Monday, June 24, 2013

NSA leaker Snowden leaves Hong Kong for Russia

Southwest Airlines flying again after major computer glitch grounds flights

Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center

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June 24, 2013
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NSA leaker Snowden leaves Hong Kong for Russia

Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the country's surveillance programs, left Hong Kong Sunday to a third country.

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1. Southwest Airlines flying again after major computer glitch grounds flights

2. Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center

3. AG wants to autocomplete the war on drugs

4. INSIDER Ultimate guide to Windows 8 ultrabooks

5. Wi-Fi tweaks for speed freaks: 2013 edition

6. Apple ties CEO's stock rewards to Wall Street

7. Project Chess helped NSA snoop on your Skype communications

8. Best security tools for under $3,000

9. WordPress plugins leave you vulnerable to attack, and new devices 'protect you' from cellphone radiation

10. Bitcoin Foundation warned by California financial regulator

11. Reports: FTC probes Google's Waze acquisition

12. Video of late Citrix founder Ed Iacobucci on his job interview with Bill Gates

13. Twitter's 10 most antisocial celebrities

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Southwest Airlines flying again after major computer glitch grounds flights

Southwest Airlines says its computer systems are back in working order after a major glitch Friday night forced the company to ground more than 60 flights between Friday night and Saturday morning. READ MORE

Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center

Microsoft is investing US$678 million in the expansion of its data center in West Des Moines, Iowa. READ MORE

AG wants to autocomplete the war on drugs

The National Association of Attorneys General met in Boston yesterday and one panel discussion focused on the 1996 Communications Decency Act's "safe harbor" provision, which essentially enables the Internet to function as an open forum by protecting publishers and service providers from liability for third-party content. READ MORE

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Ultimate guide to Windows 8 ultrabooks

While finding a touchscreen for a desktop computer is nearly impossible, and finding a touchscreen notebook computer takes some searching, touchscreen ultrabooks are readily available. These thin, light and relatively compact computers are intended to be portable and to be used at a moment's notice. Adding touch seems a natural thing to do. READ MORE

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The size, speed and scalability of different business analytics technologies vary greatly. The advantages and disadvantages of RDBMS, In-Memory and In-Chip technologies are detailed in this report. Read Now!

Wi-Fi tweaks for speed freaks: 2013 edition

Things slowing down on your Wi-Fi network? Here are a host of tricks, tips and tweaks to speed up your wireless performance. READ MORE

Apple ties CEO's stock rewards to Wall Street

Apple's board of directors has tied a massive stock grant given to CEO Tim Cook in 2011 to the company's performance, a move that could cost Cook $135 million over the next nine years at the current share price. READ MORE

Project Chess helped NSA snoop on your Skype communications

Before Microsoft owned Skype, way back in 2008 when Skype was an eBay subsidiary, it began Project Chess, a "secret program" for spying on users communications. Anonymous sources told the New York Times that Project Chess was setup "to explore the legal and technical issues in making Skype calls readily available to intelligence agencies and law enforcement officials." READ MORE

Best security tools for under $3,000

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In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now!

WordPress plugins leave you vulnerable to attack, and new devices 'protect you' from cellphone radiation

First up this week, a white paper or report or ... I have no idea what these things should be called any more ... maybe a "glorified press release"? Whatever. Let's call it "a study" from Checkmarx, a company that specializes in automated security code review, titled "The Security State of WordPress' top 50 Plugins." READ MORE

Bitcoin Foundation warned by California financial regulator

A foundation created last year to shepherd Bitcoin's software development has received a stern warning from a California financial regulator. READ MORE

Reports: FTC probes Google's Waze acquisition

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked Google for information related to its Waze acquisition, as the agency reviews the deal, according to reports published on Saturday. READ MORE

Video of late Citrix founder Ed Iacobucci on his job interview with Bill Gates

The passing of Citrix founder and more recently, VirtualWorks CEO, Ed Iacobucci is sparking an outpouring of sadness and memories as this bad news spreads. We've summed up the basic facts in this piece, but here are a few more items worth checking out: READ MORE

Twitter's 10 most antisocial celebrities

Followed by millions, they follow no one (or only one) in return READ MORE

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