Dec 7th 2014
This Week in Tech 487
Chop It Down and Call It Tony
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Sony hack, Bureau 121, cat CAPTCHAs, invisible ads, and more.
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Sony's new movies leaked after big hack, Apple's iPod lawsuit is now down to one plaintiff, UberX launches in Portland without the city's approval, Google can now tell if you're not a robot, judge rules that banks can sue Target for 2013 credit card hack, bill introduced to ban FBI 'backdoors' in tech products, and more.
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Links
- 7 secrets from the Sony hack: Scripts, salaries, employee romances and more
- North Korea denies hacking Sony but calls the breach a ‘righteous deed'
- In North Korea, hackers are a handpicked, pampered elite
- SONY PICTURES HACK WAS A LONG TIME COMING, SAY FORMER EMPLOYEES
- Sony's New Movies Leak Online Following Hack Attack
- Apple iPod Lawsuit Down to One Plaintiff
- Steve Jobs's 2011 testimony in Apple DRM lawsuit points finger at music labels
- Apple Deleted Rivals' Songs from Users' iPods
- Google Can Now Tell You're Not a Robot With Just One Click
- Google sold more Chromebooks to US schools than Apple did iPads in Q3
- We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer
- Google Glass Deal Thrusts Intel Deeper Into Wearable Tech
- Google admits that advertisers wasted their money on more than half of internet ads
- Xbox One beats PlayStation 4 on Black Friday, according to market-research firm
- Defiant Uber rideshare launches in Portland, with City Hall promising to 'throw the book' at company
- AT&T still throttles "unlimited data"—even when network not congested
- Sprint offers to cut your bill in half, but will also cut your data speed
- Retailer Bebe Confirms Payment Card Data Breach
- Judge rules that banks can sue Target for 2013 credit card hack
- Ron Wyden introduces bill to ban FBI 'backdoors' in tech products