US FDA calls on medical device makers to focus on cybersecurity

  Medical device makers should take new steps to protect their products from malware and cyberattacks or face the possibility that U.S. Food and Drug Administration won't approve their devices for use, the FDA said.

• News: US prosecutors propose kill switch to prevent smartphone theft

  U.S. prosecutors are proposing that smartphone makers offer a "kill switch" in all new phones produced by the start of next year as part of an initiative to cut down on theft, which sometimes turns violent.

• News: New EU law mandates eCall in all new cars

  From October 2015 all new cars in the European Union will have to be fitted with an eCall device according to new draft legislation announced Thursday.

• News: European Commission denies watering down data protection laws

  The European Commission on Thursday strenuously denied watering down its proposals for data protection laws as a result of United States lobbying.

• News: Microsoft criticized for botnet takedown tactics

  Security pros are said to be against any vendor modifying a person's computer without permission, even if the intention is good

• News: Qantas website experiences booking glitch

  Qantas customers were unable to book flights online last night and this morning after the company's website suffered a server outage.

• News: Apple updates Belgian warranty policy as consumer lawsuit proceeds

  Apple has posted to its Belgian website a new policy stating that its warranty period is now two years, up from the previous one year, but a local consumer group suing the company over the issue is withholding judgment for now.

• News: Yahoo moves to bolster Flickr on phones, acquires photo app developer

  Yahoo moved to strengthen the mobile portion of its revamped Flickr photo sharing service, acquiring the developer behind a popular photo editing app.

• News: Google taps HP to sell Google Apps, hardware bundle

  On Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard and Google debuted an IT solution for small- and medium-size businesses that are looking to eliminate complexity and cut costs. The new offering bundles HP's PC hardware with Google's Google Apps services.

• News: Clearwire's board backs Dish offer, dealing blow to Sprint

  Clearwire's board of directors has unanimously recommended its shareholders reject the takeover bid by Sprint Nextel, which owns roughly half of Clearwire, and instead accept a buyout offer from Dish Network.

• 12 June 2013

• News: US charges eight with multimillion-dollar cybercrime

  U.S. federal prosecutors charged eight people on Wednesday in connection with a multimillion-dollar fraud that siphoned money from hacked accounts at banks and financial institutions, laundered it and sent it overseas.

• News: ICT groups call for more consultation on spy Bills

  Revelations about the US electronic surveillance progamme PRISM have led a group of New Zealand ICT organisations to send an open letter to Prime Minister John Key and Law and Order Committee Chair Jacqui Dean calling for an extension to submissions on the TICS and GCSB Bills currently out for consultation.

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