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	The UPC barcode arrived 40 years ago; now, they're ubiquitous The first barcode was used in 1974 to scan in a pack of gum. Now they're used for everything from flight check-ins to patient records and warehouse inventory. They've even been used to track bees. Yes, bees. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ConnectIT Free Pass: Attend ConnectIT Atlanta - July 16 Computerworld invites you to ConnectIT, a NEW peer networking forum with sessions surrounding Mobile, Collaboration and Document Management. The event takes place on Wednesday, July 16 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. : Register today for free at: http://www.cwconnectit.com/atlanta In this Issue A closer look at the new technologies in Amazon's Fire smartphone Amazon's Firefly will flicker on iOS, Android Slideshow: Amazon's new Fire Phone As iPhone thefts drop, Google and Microsoft plan kill switches on smartphones Opinion: Why you shouldn't buy the Amazon Fire phone Google's Nest pays $555M to acquire home camera maker Dropcam Surface Pro 3 'notebook' reaches retail Senate bill aims to expand Wi-Fi spectrum JR Raphael: Hands on: Dell's Chromebook 11 deserves your attention Jonny Evans: 7 iOS 7 tricks you probably should know Whoops! Microsoft goof confirms Surface Mini Android 4.4.4 fixes OpenSSL connection hijacking flaw Android phones do not infringe on Gemalto's patents, appeal court rules FCC proposes $1B per year for Wi-Fi in schools WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc. Advanced Persistent Threats: Detection and Protection In this paper we'll explain how a multi-faceted approach to protect against APTs including layers of defense can reduce the risk of attacks. Learn More A closer look at the new technologies in Amazon's Fire smartphone By leveraging the Fire smartphone's Firefly and Dynamic Perspective technologies, Amazon could help online buying evolve in a variety of new directions, an IDC analyst predicted. Read More Amazon's Firefly will flicker on iOS, Android Amazon has good reasons to turn Firefly loose on iOS and Android even though the technology is one of the selling points for its own Fire phone. Read More Slideshow: Amazon's new Fire Phone The long wait is over.Amazon's phone is official. Read More As iPhone thefts drop, Google and Microsoft plan kill switches on smartphones Responding to more than a year of pressure, Google and Microsoft will follow Apple in adding an anti-theft "kill switch" to their smartphone operating systems. Read More Opinion: Why you shouldn't buy the Amazon Fire phone Amazon and its Fire phone are capable of the most comprehensive and aggressive personal data harvesting ever offered in any product. The company needs to be far more transparent about what the phone actually does, and how Amazon protects all this data. Read More Google's Nest pays $555M to acquire home camera maker Dropcam Nest, the Internet-connected thermostat and smoke detector maker owned by Google, is acquiring home security system developer Dropcam as part of a push to connect a wider range of devices in people's homes. Read More Surface Pro 3 'notebook' reaches retail Microsoft kicked off retail sales of the Surface Pro 3, the 2-in-1 device touted by the company as a notebook replacement. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation TOP REASONS: WHY REFRESH YOUR DATA DOMAIN TO NEW GENERATION The best gets even better. The new generation of DD systems are faster, more scalable, and offer lower costs per GB. Find out the top reasons why to upgrade from the current generation: Ridiculous Speed, Incredible Scale, More Consolidation, Turbocharged TCO, plus all of the reasons DD is already number 1. Learn More Senate bill aims to expand Wi-Fi spectrum Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation aimed at expanding the amount of Wi-Fi spectrum available in a band now designated for intelligent vehicle communications, satellite service and amateur radio. Read More JR Raphael: Hands on: Dell's Chromebook 11 deserves your attention Dell's Chromebook 11 flew in under the radar, but it's officially earned my recommendation as the best all-around Chromebook you can buy without breaking the bank. Read More Jonny Evans: 7 iOS 7 tricks you probably should know While we wait for Foxconn's new army of 100,000 workers to manufacture the new iPhones, iPads and wearable devices we expect to see from Apple this summer, I've assembled a short list of iOS 7 tricks most people probably should know. Read More Whoops! Microsoft goof confirms Surface Mini Microsoft inadvertently confirmed in a user guide that it had a smaller Surface tablet ready to release when it unveiled the larger Surface Pro 3 last month. Read More Android 4.4.4 fixes OpenSSL connection hijacking flaw Less than three weeks after pushing Android 4.4.3 to users of its Nexus devices, Google released a new version of the OS that incorporates a patch for a serious vulnerability identified in the OpenSSL cryptographic library. Read More Android phones do not infringe on Gemalto's patents, appeal court rules Android devices running Java applications do not infringe on patents belonging to SIM card maker Gemalto, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled. Read More FCC proposes $1B per year for Wi-Fi in schools U.S. schools could get a cool billion to set up Wi-Fi networks to connect more than 10 million more students by the 2015-2016 school year under a new FCC proposal. Read More
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