TechFlash: Partners, friends, enemies: Tech companies' strange relationship with the government

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Partners, friends, enemies: Tech companies' strange relationship with the government Tech companies work closely with the U.S. government on a variety of projects, including building spy clouds and taking down botnets. But they also are at odds over customer privacy. Bubbles and froth: Seattle VCs, angels talk 2014 startup financing Investor enthusiasm is tempered by worries of another tech industry bubble like that of the late 1990s dot-com boom and bust. PlayStation 4 sales: 7M. Xbox One sales: Who knows? ​Sony says it has sold 7 million of the new game console since its introduction five months ago, but Microsoft has been silent about its sales of Xbox One. 2 Puget Sound-area neighborhoods on 'green' homes list Amazon to begin collecting sales taxes in Florida ​Because it's building new distribution facilities in the state, Amazon.com Inc. will begin collecting sales taxes in Florida beginning next month. Amazon workers in Germany to strike again ​The company's employees in Leipzig and Bad Hersfeld want pay similar to German retail workers. National Tech News Bitcoin’s full circle: You can now use it to buy marijuana brownies, legally How Sean 'Diddy' Combs and other hip-hop moguls really got rich Al Franken taps Reed Hastings to tag team 'anticompetitive' Comcast merger Portland startup snags $2.1M for 'limitless' battery Back 9 Links: Does Google read too much sci-fi? Need a light? New bulb options in Oregon (Photos) Tesla says 4 states still in the running for $5B battery factory Fired Yahoo COO got fat $58M severance, but he's not alone This online master has some sage advice for media entrepreneurs Lavabit founder tested the limits of customer trust in fight for Edward Snowden's privacy

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