Daily Dispatch: 12 great phones you can't buy; Experts forecast the Internet in 2020

Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.

The 12 Best New Phones You Can't Buy (Gizmodo)

Barcelona's Mobile World Congress came and went, and didn't amount to much in the way of US cellphones. The rest of the world got some seriously nice gear, though. Here's the best of the best of the out of reach.

Apple blocks screenshots, axes sexual content from App Store (ArsTechnica)

Apple is stirring up yet another censorship brouhaha with its latest changes to App Store policy. The company recently began blocking screenshots for apps that are outside the acceptable age range in Parental Controls in iTunes. According to iPhone developer ChiliFresh, it seems that all "overtly sexual" apps might be expunged from the App Store too, which is making some users uneasy about Apple's "power" once again.

Why becoming a data thief is all too easy (USA Today)

The Internet underground has advanced to the point where anyone with $325, average computer skills and a stomach for larceny can begin to amass a trove of corporate data like the one plundered in 30 days from 2,411 large organizations worldwide.

Chinese students may have engineered cyberattacks on Google(TimesOnline)

US computer security experts have traced some of the attacks to computers at the Shanghai Jiaotong University, which boasts one of China's most competitive computer science programmes, and the Lanxiang Vocational School in Shandong Province, the New York Times reported today.

Both institutions said they did not know the US investigation had implicated their systems, but one is believed to have ties to the Chinese military while the other has in the past been linked to the successful hacking and disabling of the White House website.

The Internet in 2020 - What the Experts Predict (ReadWriteWeb)

Most experts agree that Google won't make us stupid. Indeed, 76% of technology stakeholders and critics interviewed by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University believe that the Internet and search engines will enhance human intelligence by 2020. For this new report, the Pew Research Center conducted in-depth interviews with over 800 experts about what they think the Internet will look like in 2020.

FCC Previews National Broadband Plan (InformationWeek)

Broadband is seen as a tool that could be used to advance a series of 'national purposes' such as public safety, healthcare, and education...The recommendations released Thursday in a 56-page report cover a variety of proposals ranging from efforts to spur job creation and improve energy independence to improving healthcare and controlling its costs. The plan also calls for constructing an interoperable nationwide wireless public safety network. Other proposals seek to improve the delivery of education services and enhance government performance.

Lighter side: What Do Film Editors Do? (Slate)

Just in time for the Oscars, Slate V explains their underappreciated craft.

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