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• Ractive aims to bring Web programming to the masses

  The developers of a JavaScript library for building interactive user interfaces are hoping their work will make Web programming more accessible for part-time programmers.

• Anonymous sharing app Whisper under a cloud over user location data

  Anonymous sharing app Whisper has come under a cloud after a newspaper report charged it with tracking the location of its users, including those who have asked not to be followed.

• The Snowden leaks: A timeline

  A look back at the security fallout following the NSA spying disclosures that began a year ago after Edward Snowden fled the U.S.

• Tip of the Hat: Insider CEO Nadella must take on tough task of disrupting Microsoft

  Since reports surfaced late last week that Satya Nadella would be the third CEO in Microsoft's history, the tech world has been abuzz with speculation about the future of one of the industry's major forces.

• World of Spycraft: NSA and CIA Spied in Online Games

  Not limiting their activities to the earthly realm, American and British spies have infiltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life, conducting surveillance and scooping up data in the online games played by millions of people across the globe, according to newly disclosed classified documents.

• NIST to review standards after cryptographers cry foul over NSA meddling

  The federal institute that sets national standards for how government, private citizens and business guard the privacy of their files and communications is reviewing all of its previous recommendations.

• More NSA leaks to come, Guardian says

  The flood of stories on government spying will not be slowing soon -- in fact the majority of the most important documents detailing how the U.S. National Security Agency collects personal data have not been published yet, journalists from U.K. newspaper The Guardian said on Tuesday.