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	Microsoft must embrace 'grim option' of Windows cannibalization Microsoft must be ready to accept, as has Apple, that it's better to cannibalize one's own sales than to let others do it. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Storage Virtualization eGuide In this eGuide, Computerworld along with sister publications Network World and the IDG News Service examine some of the newest technologies and trends in storage virtualization today. Read on to learn about how leveraging storage virtualization can help enterprises get a handle on their data while minimizing costs and management headaches. Learn more. In this Issue Faster upgrade plans like AT&T Next could be new frontier in wireless One year under Mayer, Yahoo no longer 'dead company walking' Oracle's July patch release includes 27 fixes for remote exploits Microsoft takes Outlook Web App native on iPhone, iPad Alternative fixes released for Android 'master key' vulnerability Yahoo profit rises by 46%, though sales still drag Video: Yahoo's Q2 earnings up nearly 50 percent Infor hit with lawsuit over alleged software project failure Tumblr issues security update, asks users to change passwords China now has 591M Internet users Data.gov gets an open-source revamp EPEAT green IT registry expanding to mobile phones Jonny Evans: Apple's Logic Remote shows the logic of Post-PC Michael Horowitz: Software bugs as weapons WEBCAST: PC Connection Launch into a New World of OS Efficiency Take a deep dive into the new and innovative devices from Lenovo that feature the new Windows 8 pro operating system from Microsoft in this webinar. View now. Faster upgrade plans like AT&T Next could be new frontier in wireless AT&T's Next smartphone and tablet upgrade and no-contract plan, competes with a similar plan called Jump! from T-Mobile and another expected soon from Verizon Wireless. Read More One year under Mayer, Yahoo no longer 'dead company walking' After a year with Marissa Mayer at the helm, Yahoo is no longer seen as a 'dead company walking,' according to one analyst. Read More Oracle's July patch release includes 27 fixes for remote exploits Oracle said on Tuesday that its monthly round of patches for July includes 89 fixes, 27 of which address remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in four widely used products. Read More Microsoft takes Outlook Web App native on iPhone, iPad Microsoft today launched Outlook Web App (OWA) for iOS, a "native" app that reprises -- and amplifies -- the in-browser OWA corporate workers have long used on devices that don't support the full-fledged Outlook client. Read More Alternative fixes released for Android 'master key' vulnerability More fixes are appearing for a pair of highly dangerous vulnerabilities exposed earlier this month in the Android mobile operating system. Read More Yahoo profit rises by 46%, though sales still drag Yahoo's profits rose by 46 percent in the second quarter, aided by nearly a dozen product launches, though sales at the company were still down. Read More Video: Yahoo's Q2 earnings up nearly 50 percent Yahoo announced its Quarter 2 earnings on Tuesday, in a teleconferenced video the company streamed online.Yahoo's second quarter earnings show profits rose by 46 percent in Q2, aided by nearly a dozen product launches, though sales at the company Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Service Assurance Suite Discover how you can get visibility into virtualized environments, the cloud and software-defined date centers, analyze availability and performance, optimize the environment and control costs with end-to-end performance, capacity management and reporting. Learn more. Infor hit with lawsuit over alleged software project failure Infor has been sued by a customer who claims an ERP (enterprise resource planning) project that was supposed to take six months instead allegedly dragged on for well over a year without any useful results. Read More Tumblr issues security update, asks users to change passwords Tumblr, the blogging site recently acquired by Yahoo, has released a security update for its iPhone and iPad apps that it said addresses an issue that allowed passwords to be compromised in certain circumstances. Read More China now has 591M Internet users China's Internet populace grew to 591 million by the end of June, as more new users in the country relied on handsets to go online, according to a non-profit research group. Read More Data.gov gets an open-source revamp The U.S. government's portal for the data it creates, Next.Data.gov, is getting a revamp that should make it easier to view and reuse government data. Read More EPEAT green IT registry expanding to mobile phones The Green Electronics Council plans to expand its EPEAT environmental rating system later this year to include smartphones, the council said Tuesday. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's Logic Remote shows the logic of Post-PC Apple yesterday introduced Logic Pro X and in doing so took another big step toward a post-PC future, releasing an iPad app that acts as a user interface for many of the application's actions. Read More Michael Horowitz: Software bugs as weapons Two recent stories, one in the New York Times and one in InfoWorld, describe the expanding use of software flaws as weapons. How to defend against this? Look for software that is simple and unpopular. Windows users should look into Sandboxie. The safest of the safe however is a Chromebook. Read More
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