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	Ad tracking: Is anything being done? Online tracking is on the rise, but efforts to create a practical Do Not Track policy have slowed to a crawl. Meanwhile, users and browser companies are taking matters into their own hands. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference + Expo Trending now: Consumerization of enterprise IT You've heard about consumerization...but how can you use it to give your organization a competitive edge? Find out at the third annual Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) April 27–29 in San Francisco. Learn how consumer-driven technology can transform your business, your workplace, and your customer relationships. Learn more In this Issue HTC One (M8) deep-dive review: Smartphone sophistication made better Apple patches Safari's Pwn2Own vulnerability, two-dozen other critical bugs Climate change could blunt tech's travel culture Apple demands over $2B from Samsung for patent infringement Newton is the first MIPS-based mini-computer for wearables Apple looks to buy Renesas chip joint venture Google touts extra encryption for Gmail, remains mum on other apps Apple exec takes jury back to dawn of the iPhone -- 2007 Microsoft Windows can't keep partying like it's 1999 Google seeks Supreme Court review of Wi-Fi packet sniffing ruling BlackBerry won't renew T-Mobile pact U.S. Navy to test humanoid robotic firefighters Jonny Evans: Wearable computing means the death of the smartphone Richi Jennings: Huge Chromebook sales growth. Will 2019 be the year of the Linux desktop? 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Read More Apple patches Safari's Pwn2Own vulnerability, two-dozen other critical bugs Apple on Tuesday patched the security vulnerability in Safari that was successfully exploited at last month's Pwn2Own hacking contest, where a team cracked the browser to win $65,000. Read More Climate change could blunt tech's travel culture A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change summarizes the growing consequences of global warming -- rising sea levels and threats to health, food supplies, water resources and species. Read More Apple demands over $2B from Samsung for patent infringement Samsung should pay more than US$2 billion for repeated infringement of Apple patents in more than 37 million smartphones sold in the U.S., a Silicon Valley jury was told Tuesday as a trial between the two companies got underway after more than two years of preparation. Read More Newton is the first MIPS-based mini-computer for wearables A Chinese company has released a computer about the size of an SD card that can run a full version of Android and should make it easier to build wearable devices. Read More Apple looks to buy Renesas chip joint venture Apple is said to be in talks with Renesas Electronics to buy its majority-owned joint venture that designs chips for smartphone displays. Read More Google touts extra encryption for Gmail, remains mum on other apps Google recently trumpeted that it now encrypts Gmail messages while shuffling them among its data centers, an extra security layer aimed at thwarting government and criminal snoops, but didn't say if it applies this protection to its other applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Are You Prepared for a Software Audit? Just the word "audit" is enough to make anyone shiver, and when it comes to a software audit, the reaction is no different. A software publisher can exercise its rights to conduct a software audit to check that a customer is using its products in accordance with the End User License Agreement (EULA). View Now Apple exec takes jury back to dawn of the iPhone -- 2007 Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller took a California courtroom on a trip back to 2007 on Tuesday afternoon, recalling how Apple 'bet the company' on development of the iPhone Read More Microsoft Windows can't keep partying like it's 1999 Microsoft partners, developers and customers may get a clearer picture this week of how the company plans to keep Windows relevant now that its rock-solid position in the market has been shaken up by competitors, shifts in technology and the lukewarm reception of recent releases. Read More Google seeks Supreme Court review of Wi-Fi packet sniffing ruling Google has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by an appeals court that its collection of data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks is not exempt under federal wiretap laws. Read More BlackBerry won't renew T-Mobile pact BlackBerry will not renew the license of T-Mobile U.S. to sell its products when it expires later this month, the smartphone maker said. Read More U.S. Navy to test humanoid robotic firefighters Some day, if there's a fire on a U.S. naval ship, a humanoid robot may rush in to put it out. Read More Jonny Evans: Wearable computing means the death of the smartphone For wearables to really take off, they will have to cannibalize the smartphone, just as mobile devices have cannibalized the PC. Read More Richi Jennings: Huge Chromebook sales growth. Will 2019 be the year of the Linux desktop? Shut up and give Google your data. The Chromebook platform goes from strength to strength. Market researchers say they're selling faster than ever, predicting 11 million sales (in... err... 2019). And it's not just consumers buying them. Some enterprises are choosing to move most of their Windows users to Chrome OS -- motivated by the XP end-of-life and cost savings. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the wisdom of Chromebooks and Chromeboxes in the enterprise. Read More
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