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- The SOPA controversy of 2012 and what it means for 2013
There was a tidal wave of public opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act this year, but the issue could still resurface in the coming year, Patrick Thibodeau writes. Copyright measures could be broken up among a variety of smaller bills, rather than bundled into one comprehensive measure, he notes. Immigration issues related to tech hiring, online sales taxes and cybersecurity could also prove to be major issues in 2013. Computerworld
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- Broadcom, Qualcomm will remain leaders in wireless chips
 Broadcom and Qualcomm are among the leading semiconductor suppliers in wireless communications, a market that will move more than 5 billion chips in 2013, this article notes. ABI Research forecasts that Bluetooth Smart, near-field communication and WiGig are among the wireless technologies that will be implemented in numerous fields next year, such as automotive, retail and fitness. Telecom Lead (India)
(12/26)
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- Amazon in hot water after flaws disrupt security, services
Amazon customer service needs to work to address a security flaw, says Chris Cardinal of Synapse Studios, who details how obtaining an Amazon order number allows a third party to hijack the delivery of a purchase. Meanwhile, Amazon Web Services suffered an embarrassing failure of its cloud services on Christmas Eve -- its third significant service failure of the year -- when Netflix customers were unable to stream videos for several hours. CSO
(12/26), Reuters
(12/26)
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- Clash of the titans in the cloud
Amazon and Google will bump up against each other in cloud computing services and other areas in 2013, Alexei Oreskovic and Alistair Barr write in this analysis. "Amazon wants to be the one place where you buy everything. Google wants to be the one place where you find everything, of which buying things is a subset," said Chi-Hua Chien of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. "So when you marry those facts, I think you're going to see a natural collision." Reuters
(12/23)
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- Leadership versus logorrhea
As CEO of industrial-equipment manufacturer Barry-Wehmiller, Bob Chapman emphasizes the American "crisis of leadership" and gives speeches touting his own, more caring and people-focused approach to leadership. That's ultimately just "saccharine prattle," writes Michael Hiltzik, as evidenced by Chapman's willingness to abruptly lay off workers and shutter a plant in Southern California to take advantage of tax breaks in Ohio. Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model)
(12/26)
- Blinking helps us focus, research indicates
Scientists say they've figured out why people blink, with help from the television show "Mr. Bean." Subjects' brains and eyes were monitored while they watched the comedy series, allowing researchers to determine that blinking helps people to shut out unwanted stimuli and to help them focus more effectively, not just to restore moisture to their eyes. SmithsonianMag.com/Surprising Science blog
(12/24)
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 | Amazon has clearly not improved their authentication protocols in any meaningful way, but this time it's hurting them directly."
--Chris Cardinal, managing partner at Synapse Studios, as quoted by CSO
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