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• 19 April 2011

• News: Apple sues Samsung over similarities in mobile products

  The smartphone patent wars have heated up with Apple's patent infringement suit against Samsung, which claims Samsung's Galaxy line of phones and tablets borrows too much from the Apple iPhone and other products.

• News: Sony Ericsson's revenue and profit drop in first quarter

  Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications sales and profit dropped in the first quarter of 2011, the company reported Tuesday

• News: North Korea's sole 3G operator sees users and revenue surge

  North Korea's only 3G cellular operator continues to report strong demand for its service and saw record revenue and growth in subscriber numbers in 2010, its majority shareholder said Monday.

• News: Toshiba revises financial outlook on quake, tsunami impact

  Toshiba won't be able to meet its full-year revenue and profit forecasts due to the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the company said Tuesday.

• News: Verizons 12-step program for thwarting data breaches

  Verizon's just-released "2011 Data Breach Investigations Report" says businesses could prevent most data breaches if they stick to security principles that are cheap and easy to implement.

• News: Verizon study: data breaches quintupled in 2010

  Criminals carried out more but smaller data thefts last year than in previous years, indicating a shift toward simpler exploits that run lower risk of punishment, according to Verizon's latest data breach report.

• News: Verizon: Advanced persistant threat is overblown

  When Google admitted last year that it had been targeted by sophisticated hackers, possibly from China, it introduced a new term into the high technology lexicon -- the advanced persistent threat. These attacks are sophisticated, targeted, and almost impossible to stop. But according to Verizon, they're also a lot less common than most people think.

• 18 April 2011

• News: In reversal, Yahoo will store user search data longer

  In a move that is unlikely to win it any new friends in the privacy community, Yahoo has announced that it will retain consumer search data for a substantially longer period of time than it does today.

• News: Justices question Microsoft's vision of patent law

  The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a Microsoft patent case.

• News: EU data retention law blasted on privacy issues

  The European Union’s data retention law has come under scrutiny with a new report revealing that it poses significant risks to individuals’ right to privacy.

• News: Apple store opening in York greeted by crowds

  The opening of a new Stormfront store in York this weekend was greeted by crowds of enthusiastic Apple fans.

• News: iPad fingered as job killer by Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs might be making a killing off the iPad, but the tablet computer itself is killing U.S. jobs, according to Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D- Illinois), speaking in Congress about the 2012 budget late last week.

• News: UAE to curb BlackBerry Enterprise Server use

  News sources in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are reporting that individuals and small companies will soon no longer be allowed to use BlackBerry’s super-encrypted Enterprise Server (BES).

• News: Google rebuts anti-competition claim in South Korea

  Google brushed aside an anti-competition claim in South Korea on Monday, saying mobile carriers and phone manufacturers (OEMs) can decide what to install on the Android phones they sell or make.

• News: WikiLeaks cables describe H-1B fraud attempts

  U.S. State Department cables still being released by WikiLeaks show how people in various countries are attempting to fraudulently obtain H-1B visas.

• News: Wind power company sees no evidence of reported hack

  One day after a hacker posted screen shots and data to a hacking mailing list, saying he had broken into a New Mexico wind turbine facility, the company that runs the turbines says it has seen no evidence of a computer intrusion.

• 17 April 2011

• News: Anonymous hacker claims he broke into wind turbine systems

  Claiming revenge for an "illegitimate firing," someone has posted screenshots and other data, apparently showing that he was able to break a 200 megawat wind turbine system owned by NextEra Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Florida Power & Light.

• 16 April 2011

• News: Payroll software crucial to pension reforms

  The Pensions Regulator has released a guide that will help payroll software developers ensure their products address workplace pension reforms.

• News: WA IT Awards recognises carbon reducing technology

  Innovation in carbon reduction technology has been recognised at the Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications Awards (WAITTAs) this week, with Greensense taking home the award for best product.

• News: Supreme Court to hear Microsoft, i4i case Monday

  Patent attorneys and inventors of all types are closely watching a Microsoft case that the U.S. Supreme Court will start to consider on Monday.

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