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	Enterprise IT unhappy with Firefox 4's quick demise Some corporate IT managers are unhappy with Mozilla's decision to push out new editions of Firefox every six weeks with its new rapid-release program. Read More DOWNLOAD: Citrix Wyse Xenith built for Citrix XenDesktop Download the "Ultimate Desktop Simplicity Kit" to learn how Citrix XenDesktop and Wyse Xenith can transform costly inefficient office desktops into rich, on-demand service. Click to continue In this Issue Amex, Foursquare take mobile wallet scheme national FBI used Twitter, Facebook in hunt for 'Whitey' Bulger Feds claim victory over Coreflood botnet From CIO.com: 5 New Google Apps Features to Keep You Organized, Productive Richi Jennings: PARC Meshin's smart search unclutters collaboration FTC reportedly preparing to serve subpoenas to Google Wyoming cuts cable, moves to cloud with Google Apps AT&T iPad hacker pleads guilty Coming with 3D: Smartphones from Sprint, AT&T Video shows first Nokia Windows Phone, code-named Sea Ray Harry Potter books to go digital Update: Ukraine disrupts $72M Conficker hacking ring Oracle's patent claims against Google take a hit UBS to cut 500 IT jobs worldwide Yahoo chairman backs CEO Bartz, but investor wants her out Jonny Evans: Apple-crazy China will become biggest iPhone market Josh Stephens: The United Airlines outage, and why it's so important to manage change Patrick Thibodeau: Sarah Palin, Alaska's IT, and the row boat complaint WEBCAST: IBM Cloud Trends, Adoption and Integration Strategies Date/Time: Wednesday, June 29th at 1:00 PM EDT Hear a leading analyst from Forrester share the latest trends in cloud computing, key insights on how and why businesses are adopting cloud applications and strategies for integrating a hybrid world of cloud and on-premise applications. Register Now Amex, Foursquare take mobile wallet scheme national American Express Thursday announced the national rollout of mobile payment system that pairs its Amex credit card with a user's smartphone-based Foursquare profile to offer discounts for retail purchases. Read More FBI used Twitter, Facebook in hunt for 'Whitey' Bulger When the FBI looked to step up its efforts to hunt down alleged fugitive mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, agents turned to social media. Read More Feds claim victory over Coreflood botnet Federal authorities have declared victory over the Coreflood botnet and shut down the replacement server that the FBI used to issue commands to infected PCs. Read More From CIO.com: 5 New Google Apps Features to Keep You Organized, Productive Google rolls out a number of updates to its Apps suite every month. Here are five of the best ones you may have missed. Read More Richi Jennings: PARC Meshin's smart search unclutters collaboration Do you talk to several different people during a typical business day? Do you talk to them via several different media, such as email, phone, SMS, IM, Twitter or Facebook? If so, then perhaps Meshin is for you. It's the first product of Xerox (NYSE:XRX) PARC's Content-Centric Networking research effort. Let's take a look, in The Long View... INSIDER (registration required) Read More FTC reportedly preparing to serve subpoenas to Google The U.S. FTC is preparing to service Google with subpoenas related to an antitrust investigation, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Read More Wyoming cuts cable, moves to cloud with Google Apps Wyoming has rolled out Google Apps for some 10,000 state workers, the first state-wide implementation of the cloud platform in the U.S. Read More AT&T iPad hacker pleads guilty A 26-year-old man who last year helped hackers publish personal information belonging to about 120,000 iPad users pleaded guilty to fraud and hacking charges in a New Jersey court Thursday. Read More Coming with 3D: Smartphones from Sprint, AT&T Glasses-free 3D smartphones are about to invade the U.S. Sprint will start selling the HTC Evo 3D on Friday, and AT&T has confirmed that sales of the LG Thrill 4G will begin sometime later this summer. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Smarter, Faster Endpoint Management Because IT administrators have access to data that is typically unavailable to other departments, they are often perceived as the "keepers" of intelligence in an enterprise. Read now Video shows first Nokia Windows Phone, code-named Sea Ray The first Windows Phone from Nokia is code-named Sea Ray, comes with an 8-megapixel camera and uses the Mango version of Microsoft's OS, according to a video sent to Hungarian Web site Technet.hu. Read More Harry Potter books to go digital J.K. Rowling on Thursday announced the creation of a website where users can buy electronic versions of her Harry Potter books and can network with one another and the author. Read More Update: Ukraine disrupts $72M Conficker hacking ring Ukraine's security service said Thursday it had disrupted a cybercrime ring that cost the banking industry more than $72 million using Conficker, a fast-spreading worm unleashed in 2008. Read More Oracle's patent claims against Google take a hit Oracle's lawsuit against Google over alleged Java patent violations in the Android OS is facing a potential setback after a ruling by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Read More UBS to cut 500 IT jobs worldwide Banking giant UBS is to cut 500 jobs from its global IT workforce of 8,700. Read More Yahoo chairman backs CEO Bartz, but investor wants her out Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was backed by the company's chairman at the start of the company's annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, but got ripped by an investor who called for her resignation. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple-crazy China will become biggest iPhone market The Apple revolution is about to break out across China, as the country goes increasingly crazy for Apple's products. COO Tim Cook's reportedly signed the deal for China Mobile to carry iPhone 5. Watch this space as China seems set to become Apple's biggest market, bigger than the US. Read More Josh Stephens: The United Airlines outage, and why it's so important to manage change I don't know if human error caused the United outage or not but odds are that was the case. Having caused some fairly large outages myself over the years, all I can say is; it happens. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Sarah Palin, Alaska's IT, and the row boat complaint The new VOIP system, which people didn't know how to use, wasn't helping Read More
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