• NSA tapping fiber-optics for Google and Yahoo data suggest insiders

  Fiber-optic cable taps, not clandestine agreements with big cloud data users like Google and Yahoo, may have given the NSA its treasure-trove access to internet traffic, insiders suspect, with the government agency potentially targeting interconnects rather than data centers themselves. While data…

• Yahoo Completes $1.25 Billion Offering

  In a regulatory filing, Yahoo said that it completed its previously announced offering of $1.25 billion in convertible senior notes due in 2018. The Silicon Valley Internet giant said it would use the net proceeds for a number of corporate purposes, including "acquisitions or other strategic…