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	Privacy advocates vow to continue CISPA fight The battle over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is certain to heat up over the next few weeks, as the U.S. Senate begins debate on its versions of the controversial cybersecurity legislation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Private Cloud: Lessons Learned Along the Way A recent IDG Research Services study confirms that the private cloud is indeed full of promise. Agility. Efficiency. Cost savings. But realizing those rewards can be an arduous path. Now, you can leverage what Cisco learned on their own path to the private cloud. View Now In this Issue New iPad owners pay big 'halo' dividends for Apple Fla. university writing new computer science plan, cites 'overwhelming' backlash FTC chairman talks privacy as agency pumps up Google probe Mozilla to kill Firefox 3.6 by auto-upgrading old browser From CSO: Google Drive problem is a public cloud problem, says privacy expert Dropbox adds photo auto-upload feature for cameras, smartphones Walmart to expand disc-to-cloud movie service to 30 countries Researcher misinterprets Oracle advisory, discloses unpatched database vulnerability Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings offer bright spots 802.11ac 'Gigabit Wi-Fi': What you need to know Casio iOS app can encode and send data using colors Engineers look to fix Internet routing weakness Kindle Fire accounts for more than half of U.S. Android tablets NYC, L.A. among Clearwire's first LTE cities Huawei aims to offer touch-free smartphones, infinite cloud storage LG launches dual-core Optimus LTE smartphone in Europe EU lawmakers warn six countries on e-money rules Preston Gralla: Why Windows Phone may succeed -- carriers hate Apple WHITE PAPER: Sybase Prescription for Empowerment As healthcare payers continue to deal with the growth of big data, recent IDG research shows that they embrace and empower ad hoc analytic environments. Compliance continues to surface as a critical business driver for investments in data analytics, along with improved efficiency, reduced risk, reduced cost and improved security. Read now. New iPad owners pay big 'halo' dividends for Apple The iPad is giving Apple entree to millions of customers who have never purchased one of company's products before, a research firm said today. Read More Fla. university writing new computer science plan, cites 'overwhelming' backlash University of Florida computer science students remain fearful about their department's future, despite the school's decision this week to "set aside" an earlier plan to reorganize the department and cut its budget. Read More FTC chairman talks privacy as agency pumps up Google probe The FTC has moved to hire a high-profile outside attorney to oversee its antitrust investigation into Google. Read More Mozilla to kill Firefox 3.6 by auto-upgrading old browser Mozilla will give Firefox 3.6 the coup de grace next month by automatically upgrading users of that 2010 browser to Firefox 12. Read More From CSO: Google Drive problem is a public cloud problem, says privacy expert The explosion of outrage from privacy advocates over Google Drive's terms of service appears to have subsided, but privacy experts say the public cloud -- any public cloud -- is not the place for corporations to be storing sensitive or confidential information. Read More Dropbox adds photo auto-upload feature for cameras, smartphones After launching a mobile app in February that can automatically upload photos and videos from Android phones, Dropbox unleashed an upgrade that expands the service to just about any device, including tablets, smartphones and Internet-enabled cameras. Read More Walmart to expand disc-to-cloud movie service to 30 countries Walmart's cloud video service, Vudu, which allows DVD and Blu-ray disc owners gain access to that content in the cloud, will reportedly expand to as many as 30 new countries. Read More Researcher misinterprets Oracle advisory, discloses unpatched database vulnerability Instructions on how to exploit an unpatched Oracle Database Server vulnerability in order to intercept the information exchanged between clients and databases were published by a security researcher who erroneously thought that the company had patched the flaw. Read More Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings offer bright spots With Apple leading the revenue charge midweek and Amazon providing a kick to trading in tech shares Friday morning, bright spots appeared in what has otherwise been a mixed earnings season. 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Read More Engineers look to fix Internet routing weakness IT engineers are studying what may be an easier way to fix a long-existing weakness in the Internet's routing system that has the potential to cause major service outages and allow hackers to spy on data. Read More Kindle Fire accounts for more than half of U.S. Android tablets When people refer to "Android tablets" they may soon just be referring to the Amazon Kindle Fire. Read More NYC, L.A. among Clearwire's first LTE cities Clearwire will launch its LTE network early next year with service in high-demand "hot zones" in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco, the company said on Thursday as it announced its first-quarter financial results. Read More Huawei aims to offer touch-free smartphones, infinite cloud storage Huawei Technologies is aiming to bring touch-free smartphones and more inexpensive cloud storage to users, as the company boosts its research and development spending in order to bring "disruptive" technologies that will alter the market landscape. Read More LG launches dual-core Optimus LTE smartphone in Europe LG Electronics said on Friday that it will start selling the Optimus True HD LTE in Germany, Portugal, Sweden, helping the number of available LTE devices to slowly grow across Europe. Read More EU lawmakers warn six countries on e-money rules The European Commission on Thursday asked six E.U. countries to explain their delay in enforcing the binding e-money Directive. Read More Preston Gralla: Why Windows Phone may succeed -- carriers hate Apple Microsoft may be gaining a powerful set of partners to help Windows 8 become a success -- AT&T and Verizon Wireless, who need leverage against Apple's onerous demands for subsidies for every iPhone the carriers sell. Read More
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