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	Mozilla's Firefox OS smartphones do matter -- to developers and buyers Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich said keen interest was shown by 8 million Web developers in the Firefox OS, and said that 20-plus smartphone makers and wireless carriers plan to sell devices running the OS to first-time buyers globally, initially in markets where low-cost phones are in demand. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Data+ Conference Computerworld Data+ Conference: Sept. 8-10, Scottsdale, AZ Data+, which evolved from the former BI & Analytics Perspectives Conference, takes place September 8-10, 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Over the course of this two-day event, 250+ IT decision-makers and business leaders, like you, connect with peers and leading big data business and technology solution providers. Register now. In this Issue NSA document leaker Edward Snowden seeks asylum in Russia What Facebook posts will keep you from getting hired Play it again, HP says, as it gets back into smartphones Splunk woos Hadoop users U.S. court throws out class-action status in Google books case, for now First Firefox OS smartphone debuts in Spain We Heart It quietly amasses a following, sneaks up on Pinterest EU demands answers on alleged US spying of EU embassies Apple France raided in French competition authority probe Preston Gralla: While you weren't looking, Windows 8 and Windows Phone start to shine Microsoft channel program will push Surface to businesses Critical vulnerabilities found in single sign-on enterprise tool Atlassian Crowd 5 Secrets to Corporate Social Media Success Microsoft to appeal European court's trademark decision over SkyDrive brand Oracle rolls out analytic apps for E-Business Suite WHITE PAPER: Gantech Navigating The Top Four Challenges to Desktop Management Download the whitepaper for guidance on how to craft your own EUC strategy and take advantage of the emerging opportunities surrounding desktop management by exploring a fresh approach to End User Computing (EUC). Learn More. NSA document leaker Edward Snowden seeks asylum in Russia Fugitive document leaker Edward Snowden has formally applied for political asylum in Russia after spending eight days in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. Read More What Facebook posts will keep you from getting hired A new Harris Interactive survey reveals what employers look for and what pictures and posts on Facebook could keep a prospective candidate from getting that perfect job. Read More Play it again, HP says, as it gets back into smartphones Two years after virtually dropping out of the mobile business, Hewlett-Packard is working on a new smartphone, an HP executive told Press Trust of India. Read More Splunk woos Hadoop users The need by corporate IT operations to enable easier interaction with massive -- and fast growing -- data sets in Hadoop environments is driving a flurry of vendor activity. Read More U.S. court throws out class-action status in Google books case, for now A U.S. court decided that the class-action designation of the copyright lawsuit brought against Google by the Authors Guild over the company's book-scanning project was 'premature,' and returned the suit to a lower court for consideration of fair use issues. Read More First Firefox OS smartphone debuts in Spain The first Web-based Firefox mobile OS smartphones will be released soon in Spain and Poland, with more coming soon to other regions of the world, Mozilla announced Monday. Read More We Heart It quietly amasses a following, sneaks up on Pinterest If Pinterest is looking over its shoulder, it's probably keeping an eye on We Heart It, an image-based social networking site that has quietly amassed a user base of 20 million. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Consolidating Remote Servers and Storage for Security A new kind of storage architecture allows IT to consolidate remote servers and data in the data center by decoupling storage from its server over any distance--even thousands of miles--and still get the same performance as if the storage remained local to the branch. Read more >> EU demands answers on alleged US spying of EU embassies E.U. politicians at both the national and European level on Monday demanded that the U.S. answer allegations of spying on European Union embassies, while others called for asylum for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Read More Apple France raided in French competition authority probe Apple is under investigation by the French competition authority, which has raided the company's offices in France, and those of several distributors, a spokesman for the authority said Monday. Read More Preston Gralla: While you weren't looking, Windows 8 and Windows Phone start to shine Windows 8 and Windows Phone have been unmitigated disasters, right? Wrong. The most recent market figures show Windows Phone making serious headway against its competitors, and Windows 8 uptake picking up. Read More Microsoft channel program will push Surface to businesses Microsoft is launching a channel partner program on Monday to help drive sales of its Surface tablet to companies, schools and other organizations. Read More Critical vulnerabilities found in single sign-on enterprise tool Atlassian Crowd A critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to access sensitive enterprise log-in credentials and other data was fixed last week in Crowd, a single sign-on (SSO) and identity management tool used by large organizations to simplify access to their internal Web applications and services. Read More 5 Secrets to Corporate Social Media Success You don't need a big budget to be successful with social media, according to Walmart's director of social strategy. Here are five steps your business can follow to reap the benefits. Read More Microsoft to appeal European court's trademark decision over SkyDrive brand Microsoft on Monday said it will appeal a trademark lawsuit over its SkyDrive cloud storage service it lost to the British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) Group. Read More Oracle rolls out analytic apps for E-Business Suite Oracle has unveiled a series of analytic applications for its flagship E-Business Suite ERP suite that it says gives customers a more effective, richer way to comb through operational data. Read More
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