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	Banks push for tokenization standard to secure credit card payments A group representing 22 of the world's largest banks is pushing for broad adoption in the U.S. of payment card technology called tokenization, citing shortcomings in the planned migration to the Europay MasterCard Visa smartcard standard over the next two years. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Secrets to Corporate Communications Success Learn how other companies are successfully creating advocates out of their employees and help them to better understand their corporation's key messages through the use of new and exciting technologies. Learn More In this Issue iTunes is almost as big a biz as OEM Windows Mozilla taps in-Firefox ads as it searches for more revenue Twitter tests Facebook-like profile page redesign Windows Phone's Q4 share stumbles as Nokia's sales slump Samsung hints at new UI for upcoming Galaxy S5 Couples use, negotiate over and fight about their tech Tip of the Hat: The 'forking' of Android is inevitable Robots closer to being able to work together as a team White House pushes cybersecurity framework for critical infrastructure Ira Winkler: 6 failures that led to Target hack Adobe patches two critical vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player Ericsson readies mobile unified communications push Toyota recalls nearly 2 million Priuses due to software glitch Darlene Storm: Slick, sick nation-state espionage malware The Mask: Mother of future cyber weapons? Jonny Evans: An A-Z guide to OS X Mavericks: Part two (N-Z) Preston Gralla: Microsoft plays footsie again with Chinese censors -- even in the U.S. JR Raphael: Android design fails: 12 stupid sins that need to stop WHITE PAPER: BMC Software 10 Steps to Reducing Mainframe MLC Costs Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. Learn More iTunes is almost as big a biz as OEM Windows Apple's iTunes, software and services group generated almost as much revenue in 2013 as the Microsoft division responsible for licensing Windows to computer and smartphone makers, according to comparisons of the companies' financial statements. Read More Mozilla taps in-Firefox ads as it searches for more revenue Mozilla has kicked off a project to show ads to new users of its Firefox browser, a move one analyst said is a search for revenue beyond the firm's overwhelming reliance on Google. Read More Twitter tests Facebook-like profile page redesign Twitter is reportedly working to redesign its profile pages, making them more visual, with bigger images, and looking a lot more like social rivals Facebook and Google+. Read More Windows Phone's Q4 share stumbles as Nokia's sales slump Windows' share of the smartphone market fell slightly in the December quarter as the biggest manufacturer supporting Microsoft's operating system, Nokia, posted less-than-stellar sales numbers, research firm IDC said today. Read More Samsung hints at new UI for upcoming Galaxy S5 Samsung Wednesday dropped a hint that its coming Galaxy S5 smartphone will have an updated user interface, possibly featuring simpler, flatter icons. Read More Couples use, negotiate over and fight about their tech Technology is becoming a major player in romantic relationships, according to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Read More Tip of the Hat: The 'forking' of Android is inevitable The open source code that made Android a success is started blunting Google's control over mobile platform. Device makers like Amazon and Nokia are modifying -- or forking -- Android's source code to support its apps rather than Google's. Read More Robots closer to being able to work together as a team MIT scientists are writing computer programs that can control large teams of robots or networks of devices with different functions. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Tame the data explosion with IBM Real-time Compression Learn about IBM's unique Real-time Compression technology that can enable storing up to 5x as much data in the same storage space. Learn More White House pushes cybersecurity framework for critical infrastructure A new cybersecurity framework released Wednesday by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration aims to help operators of critical infrastructure develop comprehensive cybersecurity programs. Read More Ira Winkler: 6 failures that led to Target hack The storyline that a single point of failure allowed a sophisticated attacker to steal millions of card numbers from Target just doesn't hold up. Read More Adobe patches two critical vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player Adobe Systems released a security update for Shockwave Player in order to address two vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to remotely take control of affected systems. Read More Ericsson readies mobile unified communications push Enterprises will in the future get hosted unified communication services via mobile networks, according to telecom vendor Ericsson, which has developed the underlying platform to make that possible. Read More Toyota recalls nearly 2 million Priuses due to software glitch Toyota is recalling nearly 1.9 million Prius hybrid vehicles around the world in order to fix a software glitch that could damage transistors and cause a loss of power. Read More Darlene Storm: Slick, sick nation-state espionage malware The Mask: Mother of future cyber weapons? The newly discovered nation-state espionage malware "The Mask" managed to go undetected for seven years and includes such very sophisticated hacking tools, capable of pwning any OS, that some security experts expect it's the mother model of future cyber weapons for advanced persistent threat (APT) campaigns. Read More Jonny Evans: An A-Z guide to OS X Mavericks: Part two (N-Z) OS X Mavericks hints and tips: Here, as promised, is part two of the A-Z guide to some of the operating system's best tips, tweaks and features. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft plays footsie again with Chinese censors -- even in the U.S. Microsoft is being charged with doing the bidding of Chinese censors by censoring Bing search results not just in China, but in Chinese searches in the U.S. as well. Microsoft denied the allegations -- but then even censored the denial before sending it to the Chinese media. Does Microsoft have any credibility left on this issue at all? Read More JR Raphael: Android design fails: 12 stupid sins that need to stop Android design has come a long way over a short time, but some apps are hanging onto cringe-worthy habits that just won't die. Read More
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