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Beware of malicious QR codes: Report

Smartphone users advised to check QR codes are legitimate before scanning them
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    Lookout Security rebuts rival's Android malware claims 28 January, 2012 12:13

    Symantec sees malicious behavior, but Lookout credits ad network supporting free Android apps
    Researchers from Lookout Security disagreed with rival Symantec that 13 apps on the Android Market were malicious, instead saying that they showed the same behaviors as other ad-supported apps.
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    Twitter's country-specific blocking brings hazards and hope 28 January, 2012 12:28

    The company will disclose requests from governments that want tweets removed
    Twitter's move to comply with government requests and block tweets in specific countries could blunt its edge as a political tool, but there may be an upside in helping to unmask censorship, some privacy experts said Friday.
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    Dig deep into Lion: The best overlooked, underrated features 28 January, 2012 10:52

    17 useful features every OS X Lion user should know about
    Apple billed this summer's release of Mac OS X Lion as having more than 200 new features, but most coverage of Lion in the intervening months has focused on only a handful of them. While iOS-like navigation and app-launching interfaces, autosave/restore capabilities, AirDrop file sharing and an emergency restore partition are by all means important, there are a lot of helpful tweaks and enhancements that can easily be missed.
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    New leaders emerging in WAN optimization market 28 January, 2012 05:38

    In yet another sign that growing revenues are reshaping the vendor outlook in the network management sector, Gartner recently named vendor Silver Peak one of the leaders in its magic quadrant for the WAN optimization market.
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    Microsoft Windows Phone 7 app fights malaria 28 January, 2012 06:22

    Microsoft has awarded an Imagine Cup Grant to a team that developed a custom Windows Phone 7 and application that can diagnose malaria then upload the data to cloud servers that map the data to help track outbreaks.
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    White House CTO Chopra leaving his post 28 January, 2012 06:07

    Obama appointed Aneesh Chopra as the nation's first CTO in 2009 to advocate for technology policy at the White House
    Aneesh Chopra, who has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the first CTO for the U.S. government, is stepping down in early February.
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    Juniper's financial challenges continue 28 January, 2012 08:18

    Juniper Networks' challenges are due to timing with new product rollouts and shifts in investments from customers and channel partners.
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    Cisco aims to simplify, unify collaboration products' design, interfaces 28 January, 2012 07:51

    The initiative is called Futurama internally and will touch products like WebEx, Quad, Jabber IM and Tandberg
    Cisco is in the midst of a major initiative to better integrate its various collaboration products and to give their interfaces a uniform, consistent design in order to make them easier to use and more effective at helping employees work with each other.
More >Business
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    Twitter's country-specific blocking brings hazards and hope 28 January, 2012 12:28

    The company will disclose requests from governments that want tweets removed
    Twitter's move to comply with government requests and block tweets in specific countries could blunt its edge as a political tool, but there may be an upside in helping to unmask censorship, some privacy experts said Friday.
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    Lookout Security rebuts rival's Android malware claims 28 January, 2012 12:13

    Symantec sees malicious behavior, but Lookout credits ad network supporting free Android apps
    Researchers from Lookout Security disagreed with rival Symantec that 13 apps on the Android Market were malicious, instead saying that they showed the same behaviors as other ad-supported apps.
More >Linux & Open Systems
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    The top 10 H-1B visa users in the U.S. 28 January, 2012 06:23

    Fast-growing IT offshore outsourcing firms are major users
    Offshore outsourcing companies continued to make up the majority of the top 10 H-1B visa users in 2011, according to new government data. These offshore firms have been adding employees by the thousands as their revenues increase.
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    Oracle proposal would create single committee to oversee Java specs 27 January, 2012 06:43

    Java EE/SEE and ME specifications would all be under one committee's auspices
    If a new proposal by Oracle is accepted, oversight of Java technical standards will fall under the auspices of a single committee, rather than the current system, which has separate entities for Java EE/SE and ME.
More >Security
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    Twitter's country-specific blocking brings hazards and hope 28 January, 2012 12:28

    The company will disclose requests from governments that want tweets removed
    Twitter's move to comply with government requests and block tweets in specific countries could blunt its edge as a political tool, but there may be an upside in helping to unmask censorship, some privacy experts said Friday.
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    Adscend denies Facebook, AG allegations 28 January, 2012 08:41

    Charged with maintaining a Facebook scam, Adscend said it has never engaged in the alleged activities
    Adscend Media, the defendant in lawsuits filed this week by Facebook and the Washington attorney general, on Friday denied the allegations in the complaints and shifted blame to its affiliates.
More >Servers
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    Cisco aims to simplify, unify collaboration products' design, interfaces 28 January, 2012 07:51

    The initiative is called Futurama internally and will touch products like WebEx, Quad, Jabber IM and Tandberg
    Cisco is in the midst of a major initiative to better integrate its various collaboration products and to give their interfaces a uniform, consistent design in order to make them easier to use and more effective at helping employees work with each other.
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    The top 10 H-1B visa users in the U.S. 28 January, 2012 06:23

    Fast-growing IT offshore outsourcing firms are major users
    Offshore outsourcing companies continued to make up the majority of the top 10 H-1B visa users in 2011, according to new government data. These offshore firms have been adding employees by the thousands as their revenues increase.
More >Software Development
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    Linux Mint 13 gets back to desktop basics 27 January, 2012 09:21

    The developers behind Linux Mint are simplifying the operating system's desktop interface
    Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution.
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    15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time 27 January, 2012 05:47

    In honor of National Data Privacy Day this Saturday, Jan. 28, we've put together a list of the 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time.
More >Storage Solutions
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    New leaders emerging in WAN optimization market 28 January, 2012 05:38

    In yet another sign that growing revenues are reshaping the vendor outlook in the network management sector, Gartner recently named vendor Silver Peak one of the leaders in its magic quadrant for the WAN optimization market.
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    John Deere plows into agile 26 January, 2012 22:14

    Tractor manufacturer adopts agile development process in what one analyst calls a 'big bang' approach
    John Deere & Co., has moved about 800 software developers into an agile development process, and did so in just over a year.
More >Unified Comms
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    LTE-Advanced is the future, but no rocket ship 26 January, 2012 12:55

    The newly approved mobile standard is expected to help carriers maintain reliable LTE performance
    The 4G network standards approved last week by the ITU may improve the mobile data experience soon, even if consumers don't actually see the 100M bps mobile speed for which they were designed.
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    HP plans September open-source release for webOS 26 January, 2012 07:47

    It also said it would release the code under the Apache License
    HP announced on Wednesday that it plans to release the code behind webOS in September under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
More >Mobility & Wireless
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    Dig deep into Lion: The best overlooked, underrated features 28 January, 2012 10:52

    17 useful features every OS X Lion user should know about
    Apple billed this summer's release of Mac OS X Lion as having more than 200 new features, but most coverage of Lion in the intervening months has focused on only a handful of them. While iOS-like navigation and app-launching interfaces, autosave/restore capabilities, AirDrop file sharing and an emergency restore partition are by all means important, there are a lot of helpful tweaks and enhancements that can easily be missed.
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    Wall Street Beat: Tech shines as earnings come in strong 28 January, 2012 07:43

    Tech giants including Apple, EMC and SAP turn in a strong quarter this week
    This week's tsunami of tech earnings, led by Apple's jaw-dropping quarterly report, has given market watchers something to cheer about and also points to industry shifts around tablets and cloud computing.
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    Internode offers new NBN-equivalent FTTH plans to more customers 27 January, 2012 13:44

    FTTH plans start from $49.95 for 30GB per month
    Internet service provider (ISP), Internode, has introduced fibre to the home (FTTH) plans at 20 real estate developments around Australia that align prices with its NBN services.
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    AT&T to launch communication services 25 January, 2012 06:22

    AT&T will launch new cloud-based unified communications services on Thursday, giving businesses the ability to integrate chat, email, voice over IP calls, audio and video conferencing and more over desktops and many mobile devices.
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    Telstra to offer wholesale open access broadband service 23 January, 2012 14:50

    Telstra has announced plans for an open access wholesale service on fibre networks it is currently deploying in South Brisbane.
Smartphones, iPhones, BlackBerrys and beyond...
Smartphones, iPhones, BlackBerrys and beyond...All the latest news, reviews, features and videos on the iPhone, BlackBerrys and other smart devices
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    AT&T posts Q4 loss on breakup fee, benefit plan costs 27 January, 2012 04:34

    Carrier reports a record quarter for smartphone sales; driven by iPhone purchases
    Though smartphone sales were strong, AT&T Thursday reported a $6.7 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to extraordinary charges including a breakup fee for the thwarted merger with T-Mobile USA.
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    Visa certifies smartphones for NFC payments 11 January, 2012 01:22

    Visa has added smartphones from Samsung Electronics, Research In Motion and LG Electronics to the list of devices it has certified to work with the 185,000 NFC-based payWave payment terminals in Europe.
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    Samsung upgrades Galaxy Ace with more memory, faster processor 04 January, 2012 01:15

    Samsung Electronics has launched the Android-based Galaxy Ace Plus, which has more memory, a faster processor and a slightly larger screen compared to its predecessor, the company said on Thursday.
 
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