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	IRS misses XP deadline, pays Microsoft millions for patches The Internal Revenue Service acknowledged this week that it missed the April 8 cut-off for Windows XP support, and will be paying Microsoft millions for an extra year of security patches. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE Vblock™ Systems and SAP: Transform Your Business You rely on your ERP System to drive your business and give you a strategic advantage. Now you can speed time-to-value throughout your operations while also lowering costs by running your SAP applications on VCE™ Vblock™ Systems. Learn More In this Issue Digital dustups: Can social media protest force corporate change? Heartbleed flaw affects mobile apps, too Google quashes 31 vulnerabilities, restores Metro mode 'steppers' with Chrome 34 Nine charged with distributing Zeus malware Tip of the Hat: Heartbleed exposes an open source failing Wi-Fi problems dog Apple-Samsung trial Rimini Street diversifies with cloud services for Workday, Salesforce.com Intel brings Windows 8.1 to schools with new education hybrid Salesforce.com plans $700 million headquarters expansion Preston Gralla: Windows chief: Microsoft is all in with Nokia's Android phones Jonny Evans: Apple has no Heart (bleed) WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Connecting the Clouds: Best Practices for Integrating ITSM In this Industry Insight, BMC discusses how utilizing a SaaS approach to IT Service Management can position your IT organization to best manage the growing number of cloud-based services along with your enterprise's internal systems. Learn More Digital dustups: Can social media protest force corporate change? A week after Mozilla's CEO was forced to step down for his stance against gay marriage, an ad hoc group is calling for a boycott of cloud storage company Dropbox because it plans to include former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on its board of directors. Read More Heartbleed flaw affects mobile apps, too Android and IOS mobile applications are just as vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug as websites are, security vendor Trend Micro warned. Read More Google quashes 31 vulnerabilities, restores Metro mode 'steppers' with Chrome 34 Google this week updated Chrome to version 34, patching 31 vulnerabilities and paying out nearly $30,000 in bug bounties to outside researchers. Read More Nine charged with distributing Zeus malware The U.S. Department of Justice has brought charges against nine alleged members of a criminal organization that distributed the Zeus Trojan used to steal millions of dollars from bank accounts nationwide. Read More Tip of the Hat: Heartbleed exposes an open source failing Computerworld offers a Tip of the Hat to The Register's Chris Williams for his insights on how a lack of oversight of open source technologies contributed to to the creation -- and the two-year spread -- of the Heartbleed bug. Read More WHITE PAPER: Medhost Leverage a Patient Portal to Craft a Healthcare Community You probably have several goals for your patient portal of choice. Is "community" one of them? With a bevy of vendors offering portal solutions, it can be challenging for a hospital to know where to start. Fortunately, YourCareCommunity helps ease the decision-making process. Learn More Wi-Fi problems dog Apple-Samsung trial There's a new sign on the door to Courtroom 5 at the federal courthouse in San Jose, the home to the Apple v. Samsung battle that's playing out this month: "Please turn off all cell phones." Read More Rimini Street diversifies with cloud services for Workday, Salesforce.com Independent Oracle and SAP support provider Rimini Street will now offer integration services for customers who want to adopt SaaS offerings from the likes of Salesforce.com and Workday. Read More Intel brings Windows 8.1 to schools with new education hybrid Intel this week showed off a laptop-tablet hybrid with Windows 8.1 for the education market, where Chromebooks and tablets are also fighting for position. Read More Salesforce.com plans $700 million headquarters expansion Fast-growing cloud software vendor Salesforce.com is planning to expand its San Francisco headquarters by more than 700,000 square feet, taking a 15.5-year lease on a 61-story office building under construction. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows chief: Microsoft is all in with Nokia's Android phones If you doubted that Microsoft backed Nokia's move into Android phones, doubt no more: Windows chief Terry Myerson says that Microsoft will continue to back them even after the Nokia acquisition goes through. Could this mean that more Microsoft Android devices are on the way? Read More Jonny Evans: Apple has no Heart (bleed) "Apple takes security very seriously. iOS and OS X never incorporated the vulnerable software and key Web-based services were not affected." Read More
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