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• 18 March 2013

• News: Internal-use SSL certificates pose security risk for upcoming domain extensions

  The practice of issuing SSL certificates for internal domain names with unqualified extensions could endanger the privacy and integrity of HTTPS communications for upcoming generic top-level domains (gTLDs), according to a security advisory from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

• News: Apple CEO Tim Cook's approval rating drops

  Apple CEO Tim Cook's approval rating fell in the last 12 months, dropping Steve Jobs' successor to the 18th spot on an annual ranking of American chief executives.

• News: 1,600 laid off as Ericsson and ST agree to split ST-Ericsson

  Chip maker ST-Ericsson will be wound down as parents STMicroelectronics and Ericsson have decided to take over some parts of the company, including LTE modems and application processors, and close or sell the rest.

• News: Samsung Galaxy S4 accessories available to order

  Samsung has announced its Galaxy S4 smartphone and you can pre-order accessories ahead of its release.

• News: Pope Francis takes to Twitter with prayer request

  Pope Francis made his first foray into the world of Twitter, making his first tweet on Sunday.

• News: Remains of the Day: Sounds like

  A former Apple executive turns over a new leaf, Apple gets sued in stereo (where available), and the sad tale of a Mac from a bygone era. The remainders for Friday, March 15, 2013 go above and beyond the call of duty.

• News: Google Nexus 5 prototype leaks online

  A prototype made by LG of Google's upcoming Nexus 5 smartphone has been leaked online.

• News: Fujitsu tech takes your pulse with your camera phone

  A Fujitsu research lab has developed software that can accurately measure a subject's pulse using the small digital cameras attached to smartphones and tablets.

• News: Sharp delays $60 million from Qualcomm as display research falters

  Sharp will postpone a US$60 million investment from Qualcomm that was to come this month, after the two companies were unable to establish test production of a new type of low-power display for mobile devices.

• News: Facebook quickly fixes privacy leak in new timeline, group says

  Facebook quickly fixed a privacy leak in its new timeline after being alerted to the problem, according to a watchdog that follows the social-networking site closely.

• 17 March 2013

• News: Lenovo redesigns ThinkPad, drops weight by a quarter

  Lenovo is updating the design of its ThinkPad laptops to keep them up-to-date in a market where computers are getting thinner and lighter at a fast rate.

• News: 500K users flee dead-RSS-walking Google Reader for Feedly

  Feedly, a free Web-based RSS service that also offers iOS and Android apps, has added half a million new users since Google announced it would pull the plug on its Reader RSS feed this summer.

• 16 March 2013

• News: Siemens promotes STEM subjects with free school software

  Siemens PLM has launched a new scheme in Cumbria to help revitalise interest in STEM subjects and engineering as a career.

• News: Government launches new cybercrime fighting unit

  The government has launched a new initiative to fight organised online crime, with the creation of the Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership (CCRP).

• News: Interoperable disaster management platform in works for Australia

  A next-generation, national disaster management platform under development will be interoperable and based on open standards.

• News: North Korea's Internet returns after 36-hour outage

  Internet connectivity to North Korea was restored Friday after a day-and-a-half-long outage that the country's official media blamed on international hacking.

• 15 March 2013

• News: Researchers find vulnerability in EA's Origin platform

  Users of Origin, the game distribution platform of Electronic Arts (EA), are vulnerable to remote code execution attacks through origin:// URLs, according to two security researchers.

• News: The Week in iPhone Cases: Avengers, assemble!

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• News: AT&T hacker seeks sentencing leniency

  Andrew Auernheimer, a hacker who was convicted last November of illegally accessing emails and other data belonging to 120,000 iPad 3G owners from AT&T's networks is seeking leniency in his sentencing from the court.

• News: Linksys brand to survive as Cisco completes sale to Belkin

  Belkin completed its acquisition of Linksys on Friday and will keep the longtime home networking company's brand, products and support channels.

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