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Firefox falters, falls to record low in overall browser share
Firefox's user share on all platforms -- desktop and mobile -- has plunged in the last two months as its desktop browser continued to bleed and efforts to capture users on smartphones fell short. Read More


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WHITE PAPER: SAS

Using Casual Analysis to Optimize Marketing Strategy
This case study shows how one beverage manufacturer employed a seven-step process to improve its demand forecasts and improve its marketing strategy. Read this whitepaper to learn more. Read Now

OnePlus One deep-dive review: Unbeatable value for Android geeks
With a starting price of just $299, the unlocked, Cyanogen-powered OnePlus One Android phone beats the bigger brands at their own game. Read More

Microsoft slates critical IE, Windows patches for Tuesday
Microsoft pans to ship six security updates to customers next week, patching all versions of Internet Explorer and nearly all supported editions of Windows. Read More

IBM project aims to forecast and control Beijing's air pollution
China's nagging pollution problems could start to abate with the help of an IBM project that seeks to predict and control the air quality in Beijing, using new computing technologies. Read More

Secret code indicates NSA tracks privacy tool users
A NSA spying tool is configured to snoop on an array of privacy programs used by journalists and dissidents, according to an analysis of never-before-seen code leaked by an unknown source. Read More

Google shows Apple how to buy a music service
Google's purchase of music streaming service Songza will be a boost for the Google brand as well its search, Play, Glass and other services. Maybe Apple could learn a thing or two from the deal. Read More

Mobile phones, other devices under higher scrutiny at airports
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has said it may ask air travelers headed to the U.S. on direct flights to power up some electronic devices, including cell phones, as part of enhanced security measures at certain airports abroad. Read More

EPIC says Facebook 'messed with people's minds,' seeks FTC sanctions
Facebook "purposefully messed with people's minds" in a "secretive and non-consensual" study on nearly 700,000 users whose emotions were intentionally manipulated when the company altered their news feeds for research purposes, a digital privacy rights group charges in a complaint filed with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

Big Data Security Analytics and Advanced Persistent Threats
This technical white paper demonstrates how to use Big Data security analytics techniques to detect advanced persistent threat (APT) cyber attacks, and it shows how HP ArcSight -- a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution from HP -- applies these techniques to spot and stop attacks. Learn More

Terabyte boost of OneDrive for Business starts
Microsoft has begun rolling out the one terabyte of storage it promised to users of OneDrive for Business two months ago. Read More

Encrypted instant messaging project seeks to obscure metadata
Security researchers have a working prototype of an instant messaging application that aims to thoroughly obscure and scrub evidence that two parties have been chatting. Read More

Samsung invokes Alice case to challenge two Apple patents
Samsung Electronics has asked a court in California to hold invalid claims of two Apple patents in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that tightened standards for patentability. Read More

Ruby on Rails patches tackle SQL injection vulnerabilities
Two SQL injection vulnerabilities were patched in Ruby on Rails, a popular open-source Web development framework used by some high-profile websites. Read More

Many employees won't mingle with enterprise social software
In a great IT industry irony, enterprise social networking software, designed to boost interaction and collaboration, is often ignored by users and ends up forgotten like the proverbial ghost town with rolling tumbleweeds. Read More

Mobile health device market to grow 8X to $42B
A new report shows venture capital funding and clinical mobile health applications will push the mobile device market to extraordinary highs by 2023. Read More

Jonny Evans: Apple hires Swiss luxury precision for iWatch team
Apple wants to add the "Swiss made" label when it ships the first in its future family of wearable devices, iWatch, this year. That's unlikely to happen, but it suggests the company is aiming pretty high as it recruits yet more talent to its wearable tech dream team. Read More

Richi Jennings: In newest security scare, TSA makes U.S. bound travelers turn on devices before boarding
TSA: A pre-flight show before the in-flight movie. Take shoes off and put in tray -- check. Frisking and/or random harassment -- check. Adding to an ever-growing list of obstacles, clumsy indignities, and degradation, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has decided to help weary travelers by tacking on another needless security check. This time it's only for certain U.S. bound flights: Electronic devices must be charged and working before boarding (or the traveler gets the hose again). In IT Blogwatch, bloggers purchase hand-powered chargers. Read More


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DIGITAL SPOTLIGHT: CONSUMERIZATION

Learn how four long-time BYOD implementers have changed their focus to keep up with morphing requirements, especially with regards to locking down corporate data.

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