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	Patch expert wants Ballmer to get to the bottom of buggy Windows, Office updates A Microsoft MVP and Windows expert has sent company CEO Steve Ballmer a letter asking him to look into the worrisome trend of releasing sub-standard patches. Read More   WEBCAST: HP HP Mobile App Development Survey Join John Jeremiah, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, HP and John Jackson, Research Vice President, Mobile & Connected Platforms, IDC for an interactive discussion on the results of the HP Mobile Application Development Maturity Peer Assessment Tool. Date: September 18 @ 1:00pm EDT Register Now In this Issue Google buys Bump, focuses on mobile file sharing Sprint's early upgrades program to launch Friday, same day as new iPhones Mozilla postpones Metro Firefox release to late January Update: Nasdaq waited two weeks to fix flaws NAND flash use is up, but Apple's buying binge slows NSA monitored global financial transactions HTC cuts jobs at US operations INSIDER 5 bad signs for Apple's iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner Linux gets a boost from mobile Take note: Box looks beyond cloud storage with note-taking app Preston Gralla: Nokia's Android plans forced Microsoft into $7.2 billion buyout Jonny Evans: iPhone 2013: Apple lays foundations for future innovation JR Raphael: Hands on: Does LG's G2 'Audio Zoom' actually work? [VIDEO] Darlene Storm: Homeland Security testing facial recognition at hockey game WHITE PAPER: Moovweb The Next Generation of Mobile In this tech dossier from Moovweb, learn about responsive web delivery, an approach to mobile development that can reduce costs and increase agility so companies can build great mobile solutions without the big rewrite of their existing sites. Read now! Google buys Bump, focuses on mobile file sharing Google is buying the mobile startup Bump Technologies, makers of the popular app that enables users to transfer photos, videos and files just by bumping their phones together. Read More   Sprint's early upgrades program to launch Friday, same day as new iPhones Sprint will reportedly launch a One Up early upgrade program on Friday that allows customers to get a new device every year with a smartphone or tablet trade-in. Read More   Mozilla postpones Metro Firefox release to late January   Mozilla said slower-than-expected progress on Firefox for Microsoft's Windows 8 "Modern" user interface means that the touch-based browser likely won't launch until late January. Read More   Update: Nasdaq waited two weeks to fix flaws A Swiss security company said the Nasdaq website had a serious cross-site scripting vulnerability for two weeks before being fixed on Monday, despite earlier warnings. Read More   NAND flash use is up, but Apple's buying binge slows While overall use of NAND flash is up, Apples consumption waned over the past quarter. At the same time, 3D NAND flash, which offers far greater capacity than todays flash drives, is expected to dominate the future. Read More   NSA monitored global financial transactions A branch of the NSA has been collecting global financial data, including credit card transactions and data from SWIFT, which runs an international bank messaging system, according to a report Sunday from Der Spiegel. Read More   HTC cuts jobs at US operations In another sign of trouble at HTC, the Taiwan-based smartphone maker started downsizing its U.S. operations, cutting an undisclosed number of staff. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Hyperconvergence Era From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications, an array of innovative technologies is transforming today's data centers. And along the way, they're also flooding corporate networks with enormous new torrents of traffic. Read Now   INSIDER 5 bad signs for Apple's iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner When Apple announced its new iPhone 5s last week, the fingerprint scanning technology, called Touch ID, stood out as one of the most notable additions. The benefits are easy enough to identify a iPhone users will no longer need to repeatedly type in an annoying security PIN code to unlock their phones or download apps or media from iTunes. Read More   Linux gets a boost from mobile Although not originally designed for telephones or tablets, the Linux kernel is now getting more contributions than ever from mobile and portable device vendors, whose input is driving a heretofore unseen rate of development for the open source project. Read More   Take note: Box looks beyond cloud storage with note-taking app Box, the Silicon Valley darling that has disrupted enterprise cloud storage and file sharing, will broaden its scope into the content-creation space with a new online note-taking application. Read More   Preston Gralla: Nokia's Android plans forced Microsoft into $7.2 billion buyout The rumor has been confirmed: Nokia was working on an Android smartphone at the time that Microsoft decided to buy Nokia's phone business. That's likely one of the key reasons that Microsoft decided to take the plunge and and make the deal. Read More   Jonny Evans: iPhone 2013: Apple lays foundations for future innovation Innovation takes time. It requires foundations be in place. Apple is building these as it hatches wider plans. Read More   JR Raphael: Hands on: Does LG's G2 'Audio Zoom' actually work? [VIDEO] LG says its G2 phone can "zoom in" and focus on specific sounds while recording video. So does it actually work? Watch these demos and see for yourself. Read More   Darlene Storm: Homeland Security testing facial recognition at hockey game What does hockey have to do with national security? Hockey fans make up a sea of faces that will help the Department of Homeland Security test its facial recognition software capabilities. Read More
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