Apple sends users scrambling for OS X Yosemite

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	Apple sends users scrambling for OS X Yosemite Apple today released the public beta of OS X Yosemite, giving non-developers their first chance to preview an upcoming Mac OS in 14 years. Read More WHITE PAPER: Medhost Patient Portals: Connecting Communities of Care Connecting patient health data across the care continuum is essential to achieve improved care, increased access to personal health records and lowered costs. A successful approach rests in having the hospital serve as the connectivity hub for bringing patients, care givers and healthcare professionals together in a secure, online environment. Learn More In this Issue JR Raphael: Hands on: Amazon's Fire Phone makes a strange first impression The other Apple economy: $2B in devices on eBay State Dept. database crash leads to passport, visa delays Social Security Administration spent $300M on IT project 'boondoggle,' lawmakers say Thousands of sites compromised by WordPress plug-in flaw Apple is losing its grip as the top tablet company HP invests in Hortonworks' Hadoop Lenovo shows smart glasses prototype as it seeks hardware partners Salesforce.com launches Sales Reach for real-time selling and marketing EBay faces class-action suit over data breach EU hears Google, Microsoft, Yahoo on 'right to be forgotten' LG notches record smartphone shipments on G3 strength Hackers steal user data from the European Central Bank website, demand money Darlene Storm: Zero-day broker exploits vulnerability in I2P to de-anonymize Tails users Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft's Surface line ever make a profit? Jonny Evans: Security expert rejects Apple, NSA, iOS backdoor claims WHITE PAPER: Radware Cloud Security Solutions As more and more service providers rush to become cloud service providers, there is a growing need for them to create service differentiation in order to attract new customers. Learn More JR Raphael: Hands on: Amazon's Fire Phone makes a strange first impression Amazon's Fire Phone is like no other phone you've used before -- but after 24 hours with the device, it's hard to say whether that's actually a good thing. Read More The other Apple economy: $2B in devices on eBay In the U.S. alone, nearly $2 billion worth of Apple devices -- Macs, iPhones, iPads and iPods -- were sold over the last 12 months, eBay said. Read More State Dept. database crash leads to passport, visa delays A State Department database used to issue passports and visas worldwide that crashed is now operating in a limited capacity. Read More Social Security Administration spent $300M on IT project 'boondoggle,' lawmakers say The Social Security Administration has spent nearly US$300 million on a software system for processing disability claims that still isn't finished and has delivered limited useful functionality, according to an independent report on the project. Read More Thousands of sites compromised by WordPress plug-in flaw A critical vulnerability found recently in a popular newsletter plug-in for WordPress is actively being targeted by hackers and was used to compromise an estimated 50,000 sites so far. Read More Apple is losing its grip as the top tablet company Apple's grip on the tablet is loosening, with the iPad losing ground during the second quarter this year to Android and Windows tablets. Read More HP invests in Hortonworks' Hadoop Hewlett-Packard is betting $50 million that its customers will find value in the Hadoop data processing platform by investing in Hadoop distributor Hortonworks. Read More Lenovo shows smart glasses prototype as it seeks hardware partners Lenovo showed off a smart glasses prototype on Thursday, part of a push to attract developers and other hardware manufacturers to a new partner program. Read More WHITE PAPER: HGST ESG Lab Report: Virident FlashMAX Connect This ESG Lab Validation report documents remote hands-on testing of the Virident | HGST FlashMAX ConnectSoftware Suite, with a focus on the performance advantage the solution provides and the ability to deploy the suite in a distributed storage/application environment. View Now>> Salesforce.com launches Sales Reach for real-time selling and marketing Salesforce.com is combining its Pardot marketing software, sales automation application and social communities platform into a new product called Sales Reach, which it says can help salespeople nurture leads and make deals in real time. Read More EBay faces class-action suit over data breach EBay faces a class action suit in a U.S. federal court over a security breach earlier this year. Read More EU hears Google, Microsoft, Yahoo on 'right to be forgotten' Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are meeting with European data protection authorities Thursday to discuss how to implement a recent ruling that gives people the right to have personal information excluded from search results. Read More LG notches record smartphone shipments on G3 strength The G3 has boosted LG's smartphone shipments to record levels and helped reverse three quarters of losses at its phone division, the electronics giant said Thursday. Read More Hackers steal user data from the European Central Bank website, demand money Hackers have stolen user contact information, including email addresses and phone numbers, from the website of the European Central Bank and attempted to extort money from the institution. Read More Darlene Storm: Zero-day broker exploits vulnerability in I2P to de-anonymize Tails users Vulnerability broker Exodus Intelligence found a critical hole in the I2P component used in the privacy-orientated operating system Tails, warning that users should not count on any one security solution to keep their IP anonymous despite Edward Snowden touting Tails for privacy. Read More Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft's Surface line ever make a profit? Microsoft's quarterly earnings report this week had a bit of deja vu: The company's bottom line once again took a hit because of woes with the Surface line. This time around, it was cancelling the Surface Mini. Will the Surface line ever make a profit? Read More Jonny Evans: Security expert rejects Apple, NSA, iOS backdoor claims A hacker this week claimed hidden iOS backdoors are used by government, law enforcement and other out of control groups to collect personal data without permission, but the allegations are incorrect, a leading security developer told AppleHolic. Read More
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