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• Zuckerberg says US government threat to internet

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg says he has called US President Barack Obama to complain that the US government is undermining confidence in the internet with vast, secret surveillance programs.
  
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• ZDNetGovWeek: US cedes TLDs, RoboSnowden, and NSA monitors Chinese tech company

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  It's like something out of a bad Bond clone. The robotic image of Edward Snowden rants at TED, Netflix (which consumes more bandwidth than just about anyone) else wants net neutrality (duh), and the NSA does its job by monitoring questionable Chinese tech supplier Huawei. There's lots more 'round the world, so click on in.
  
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• ZDNetGovWeek: Obama proposes a sort-of end to NSA phone records, AWS gets DoD deal, and Jimmy Carter vs. NSA

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  It's an odd week when government tech news mentions both President Obama and ripped-from-the-seventies President Carter. But that's life in these United States. We also have a wide range of less silly government news from around the world, all worth reading. So dig in.
  
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• ZDNetGovWeek: It's all about the RSPECT, plus breaches, Brazilians, and burqas

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  While President Obama can't get no "RSPECT," the retail world is scrambling in the wake of the Target breach (and yet, my wife shopped there for hours today), even Iran can't stop Facebook, and Brazil wants to build an undersea cable.
  
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• ZDNetGovWeek: CISPA back on the table, Sir Tim wants a new Bill of Rights, and Zuck scolds Barack

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  It's not good. It's not newly bad. It's just not good. In other words, it's another week and yet more mess. CISPA may be coming back for another round, lots of countries are on the whine-path, and Zuckerberg "unlikes" Obama's tactics regarding Internet privacy.
  
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• ZAGG Arsenal case for Apple iPhone 5s: Solid protection without compromising the touch experience

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  I enjoy using ZAGG's keyboards with my iPad and their latest Arsenal rugged case for the iPhone is excellent. It is lightweight, well-designed, and reasonably priced.
  
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• Your next corporate computer might be a Chromebook

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  If you're a System Administrator, an IT decision maker, or a C-level executive, you need to give the humble Chromebook some real consideration as the new corporate workstation standard.
  
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• Yandex to open Israeli R&D centre after KitLocate acquisition

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Israeli startup KitLocate will be the nucleus of the search engine giant's move to the Middle East.
  
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• Yahoo veers off road heading to access control innovation

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Service provider says it's reverting to Yahoo-only access controls, won't accept Facebook, Google credentials any longer
  
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• Yahoo not veering off authentication path, just negotiating detours

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Yahoo building toward standards-based single sign-on environment that will reach across its services, Internet
  
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• Yahoo explores online video with NDN acquisition talks

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Reports suggest that Yahoo may be considering a YouTube-style rival with the potential acquisition of online video service NDN.
  
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• Yahoo buys social infographics firm Vizify for visualisation push

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Yahoo has acquired a small startup to bring across visualisation tools to its own users.
  
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• XP SP3: Download it while you still can

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  It might not be a bad idea to download and save the Windows XP Service Pack 3 installer in case you later have a need to move an XP machine to Windows 8. Here's where to find it (and some more thoughts on XP's end-of-life).
  
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• Xero Touch for Android, First Take: Much-improved native mobile Xero client

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A quicker and slicker new app for the online Xero accounting service adds automatic reconciliation of bank accounts, allowing Android users to stay on top of their finances.
  
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• Xero strikes alliance deal with KPMG UK

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Xero has struck a strategic alliance with KPMG UK, boosting the New Zealand cloud accounting software company’s customer base in the United Kingdom by thousands.
  
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• Xero execs play up integrations, point to vertical solutions

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  As the cloud accounting software provider builds up its North American presence, it is positioning itself as the hub for small-business financial management processes.
  
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• Xen brings its virtualization goodness to more ARM chipsets

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Xen, the open-source virtualization project, believes that ARM has a big role to play in the server and datacenter space, so it's adding support to more ARM chipsets.
  
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• Xbox Chief Product Officer Marc Whitten is going to Sonos

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft Xbox veteran Marc Whitten is leaving the company and joining Sonos.
  
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• Worldwide tablet market to grow 38 percent, PCs continue decline - Gartner

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The adoption of tablets has been largely concentrated in the US, but will start to grow faster in markets outside North America.
  
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• World Wide Web founder supports Brazil's "Internet Constitution"

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Sir Tim Berners-Lee: “If Marco Civil is passed, this would be the best possible birthday gift for Brazilian and global Web users."
  
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• Workers at Samsung supplier in China win pay hike after strike

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  More than a thousand workers at the Dongguan-based Shanmukang Technology managed to not only win a better overtime rate on weekdays and weekends, but also double their monthly pay, after a simultaneous strike staged by workers from different depts.
  
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• WordPress tops for blogging and malware distribution

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Netcraft has identified large numbers of phishing and malware sites built on compromised WordPress blogs. The popular blogging platform is also popular with Internet criminals.
  
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• WordPad: Workaround for Word woes?

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has not said whether WordPad, the free word processor included with Windows, is vulnerable to the zero day flaw announced yesterday in Microsoft Word.
  
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• Women still don't get IT, impeded by social norms

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Despite efforts to ensure female executives aren't marginalized in the ICT industry, few today are appointed to the CXO team or company board. The solution remains elusive, especially since the problem has social and cultural implications, but ICT itself might just be the equalizer eventually.
  
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• Women ignite e-tailing in India

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Women in India--especially those working--are fast becoming the most active shoppers via the internet in India as fashion becomes as important a category as electronics
  
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• Without trust, innovation stalls

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  From EU to US, ever more frequent cries are going out for restoration of trust.
  
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• With a piracy rate of 80 percent, can the tech world convince Africa to buy legitimate software?

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The cost of buying non-pirate software can be prohibitive for many Africans. Can the likes of Microsoft persuade consumers that a legal copy is worth paying all those extra dollars for?
  
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• Windows XP phantom will haunt majority of businesses after deadline

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  New research suggests that the majority of U.K. businesses, despite numerous warnings, simply aren't ready for the Windows XP cut-off point next week.
  
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• Windows 8.1 update leaks to the web, direct from Redmond

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The much-anticipated Windows 8.1 spring update, released to manufacturing days ago and due for public distribution in early April, leaked to the web early. The source isn't a shady Eastern European download site but Microsoft's own Windows Update servers.
  
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• Windows 8.1 Update 1: Meh, it'll have to do I suppose

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Or, more accurately, it'll have to do until Windows 9 makes an appearance next year. Then, who knows? All bets are off.
  
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• Windows 7 anti-malware products compared

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Independent test lab AV-Test Institute compared 34 anti-malware/Internet security products for home and business users on Windows 7 64-bit. Trend Micro came out on top for business; Bitdefender, Kaspersky and Qihoo for consumer.
  
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• Widely distributed future: Ludlam's unfinished business

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The Australian parliament's unlikely cyberpunk fights for his future.
  
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• Why you should buy a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (review)

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  After using the evaluation Kindle Fire HDX that Amazon sent me for a few days, I was so impressed I bought one of my own.
  
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• Why would Microsoft release early MS-DOS and Word code?

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The source code for MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0, as well as Word for Windows 1a, has been made available under strict licensing control. What was Microsoft thinking?
  
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• Why the expanding Google partner ecosystem matters

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  More than 10,000 resellers are allied with the massive cloud services company. Now, as businesses adopt more Google Apps add-ons, it is beefing up support for ISVs and technology platform partners.
  
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• Why the customer relationship now matters to CIOs

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  IBM has released a study showing how the consumerisation of IT has forced CIOs to reposition the IT function in their businesses.
  
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• Why Salesforce integrator Rework is recasting itself as a cloud broker

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  While cloud applications may enter businesses to solve a specific problem, their long-term value lies in how they inform an organization's entire IT infrastructure.
  
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• Why Linux Mint is a worthwhile Windows XP replacement

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  XP's support life is quickly coming to an end. Fortunately for Windows XP users, there's a Linux desktop--Linux Mint--that has the same look and feel but with far better security and speed.
  
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• Why is HCL India's most valued IT Services company?

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  HCL's ability to win large amounts of 'renewal' business and grow new verticals like infrastructure into big revenue drivers has something to do with its success
  
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• Why I can live without Office for iPad

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  I've owned an iPad for almost four years, and during that time have developed a workflow for handling Office documents when I'm on the move. Office for iPad comes several years too late for me.
  
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• Why does Apple suck at keyboards?

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple revolutionized the on-screen keyboard in 2007 but it hasn't changed much since. Except for a few minor tweaks, iOS 7.1 has the same seven-year-old keyboard. Here's what Apple needs to change.
  
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• Who wins the cloud price wars?

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  It seems to be a good time to be buying cloud services, but what does the future hold? And is this the death knell for the Oracle cloud?
  
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• Where our digital efforts are all heading: end-to-end transparency

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A couple of years back, Apple saw a sales boost of 200% over two quarters. Would a spike like that be a dream or nightmare for your enterprise?
  
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• What's really behind Microsoft's investigation into software leaks?

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is under fire for allegedly violating the privacy of a "French blogger" in the investigation of a 2012 leak of some of its most valuable trade secrets. Here's the side of the story critics are missing.
  
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• What the death of Calxeda means for the future of microservers

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Calxeda was once the harbinger of ARM architecture chips in the data center. Now that the promising startup has gone out of business, what does it mean for microservers?
  
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• What small businesses really want from the cloud

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Smaller firms are already using cloud services - now it's time for the businesses that have supported their IT in the past to catch up.
  
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• What on earth are they feeding the Bansals?

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  How can five unrelated Bansals control 85 percent of the e-commerce market in India? Read on to find out.
  
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• What if Google cancels Google Voice?

  01-01-1970 01:00 via zdnet.com
  
  As our ongoing series, The Ultimate Google Voice Guide, continues, rumors fly about the end of Google Voice. If Google Voice ends, we'll help you find substitute solutions.
  
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