TechFlash: Microsoft takes on FBI and wins; Seattle women learn to code

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Microsoft successfully stops FBI from hiding big customer-data collection Microsoft fought for the right to tell one of its larger customers that it was handing over information to the FBI, according to documents unsealed by a Seattle court Thursday. Why Seattle's a great place for a woman who's learning to code Code Fellows says it will again run a summer women-only coding program, adding one more to the list of women-only programming classes in this city. Why Amazon doesn't own .Amazon domain, and other facts about the domain land rush The top-level domain land rush is happening as we speak, and a variety of local companies are directly affected. Amazon is losing the battle for the .Amazon domain, for one. Hail a cab with an app: Meet Flywheel, an Uber-like cab-hailing app Flywheel, a cab-hailing app, works with taxi companies to help users request and pay for rides from them. We asked CEO Steve Humphreys about his company and how it compares to ride-share services such as Uber and Lyft. House passes watered-down bill to curb NSA data collection The House passed legislation to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of data about Americans, but critics say it would still let the NSA make "bulky" collections - e.g. all call records from a certain area code. Beyond space selfies: Planetary Resources wants to build 'gas stations' in space ​Planetary Resources of Bellevue said it wants to build "gas stations" in space. Seattle isn't alone: Boston cab union protest calls for city to shut down Uber (slide show) The Boston Taxi Drivers Association, an affiliate of the United Steelworkers, took part in a protest Thursday, demanding that the city of Boston immediately shut down on-demand livery service Uber until there are better regulations in place. Just 7 percent of CIOs are women — and they're getting more scarce Women represent only 7 percent of top executive roles in the global information technology industry, a number that may actually be declining, a report from global IT recruiter and contracting firm Harvey Nash found. Atossa Genetics adopts 'poison pill' to thwart possible hostile takeovers ​Atossa Genetics Inc. has adopted a "poison pill" policy designed to thwart hostile takeover attempts. A Connecticut woman tries to quit Amazon cold turkey A woman's boycott of Amazon.com isn't going as well as she hoped. National Tech News

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