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LOTD for August 9

Miami man apparently killed his wife, posted photos of her dead body on Facebook and posted a goodbye to his Facebook friends when he seemed to confess to the murder, then turned himself in to police:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/facebook-post-claims-miami-man-killed-wife-shows/story?id=19910020


UC-SD researchers have developed the first real-time MRI guidance to deliver gene therapy to treat brain tumors.  This approach offers a precise way to deliver a therapeutic virus to make the tumor susceptible to cancer-killing drugs:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/08/first-real-time-mri-guided-gene-therapy.html


The e-mail service that Snowden used shut down and they say that they have been forbidden from revealing why:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2013/08/email-service-linked-edward-snowden-shuts-down


Two of Germany's biggest Internet service providers will now encrypt emails by default after the Snowden leaks showed how the NSA monitors international electronic communications:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2013/08/german-companies-automatically-encrypt-emails-0


Dish Network may have lost out in the bidding for Sprint, but they made a profit of at least $76 mil from their investment in Sprint since they got Softbank to increase their offer so significantly:
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/2013/08/whos-laughing-now-dish-reaps.html


If this report is true, it is bad news for Apple...Apple's board knows Apple's long-term product roadmap and they reportedly are concerned about CEO Tim Cook's ability to deliver innovative products:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/rumor-mill-apples-board-concerned-about-ceo-cooks-ability-innovate/2013-08-09


Amazon is reportedly going to start selling an Android-based gaming console this Black Friday.  The console will use Amazon's Android App Store and will have its own controller:
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/08/08/amazon-developing-android-console-for-release-by-end-of-2013.aspx
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