NSA's reported Huawei hack gives glimpse of agency's role in 'cyber Cold War'

The latest report based on leaks by Edward Snowden has it that the NSA hacked into the servers of a Chinese router company that had itself been accused by the US of potentially aiding government espionage.

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Transcend gives Mac Pro a 128GB memory upgrade option

Is the 64GB maximum in factory-built Mac Pros not enough? Transcend is offering 128GB.

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For folks like video editors who really, really need a lot of memory, Transcend announced new memory modules that can bring Apple's new Mac Pro machines up to 128GB.

The option doubles the 64GB of RAM available in Mac Pros from Apple, but there's a catch: the DDR3 memory modules have a slower 1333MHz interface compared to the 1866MHz DDR3 memory Apple ships. It'll still be a whole lot faster than an SSD or, heaven forfend, a hard drive.

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Transcend also offers 1866MHz modules that max out at 64GB. The memory is "fully tested," Transcend R&D Director Angus Wu said in a statement Thursday. The company guarantees "100 percent compatibility with the Apple Mac Pro 2013 model."

Its upgrade follows about three months after Mac memory specialist Other World Computing began selling 2013 Mac Pro memory upgrades.

Transcend didn't reveal pricing information, but OWC charges $449 for 32GB and $849 for 64GB.

The Mac Pro comes standard with 16GB of memory. Apple charges $400 for an upgrade to 32GB and $1,200 for an upgrade to 64GB.

Topics: Mac Tags: Mac Pro, memory

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CrunchWeek: Bitcoin’s Big Crash, The ‘Six Californias’ Plan, Dorsey Gives Back Square Stock

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We might be heading into the height of the holiday season, but tech news has not slowed down just yet! So we had quite a few things to discuss in CrunchWeek, the TechCrunch TV show that brings together three writers to talk about the hottest news stories of the past seven days.

In this episode, Leena Rao, Alex Wilhelm and I talk about the big crash that cut the value of the Bitcoin currency in half (and the latest law enforcement crackdowns on the new Silk Road 2 exchange), the far-out proposal by renowned technology venture capitalist Tim Draper to split California into six pieces and turn Silicon Valley into its own state, and Square founder Jack Dorsey giving back 10 percent of his equity in the company.

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Real Racing 3 finally gives players a taste of live competition on iOS

Real Racing 3's time-shift multiplayer mode was a great addition to the game, but the latest update for iOS makes playing with friends even better. Now, aside from being able to face the car ghosts of your friends' pasts to beat their records, four players can hit the virtual tracks for some real-time racing. As a nice plus, both the refreshed Android and the iOS apps now include playable digital counterparts of the McLaren P1 plug-in hybrid and the next-gen Lamborghini Veneno, though they cost a pretty (in-game) penny. If you're hankering to digitally drive certain BMW and Ford models, it may be best to look elsewhere -- otherwise, head over to iTunes where the game remains free to download and play.

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Android keyboard update squashes bugs, gives it the blues

If Google was to follow the newest trends, the new color theme for the stock Android keyboard would have been gold. But Mountain View has opted for a familiar shade of blue in the latest update of the Google Keyboard app. Thus, now you can make your swipe trail and accented colors white or blue. Not a big deal, but some users appeared to have missed this after the 2.0 update introduced a conservative black and gray look.

The update fixes some bugs and adds stability improvements as well, so you really have no reason not to apply it. You can wait for Google to push it onto your device, or install it right away from the Play Store. Have fun!

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