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A Malware-induced Rapture for Mobile Devices?

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May 26, 2011
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A Malware-induced Rapture for Mobile Devices? May 21 didn't turn out to be the end of the world. But it did bring a reminder that the world is an increasingly risky place for mobile devices.
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Skype: Microsoft Didn't Kill Asterisk Support The world seems to have jumped to the conclusion that Skype ending support for Asterisk is some sort of insidious conspiracy driven by the evil Microsoft.
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Linux Mint 11 and Fedora 15: In One Week, Two Gems Debut The choices just got even better for users of the free and open source Linux operating system.
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Google Apps Move Helps Contractors Connect With Customers Migrating to Google's online productivity suite helped plumbers spend more time engaging customers and saved hundreds of dollars each month.
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Lenovo Profits More Than Double for Fiscal Year Reporting strong growth as it expands into emerging markets, Lenovo said Thursday that for the quarter ending in March its net profit more than tripled, reaching...
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Wi-Fi Direct Coming on Strong, Broadcom Says Wi-Fi Direct, a peer-to-peer networking standard that came out last year but has been slow to appear in consumer products, will be in a large percentage of...
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Google Mobile Payments Muddies the Water Google is set to unveil details of its mobile payment system to rival Square, and competing NFC platforms. How can businesses navigate the mobile payment chaos?
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Will an Amazon Tablet Be Right for Business? By releasing an Android tablet, Amazon may head off competition from Apple and Google--and it already has plenty of business cloud services.
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