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Vladimir Putin has been far more visible lately with statements on the Russian-U.S. election story.  Well-schooled in the art of Russian linguistic vaguery, he has alternately said that Russian freelance hackers may… Read More

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RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser is putting his money where his mouth, or in this case, keyboard, is. His Glaser Progress Foundation is donating $200,000 to a $500,000 Mother Jones project called “Trumpocracy:… Read More

Windows security hole, exposed by Google, puts Microsoft at center of Russian hacking controversy

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The rivalry between Microsoft and Google might not match the one between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but it goes back many more years, and it’s surfacing again this week in a story… Read More

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RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser launches ‘Putin Trump’ news website to expose ‘dangerous and deep’ links

by Kurt Schlosser on September 21, 2016October 3, 2016 at 11:19 am 8 Comments

Twenty-two years after founding Seattle-based RealNetworks as Progressive Networks, a website for liberal-minded content, CEO Rob Glaser is back in the political ring with a new offering called PutinTrump.org. Calling… Read More

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