Most Interesting Tech Stories (6/16)

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http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/15/lulzsec-anonymous-civil-war/

Hit the deck: LulzSec and Anonymous start trading blows | VentureBeat (Build 20110608151458)

Hacker group LulzSec has begun publicly attacking hacker group Anonymous, an action that could lead to a civil war of sorts between the two hacker groups that have similar origins.

Microsoft said on Thursday that it refuses to endorse WebGL from a security perspective.

http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-refuses-to-endorse-webgl-labels-it-harmful/

Microsoft refuses to endorse WebGL, labels it ‘harmful’ | WinRumors (Build 20110608151458)

http://allthingsd.com/20110616/want-to-transfer-data-to-your-phone-just-point-and-shoot/

MIT, Google Researchers Tap Cellphone Cameras To Grab Data From a PC - Ina Fried - Mobile

Researchers at Google and MIT think they have come up with a novel way to transfer applications and data to a cellphone without a cable or wireless network.

The man behind the launch of the US government's Data.gov website, which is undergoing a funding crisis, is standing down from his job as federal CIO.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/16/vivek_kundra_quits_cio_job/

Obama's data.gov CIO quits White House

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/mf_kinect/

Kinect Hackers Are Changing the Future of Robotics | Magazine

Here's Google's Secret Plan To Kill Groupon In New York And San Francisco

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/lulzsec-anonymous-and-hacktivism-crappy-security-has-caught-up-with-us/8777

LulzSec, Anonymous and hacktivism: Crappy security has caught up with us | ZDNet (Build 20110413222027)

What happens when the CIA, Senate, various gaming sites, Citibank and a bevy of others are hacked on a regular basis by various groups with one-liners on Twitter and no formal organization?