RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Some of the latest high-tech and life science related news from the Triangle, North Carolina, the southeast, and the world is just a click away.

• The Federal Trade Commission is raising the ante in its antitrust confrontation with Google with the commission staff preparing a recommendation that the government sue the search giant. Read more details here.

• Love it or leave it, Windows 8 is on its way. And Microsoft’s kicking off the impending launch of its latest operating system by taking to the airwaves. Specifically, the company has released its first TV spot for Windows 8, accessible via a post on the company’s official “Blogging Windows,” er, blog. Read more details here.

• Iranian hackers with government ties have mounted cyberattacks against American targets in recent months, escalating a low-grade cyberwar, U.S. officials say. Read more details here.

• The big data revolution is in its early innings, and it is about to get even more exciting. Ravi Mhatre, managing director at Lightspeed Venture Partners, discusses the disruptive innovations that are helping make data fast, intuitive and easy to analyze. Read more details here.