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	Google unveils mobile wallet service Google on Thursday unveiled a mobile wallet platform and field tests in New York and San Francisco that will let people with special phones pay for goods in retail shops by tapping the phones against a payment terminal. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SnapLogic Get your free copy of the SnapLogic Live Trial today. SnapLogic connects applications and data sources in a way that's light, flexible and cost effective. Their revolutionary "Snaps" make it easy to access, synchronize and integrate on-premise and cloud-based systems. SnapLogic is transforming how companies integrate applications both on-premise and in the Cloud. Download your 14-Day Free Trial today! In this Issue Everything you need to know about Mac scareware Wells Fargo, Chase, Bank of America jointly launch PayPal rival From CIO.com: Email Overload: Twitter Now Sends @Reply and Retweet Alerts Amazon challenges Apple with Mac app download store Amazon says it's ready for new Lady Gaga offer Josh Stephens: Lady Gaga breaks Amazon.com, and what you should learn from it Honda Canada warns customers of data breach NASA astronauts boost robotics on space station Senate panel approves controversial copyright bill Halamka: Facing down VUCA, and doing the right thing Skype voice service crashes; users offered fix instructions SAP's 'Ramp-Up' program fingered in ERP lawsuit Obama softens stance on accused U.K. hacker McKinnon Lenovo profits more than double for fiscal year Capgemini to support SAP apps on Amazon's cloud U.S. online ad market up 23% in Q1 IDC: Google knocks off Yahoo as U.S. display ad leader Preston Gralla: Beginning of the end for Microsoft's Ballmer? Sound Off: Worst. Vacation. Ever. WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. Social Technologies Add Business Value Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Everything you need to know about Mac scareware You'd think the arrival of scareware scams like MacDefender on the Mac platform means the end of the world. It doesn't. But for Mac OS X users, it could herald the arrival of malware that's plagued Windows users for years. Read More Wells Fargo, Chase, Bank of America jointly launch PayPal rival Three major U.S. banks have partnered to launch a new person-to-person cash transfer service that allows a customer to simply enter another person's name and mobile number to transfer funds. Read More From CIO.com: Email Overload: Twitter Now Sends @Reply and Retweet Alerts Twitter's newest feature fills your inbox fast. Here's how to disable the setting and get an email reprieve. Read More Amazon challenges Apple with Mac app download store Amazon today launched a Mac-specific application download store that will compete with Apple's nearly five-month-old Mac App Store. Read More Amazon says it's ready for new Lady Gaga offer Undeterred, Amazon.com gave its Lady Gaga discount another go Thursday. Read More Josh Stephens: Lady Gaga breaks Amazon.com, and what you should learn from it Lady Gaga just released her new album on Amazon.com for the price of $.99 for the entire album. The result - it was so successful that it failed. Amazon's network and systems couldn't handle the load created by all of the customers trying to download this album... Read More Honda Canada warns customers of data breach Honda Canada has warned its customers that their personal data may have been exposed in a breach of its systems. Read More NASA astronauts boost robotics on space station NASA astronauts prepared today for their fourth and final spacewalk during the space shuttle Endeavour's last mission to the International Space Station. Read More Senate panel approves controversial copyright bill A Senate committee approves a controversial copyright protection bill. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Transform Your Business with Video Business video is exploding in popularity. As video becomes increasingly pervasive, businesses need to uncover the most efficient and productive ways to deploy the media. Cisco Services offers four detailed white paper series—plus complementary short videos—that outline practical steps for harnessing the power of video and realizing the best ROI. Go Now Halamka: Facing down VUCA, and doing the right thing How do IT leaders deal with unpredictable demand, increasing expectations, constantly changing technologies, escalating compliance requirements and fixed budgets? They need to accept and manage VUCA. INSIDER (registration required) Read More Skype voice service crashes; users offered fix instructions Skype offers fix in first crash after Microsoft acquisition. Read More SAP's 'Ramp-Up' program fingered in ERP lawsuit Officials in Marin County, California, are claiming SAP enticed them into joining a "Ramp-Up" early adopter program for a new ERP (enterprise resource planning) software suite, a move that helped send the project on a road to ruin. Read More Obama softens stance on accused U.K. hacker McKinnon President Obama has thrown a nugget of hope to accused U.K. hacker Gary McKinnon, describing the long-running extradition case as being "in the hands of the British legal system." Read More Lenovo profits more than double for fiscal year Reporting strong growth as it expands into emerging markets, Lenovo said that for the quarter ending in March its net profit more than tripled, reaching $42 million, while revenue increased 13% to $4.88 billion. Read More Capgemini to support SAP apps on Amazon's cloud Consultancy Capgemini's North American business will offer support to enterprises that want to run SAP applications in Amazon Web Services' cloud Read More U.S. online ad market up 23% in Q1 Online ad spending in the U.S. reached a record high in the first quarter, as companies expand their digital marketing budgets in reaction to people's increased Internet usage and engagement. Read More IDC: Google knocks off Yahoo as U.S. display ad leader Yahoo, the perennial leader in U.S. display advertising, has lost its number-one spot in that market segment to arch-rival Google, according to an IDC report released on Thursday. Read More Preston Gralla: Beginning of the end for Microsoft's Ballmer? There have been plenty of people in the technorati who have said that the only way Microsoft will thrive is if CEO Steve Ballmer steps down. But now someone with a lot more influence is saying he should resign: Influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn says it's time for Ballmer to go. Read More Sound Off: Worst. Vacation. Ever. For an upcoming feature story in Computerworld, share your tales of summer woe: tell us the worse thing that happened back at the office while you were out on vacation, and how you managed your staff from a distance. Read More
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