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Latest iPad Mini Rumor: Number 18 in a Tortured Chain of Speculation - Wired News
An anonymous source speaking to iLounge says Apple's highly speculated upcoming tablet will be called iPad, and has been tested in three different sizes, including a 7-inch model that was killed for being too small. Some three months later, on Jan.
Mexican Mayhem Fuels US 'Bodyguard' Boom - Wired News
One reason for the reluctance, according to a Triple Canopy employee speaking on background to Danger Room, is sheer risk. “The thing about working in Mexico is despite what movies or TV or popular perception might be is that nobody down there is armed ...
Anonymous Tricks Bystanders Into Attacking Justice Department - Wired News
Several anons speaking to Wired on condition of anonymity voiced dismay that a tactic they consider to be the modern-day equivalent of a sit-in (denial-of-service attacks leave no lasting damage) was ethically corrupted by the new version. ...
Exclusive: New US Commando Team Operating Near Iran - Wired News
Some special-operations veterans — who did not wish to be identified or quoted — downplayed the significance of the new task force, expecting it to primarily advise Gulf nations on how to train their own forces, and speculated that its actual role ...
China's Noisy Subs Get Busier -- And Easier to Track - Wired News
In cases like that, “you guess conservatively,” a respected US-based naval analyst tells Danger Room on the condition of anonymity. The conservative estimates placed the latest PLAN subs roughly a decade behind the state-of-art for Russian submarines ...
Occupy Goes to Washington, Finding Politics is Complicated - Wired News
An SEIU member who asked that his name not be used had a different perspective, noting that his organization has been working for years for political reform, and it hasn't co-opted Occupy. Take Back The Capitol had been planned since August, he said, ...
Really? $4.3 Million for That Photo? - Wired News
A gallery professional, who asked not to be named for concern over adverse professional repercussions, thinks the price is a bit of a farce. He says he's noticed a growing trend where photographers are working hard to re-brand themselves as “artists” ...
Congressman: The Military's Burn Pits Screwed Our Soldiers - Wired News
“We all knew that huge plumes of smoke going into the air, all the time, can't exactly be good for you,” says the Sergeant, who requested anonymity because he fears reprisal from his commanding officers. Now, one congressman wants the Pentagon to start ...
Digital Cost Cutter Coupons.com Raises $200 Million - Wired News
According to a source close to the deal, investors valued the 13 year-old company at $1 billion, putting the little known Coupons.com company in the same Billion Dollar Pre-IPO club as Twitter, Facebook, Zynga, and possibly Square. ...
Could Stuxnet Mess With North Korea's New Uranium Plant? - Wired News
But according to a Department of Homeland Security official who spoke on background, frequency converter drives operate at this and similar high speeds in ...
Will 400000 Secret Iraq War Documents Restore WikiLeaks' Sheen? - Wired News
“It will be huge,” says a source familiar with WikiLeaks' operations, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Former WikiLeaks staffers say the document dump ...
Did FTC Probe Cause Apple to Change App Rules? (UPDATED) - Wired News
Update: Moments after this story was published using Catlin as an anonymous source, Catlin responded to a morning e-mail and agreed to be identified in the ...
Did FTC Probe Cause Apple to Change App Rules? - Wired News
The developer spoke to Wired.com on the condition of anonymity, out of concern for souring his relationship with Apple. After his conversation with the FTC ...
Gawker Media Deals Its Way Out Of iPhone Search Warrant - Wired News
In April, Gizmodo, which is published by Gawker Media, published a story about a new iPhone prototype that it had received from an anonymous source who came ...
Apple's Clean Hands May Have Dirtied iPhone 4 Signal - Wired News
The biochemist, who asked not to be identified, forwarded us a copy of an e-mail apparently sent to several people at Apple, including Steve Jobs, ...
Wired Urges Judge to Unseal Gizmodo Search - Wired News
On April 19, Gizmodo, which is owned by Gawker Media, published a story about a new iPhone prototype it had received from an anonymous source who seized the ...
Report: Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Doesn't Believe In Privacy - Wired News
“If the reporter can confirm the information with another source who doesn't insist on speaking off the record (whether that means he agreed to talking on ...
Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Believe In Privacy - Wired News
“If the reporter can confirm the information with another source who doesn't insist on speaking off the record (whether that means he agreed to talking on ...
Apple May Have Traced iPhone to Finder's Address - Wired News
“Someone came to [the finder's] house and knocked on his door,” the source told Wired.com, speaking on condition of anonymity because the case is under ...
Police Raid Reporter's Home Over iPhone Leak - Wired News
... Gizmodo, which is published by Gawker Media, published a story about a new iPhone prototype that it had received from an anonymous source who had seized ...
Apple's New Developer Agreement Unlevels the iAd Playing Field - Wired News
One app developer, who also asked to remain anonymous, fears what this clause could do to developers who simply want to improve their apps. ...
iPad Developers Code Their Apps in the Dark - Wired News
Apple's e-mail, provided to Wired.com by a developer who asked to remain anonymous, told developers to submit their apps by March 27, 5 pm PT if they wished ...
Deadly Afghanistan Rocket Attack Was Actually On Target? - Wired News
The official has direct knowledge of the incident, but he declined to be named because an investigation is under way. ...