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	Mozilla mulls Firefox 3.6 retirement, too Mozilla is planning to retire Firefox 3.6 from support, but won't put the 18-month-old browser out to pasture until August at the earliest. Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot Can You Trust a Cloud-base Security Solution? Cloud computing and security services seem like they would never go together. The former is a function that exists somewhere outside the host, outside the network, and is tapped when needed to perform a certain function such as data archival. The latter is a mindset, an approach that pervades throughout every facet of an IT infrastructure. Read More Today! In this Issue PCI Council says mobile payment apps can meet security standard Orlando tries out 600 Chromebooks Apple patches 36 bugs in Snow Leopard, preps OS for Lion upgrade From CIO.com: Apple iCloud Draws CIO Concerns Winklevoss twins back in court against Facebook Lawmakers seek to block LightSquared approval by FCC ST-Ericsson to cut 500 jobs Jonny Evans: Apple's iCloud leader quits for health JR Raphael: Android travel apps: The power user's trio Chris Poelker: Why the Amazon cloud outage helped cloud computing Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft blowing smoke when it says it won't be hurt by the cloud? WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. Social Technologies Transform Business 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. PCI Council says mobile payment apps can meet security standard The PCI Council Friday released a list of mobile payment app types that are eligible to meet its security standard; analysts critical of incomplete list. Read More Orlando tries out 600 Chromebooks The city of Orlando, Fla. has deployed 600 Chromebooks to employees and the early verdict is that they're low maintenance devices. Read More Apple patches 36 bugs in Snow Leopard, preps OS for Lion upgrade Apple on Thursday released the final feature update for Snow Leopard as it prepared users' Macs for the upcoming Lion upgrade set to ship next month. Read More From CIO.com: Apple iCloud Draws CIO Concerns Once again, CIOs are left in the dark. This time, the technology culprit is iCloud. Will Apple shed light on the problem before the service launches this fall? Read More Winklevoss twins back in court against Facebook Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss were back in court on Thursday, a day after their lawyers had submitted to a court in California that they would not appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court their US$65 million settlement with Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot Why Web Security is Best Served in the Cloud Download this informative whitepaper to find out why web security is best served in the cloud. Fran Howarth, Bloor Research senior security analyst, examines the benefits of applying protection where threats are being created - at the Internet layer. Read More Today! Lawmakers seek to block LightSquared approval by FCC A U.S. House of Representatives committee has stepped into the fray over startup LightSquared's planned mobile data network, and passed a bill that would block the Federal Communications Commission from spending any money granting the carrier a waiver it is seeking. Read More ST-Ericsson to cut 500 jobs ST-Ericsson this week said it would cut up to 500 jobs as part of a cost-savings plan. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's iCloud leader quits for health Apple's iCloud product manager, John Herbold, recently quit Cupertino to create digital products to boost health. What kind of apps might he help create? Here's six iPad apps you can use to help boost your own health. Read More JR Raphael: Android travel apps: The power user's trio These three Android travel apps work together in perfect harmony, automating all of the hassles of organizing and managing a trip. Read More Chris Poelker: Why the Amazon cloud outage helped cloud computing The recent outage over at Amazon was actually a good thing for cloud computing. It was a call to action that brought to light the need for solid standards for cloud infrastructure and iron-clad contractual obligations between cloud providers and subscribers. Read More Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft blowing smoke when it says it won't be hurt by the cloud? The new president of Microsoft's server and tools business Satya Nadella recently claimed that cloud computing represents a big opportunity for Microsoft rather than a threat. Is that just empty bravado, or does Nadella have a clear picture of the future? Read More
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