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• 12 April 2013

• News: Researchers find vulnerabilities in online poker applications

  A review of poker applications shows that many suffer security flaws, putting players at risk of attack, according to a Malta-based security company.

• News: As PC shipments drop, budget machines may offer relief

  The bad news keeps rolling in for Microsoft and PC manufacturers with market research firms Gartner and IDC Wednesday reporting record declines in global PC shipments for the first three months of 2013. Gartner said PC shipments saw an 11.2 percent decline compared to the prior year, while IDC said it was closer to 14 percent.

• News: Despite layoffs, Ambrosia says it's still in business

  Ambrosia Software--the maker of Snapz Pro X, Soundboard, and other popular utilities and games on Apple platforms--on Thursday fended off suggestions it was going out of business, even as employees of the company reported being laid off.

• 11 April 2013

• News: Designer shows off $17.8 million iPhone

  UK-based designer Stuart Hughes, renowned for his extravagant technology designs including an iPad 2 with t-rex bone shaved into it, has created an iPhone 5 worth $17.8 million.

• News: Twitter brings trending topics to 160 new locations

  Twitter, in an effort to make its site more useful to an ever-increasing number of people, is rolling out its Trends topic discovery feature in 160 new locations.

• News: Facebook Apps are significant threat log contributor

  Facebook Apps were the most significant threat log contributor, according to the latest edition of Application Usage and Threat Report by Palo Alto Networks.

• News: Google Death: Inactive account manager helps you plan digital last will and testament

  Google provided a somewhat morbid reminder of the increasing primacy of digital data in our lives with the release today of the euphemistically named Inactive Account Manager feature.

• News: White House signals it won't support CISPA in present form

  In what's quickly turning out to be a replay of events from last year, the White House today signaled that it would not support the recently reintroduced Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in its present form.

• News: It is time to start doing something with all of that data: IBM

  The data is there, but according to IBM business analytics and optimisation leader, Graham Kittle, it is what we do with it that counts.

• News: Mind over matter: Researchers turn thoughts into passwords

  In the not-crazy-distant future, instead of using a password to navigate our digital lives, we may be able to think our way into our various online services and ever-growing array of digital whatnots.

• News: Panasonic pulls the plug on plasma R&D

  Panasonic is discontinuing any further research and development into plasma TV screens, although it will continue to sell TVs based on the technology into next year.

• News: LinkedIn to buy Pulse, maker of mobile news reader app

  LinkedIn, the world's largest professional networking site, continues to beef up its content publishing platform with its agreement to acquire Pulse, which makes a mobile news aggregation, reader and content distribution application.

• News: Use Google Inactive Account Manager to control your online presence after you die

  What happens to your Google account after you die? With a new tool called Inactive Account Manager, you can now decide for yourself.

• News: IBM to invest $1B in flash memory development

  After its buyout of Texas Memory Systems, IBM is now the latest on the vendor bandwagon to push flash into the data centers, saying it will invest a whopping $1 billion into flash research.

• News: NASA, Air Force define cutting-edge next-generation space computer

  It's not every day a customer wants a computer that can do everything from direct a landing on the surface of Mars, to control descent onto a speeding asteroid or coordinate a flight of satellites -- but NASA and the Air Force's space group aren't everyday customers.

• News: Wall Street Beat: Weak PC sales rain on tech stocks' parade

  Just as tech stocks were starting to rise this week, dismal PC sales reports for the first quarter burst the very short-lived bubble, causing shares of IT companies to fall back to earth Thursday.

• News: IBM bets $1 billion on Flash storage

  The hard drive will soon be dead, at least for most uses in the enterprise, IBM is betting. The company is undertaking a major strategic initiative -- and US$1 billion in research -- to make flash the prominent form of storage in most organizations.

• News: A 7-inch Surface tablet will be D.O.A. without a killer app

  Rumors continue to swirl around Microsoft's potential plans for a 7-inch Surface tablet, as smaller, less-expensive slates gobble up an ever-increasing slice of the market.

• News: Microsoft's stock slides after dismal PC shipment reports

  Microsoft's stock took a beating in trading today after a pair of research firms said PC shipments in the first quarter were down as much as 14% from the year before.

• News: Facebook's Zuckerberg forms advocacy group

  The group will focus on immigration reform that includes both border security and a path to citizenship, along with higher school standards and support for teachers.

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