Tech News Today 1145

Lead Anchor: Mike Elgan and Co-Anchor: Lindsey Turrentine Sony Pictures suspects that its recent hack was instigated by the North Korean government in retaliation for a Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy about North Korea called "The Interview," DVD screeners of four unreleased movies have been stolen from Sony Pictures and posted on peer-to-peer networks, Amazon uses specialized 320-pound robots called "Kiva" to move entire shelves of inventory around its warehouses, Microsoft acquires an email startup called Acompli for more than $200 million, Intel will provide the processor for the next generation of Google Glass, a group of hackers with Wall Street expertise have stolen key financial information from more than 80 companies, and more. Guests: Arik Hesseldahl, Andrew Wallenstein, and Donna Tam Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt. Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com. Check out the full show notes for today's episode. We invite you to read, add to, and amend the wiki entry for this episode at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 43:40

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• Sony Pictures Investigates North Korea Link In Hack Attack
• Sony's New Movies Leak Online Following Hack Attack
• Meet Amazon's busiest employee -- the Kiva robot
• Microsoft acquires Acompli, provider of innovative mobile email apps
• Google Glass Deal Thrusts Intel Deeper Into Wearable Tech
• HACKING THE STREET? FIN4 LIKELY PLAYING THE MARKET
• Samsung Elec to launch Tizen smartphone in India - S.Korea paper
• Samsung's Lee Opts for Stability to Manage Revival
• American cultural imperialism has a new name: GAFA
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