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Microsoft removes restrictions on Xbox One

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:17:53 MDT

Microsoft removes restrictions on Xbox One

By Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 19, 2013 09:17PM MDT

The makers of the Xbox 360 just made a big 180. Microsoft, which landed in hot water with potential customers earlier this month when it announced that the Xbox One next-generation video game console would require an always-online Internet connection and not support used games, has reversed its position on those restrictions. The new game system, which will be released in November for $499, won’t have to be connected to the Internet at least once every 24 hours. And users will be able to play us...

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NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:59:03 MDT

NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press

Updated Jun 18, 2013 09:59PM MDT

Washington • The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying. The House Intelligence Committee hearing provided a venue for officials to defend the once-secret programs and did little probing of claims that the collection of people’s phone records and Internet usage ...

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Current, former U.S. officials back secret surveillance

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:57:26 MDT

Current, former U.S. officials back secret surveillance

By STEPHEN BRAUN The Associated Press

Updated Jun 17, 2013 06:57AM MDT

By STEPHEN BRAUN Associated Press WASHINGTON • Current and former top U.S. officials on Sunday defended the government’s collection of phone and Internet data following new revelations about the secret surveillance programs, saying the operations were essential in disrupting terrorist plots and did not infringe on Americans’ civil liberties. In interviews on Sunday talk shows, guests ranging from White House chief of staff Denis McDonough to former Vice President Dick Cheney and former CIA and ...

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Short takes on the news

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:01:09 MDT

Short takes on the news

Updated Jun 15, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Bring renewable energy online • It may cost Rocky Mountain Power a little more to buy electricity generated by the proposed $620 million in renewable energy projects now planned for Utah. And the utility may or may not be able to pass those costs onto its customers. But it will be well worth it if sunny, windy Utah starts to claim its rightful place as home to many more green power providers. The Utah Public Service Commission should approve plans and rate structures that will encourage the real...

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Ideas for keeping your data safe from spying

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:04:16 MDT

Ideas for keeping your data safe from spying

By RAPHAEL SATTER The Associated Press

Updated Jun 14, 2013 11:04PM MDT

London • Phone call logs, credit card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook message, and more: The precise nature of the NSA’s sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed. But given the revelations spilling out into the media recently, there hardly seems a single aspect of daily life that isn’t somehow subject to spying or surveillance by someone. Experts say there are steps anyone can take to improve privacy, but they only go so far. Using anonymity services and encryption “simply...

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Census: Utah No. 1 for Internet access

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:48:04 MDT

Census: Utah No. 1 for Internet access

By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 10, 2013 10:48PM MDT

Just 20 years ago, virtually no Utah homes were connected to the Internet. Now, the Census Bureau reported Monday that 12 of every 13 Utahns have it available — the highest rate in the nation. And one out of every four Utahns are what the bureau calls “highly connected,” people who access the Internet on multiple devices — from computers to smartphones and tablets — from multiple locations. That’s a big change since 1993 when Pete Ashdown founded the Xmission Internet service in Utah. He says v...

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Intelligence chief defends Internet spying program

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:29:36 MDT

Intelligence chief defends Internet spying program

By LARA JAKES and JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press

Updated Jun 8, 2013 05:29PM MDT

Washington • Eager to quell a domestic furor over U.S. spying, the nation’s top intelligence official stressed Saturday that a previously undisclosed program for tapping into Internet usage is authorized by Congress, falls under strict supervision of a secret court and cannot intentionally target a U.S. citizen. He decried the revelation of that and another intelligence-gathering program as reckless. For the second time in three days, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper took the rare...

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Intelligence chief blasts NSA document leaks

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:50:03 MDT

Intelligence chief blasts NSA document leaks

By JOSH LEDERMAN The Associated Press

Updated Jun 6, 2013 09:50PM MDT

Washington • The top U.S. intelligence official denounced the disclosure of highly secret documents Thursday and sought to set the record straight about how the government collects intelligence about people’s telephone and Internet use. He said he was declassifying some aspects of the monitoring to help Americans understand it better. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called the disclosure of an Internet surveillance program “reprehensible” and said it risks Americans’ security. He...

Obama pushes plan for fast Internet in U.S. schools

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:30:16 MDT

Obama pushes plan for fast Internet in U.S. schools

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE The Associated Press

Updated Jun 6, 2013 06:30PM MDT

Mooresville, N.C. • Touting the need to give every child the tools for success, President Barack Obama on Thursday toured a North Carolina school where every student has a laptop and called for 99 percent of American students to be connected to super-fast Internet within five years. At a middle school in Mooresville, Obama announced he was directing federal regulators to turn the nation’s classrooms into digital learning centers by equipping schools with broadband and high-speed Internet connect...

Bill to legalize web poker introduced in Congress

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:16:32 MDT

Bill to legalize web poker introduced in Congress

By HANNAH DREIER The Associated Press

Updated Jun 6, 2013 02:16PM MDT

LAS VEGAS • Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables could soon get a boost from Washington. Republican New York Congressman Peter King introduced legislation Thursday that would rescue online gambling from a legal gray zone and fully regulate it. The federal government cracked down on online poker in 2011. But the same year, the U.S. Justice Department issued a ruling making online gambling legal so long as it’s permitted on the state level. Congress flirted with an online gambling...