The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is urging Internet companies to provide back doors that facilitate online surveillance. The bureau aims to increase the amount of data they can collect through online channels. Because of a shift in popular communication methods, it’s more difficult to gather information on Americans suspected of illegal activity, the FBI claims.

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It’s hard to believe: our world-spanning network, our Internet, which is the cornerstone of free speech and free society — which, on a good day, is capable of causing populist revolutions – is still crippled by banal geolocation restrictions. We are, of course, talking about Amazon’s two latest offerings, both of which are only available in the United States. Last week it was the excellent Android Appstore for Android, and today it’s the Amazon Cloud Player for Web and Android.

Along with Cloud Player, Amazon also launched Cloud Drive, which is basically just like any other cloud storage digital locker. It’s not particularly feature rich, and there’s no real reason to use it over something like SugarSync or SkyDrive — it does work outside the US, however.

Its primary purpose, as far as we’re concerned, is that it stores your your Cloud Player music in a subdirectory. You get 5GB of Cloud Drive storage for free, and then it’s $1 per gigabyte per year if you need more space.

The Amazon Cloud Player itself will not, to put it bluntly, blow your mind. It works, but it’s very much an early, and possibly rushed, release. Let’s dive in to the Web and Android players for a closer look.

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Amazon Cloud Player review: functional, not mind blowing, and still US-only originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So much for waiting until May to get your hands on some glowing, Nooky goodness. Barnes & Noble let us know today that the admittedly somewhat clunkily named Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight is slipping out ahead of schedule. The light up e-reader starts shipping this week for those who’ve already pre-ordered a unit and will continue to ship throughout the month. Apparently in-store units will be a bit fewer and further between, however — the company announced that the device will be available in “limited quantities” when it hits stores early next month. So, if you don’t want to make your mom cry this Mother’s Day, the company’s recommending that you jump on the pre-order bandwagon soonish. Of course, it couldn’t hurt to give our review a peek first, just to make sure.

Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight shipping this week, B&N warns of limited supply originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Timehop, a startup that humbly began as 4SquareAnd7YearsAgo, has just bagged a $1.1 million round of seed funding by OATV (Bryce Roberts) and followed on by Spark Capital (Andrew Parker) and a pretty worth list of angels including Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley, Naveen Selvadurai and Alex Rainert, Groupme’s Steve Martocci and Jared Hecht, Rick Webb and Kevin Slavin. Timehop was part of the TechStars NYC winter class. The startup started out aggregating Foursquare user checkins from a year ago in a daily email and recently broadened to include Facebook status updates, photos, Twitter updates and Instagram posts.

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With Windows 8 milestone 3 now up for grabs for select Microsoft Connect partners, it’s inevitable that leaked bits and pieces will start popping up around the Web. In fact, the first “official” wallpaper image from the still-brewing OS is already making the rounds.

As you can see, it’s got a similar feel to the good ol’ Windows 7 default background, but features a more subdued smattering of cerulean hues. Those of you who want to use the Windows 8 wallpaper on your current desktop can download it from our file dump.

A few other details have been revealed, too. According to ZDNet’s source, the Windows 8 Jupiter libraries and Twin UI are starting to take shape — though all that’s been located thus far are “[various files] scattered throughout the OS” and the aptly-named twinui.dll.

Windows 8 wallpaper available to download, Jupiter and Twin UI spotted originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve all thought it, but never dared think it could be true: what if Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL actively monitor our instant messenger chats? What if mentions of ‘bomb’ and ‘underage’ are tracked and sent to law enforcement agencies? What if chat providers don’t agree with the things we say, or the links we share, and filter or censor the content of our transmitted messages?

Well, it looks like our fears may actually have some basis in reality: Yahoo Messenger strips FilesTube links from instant messages. It doesn’t tell either party that a URL has been removed from chat — it just deletes it. Poof. FilesTube, in case you were wondering, is one of the largest file hosting meta search engines on the Web — it indexes RapidShare, Megaupload, Mediafire, and many other ‘cyberlocker’ services.

It’s fairly obvious why FilesTube links are being removed — the Censor General at Yahoo is probably one of those perplexed primates who think all uses of BitTorrent are illegal — but this situation poses a far more important question: is Yahoo censoring messages on the client side, or the server side. Does the messenger client itself maintain a list of ‘blacklisted’ words — and if so, why are we not told that FilesTube links are banned? What other words and terms does Yahoo protect us from?

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It’s well known that Android is fragmented or, as Google CEO Eric Schmidt contends, “differentiated.” In a bid to codify design principles for the operating system’s look and feel, Google unveiled Android Design at CES on Thursday. This website seeks to help appdevs create apps with a more uniform look and feel for its latest version, Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Everyone wants to play guitar. You pick one up and boom you’re traveling the globe bagging chicks/dudes and living the lifestyle that ends up on VH1′s Behind the Music. Unfortunately, playing guitar is hard work and takes years to master. That’s okay, we found an app to get you started. Plus, an app to take photos of all your new fans, and a game to keep you busy on the tour bus in today’s app deals. More »

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Asus has posted an extensive update on its UK blog covering the newly-announced EeePad Transformer Prime TF700 tablet, along with details of how the widely-reported Wifi and GPS issues with the original Transformer Prime TF201 affect UK users.

Firstly, ASUS says that the Wifi problems experienced by some Prime owners stateside don't affect any of the units sold in the UK. And on the subject of GPS woes, the manufacturer reminds Brits that they're entitled by law to return their tablets within 30 days for a full refund. To sweeten the deal for those who choose to keep their TF201, ASUS says it's increasing its standard warranty on the device from 12 to 18 months. If you want to take them up on the offer, check the source link for details of how to extend your warranty.

As for the TF700, the souped-up version of the Prime with a 1080p SuperIPS+ screen, ASUS says that model won't be arriving in the UK until June at the very earliest. So it's bad news bears for Prime fans on this side of the pond, but at least the delay will give prospective buyers the chance to first see what's unveiled at Mobile World Congress next month.

Source: ASUS Blog; via: Eurodroid

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