Issue highlights 1. 17 epic Microsoft Windows Auto Update meltdowns 2. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 28 3. Microsoft: Ballmer may be going but our direction remains the same 4. Thinking of building a mobile app? 5. School starts mass social media surveillance of students for their 'safety' 6. Apple remains the top target for patent trolls 7. Delta IV Heavy blasts off with NROL-65 reconnaissance satellite 8. INSIDER How to roll your own VPN 9. Products of the week 8.26.13 |
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| These legendary clunkers made Patch Tuesday a living hell for Windows users the world over READ MORE |
| Still more photographs purporting to show exteriors of the Apple iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 were posted this week. But they only underlined how little the iOSphere actually knows about the Next iPads. READ MORE |
| Microsoft promises to keep hammering away at same business principles that were forged during the tenure of CEO Steve Ballmer, who has announced he's leaving the company within a year. According to The Official Microsoft Blog the company will adhere to the core beliefs that it and Ballmer first articulated last fall: READ MORE |
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| If you're thinking of building a mobile app you don't have to go "native". Going with native tools can produce robust, complex apps but the downside is that porting from iOS to Android to Windows to Linux to ... quickly becomes a nightmare. READ MORE |
| A California school district, citing it's for the children's "safety" excuses, hired a company to monitor students' social media posts even when the kids are not on campus. Glendale Unified School District includes "31 schools and over 2,620 employees, serving 27,000 students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade." The district is paying $40,500 for Geo Listening to analyze the social media posts... READ MORE |
| With nearly US$150 billion in the bank, Apple finds itself in the envious position of having more cash on hand than it knows what to do with. Recently, Apple leveraged its cash position to borrow money at extremely low interest rates as a means to fund dividend payments and stock buybacks. On top of that, Apple in recent months appears to be acquiring companies at a faster clip than in years past. Unfortunately,... READ MORE |
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| Delta IV Heavy blasts off with NROL-65 reconnaissance satellite A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 11:03am PDT on August 28, 2013, carrying a classified payload believed to be a U.S. spy satellite. From: networkworld Views: 4 0 ratings Time: 01:53 More in Science & Technology READ MORE |
| With free open source OpenVPN and a low-cost VPS, you can have a secure connection from any location READ MORE |
| Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Dell and CheckPoint READ MORE |
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