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- 24 May 2013
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News: Microsoft brushes off claim Xbox Live accounts were compromised
Microsoft brushed off a dubious hacker's claim on Thursday that he stole 47 million account credentials for Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming service.
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News: Box buys iOS app to improve its own
Box has acquired an unreleased application called Folders, designed to give iPhone and iPad users a mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage and file management and sharing service as well as for competitors Google Drive and Dropbox.
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News: Facebook delays Home in Europe, wants a stronger 'First' impression
Users in the U.K. and France will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the HTC First. The first smartphone to come preinstalled with Facebook Home has been delayed in those countries while Facebook updates the software to address some negative user feedback.
- 23 May 2013
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News: Google tests enhanced notifications in Chrome browser
Google has released a beta version of Chrome that introduces what the company describes as "richer" notifications from the browser's apps and extensions.
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News: 9 super useful subreddits network pros should follow
Reddit is not just filled with pictures of cats and silly memes. Seriously. There's a lot of good content on the popular social news aggregator for network professionals whether you're focused on security, Windows, VoIP, IPv6 or a mixed bag.
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News: CITRIX SYNERGY '13: Partners and customers main focus in mobile strategy, says Willis
Citrix's current partners and customers will be the main focus as the company rolls out its mobile strategy, according to Citrix Asia-Pacific vice-president, Rob Willis.
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News: CITRIX SYNERGY '13: Mobile is key to a digital worklife, says CEO
Mobility is dominating the mindshare across IT organisations and is vital to having a digital work life, according to Citrix president and CEO, Mark Templeton.
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News: Skype for Linux 4.2 aims to deliver more polish
It's been almost a year since Microsoft moved its newly acquired Skype for Linux out of beta with the release of version 4.0, surprising more than a few Linux fans with its apparent commitment to maintaining a telephony client for the free and open source operating system.
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News: Facebook slams brakes on HTC First's international plans following poor Home reception
The HTC First, also known as "the Facebook phone" thanks to its Facebook Home integration, is looking more and more like a flop.
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News: Twitter #Music doubles down on song discovery with new chart features
It's not a groundbreaking feature, but nice to have nonetheless: Twitter has added a bunch of genre charts to its #Music discovery service to display the most popular songs and artists trending, in a bid to surface the most popular tracks on the social network.
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News: SoftBank gets state approval for Sprint acquisition
SoftBank has received all the necessary state approvals for the Japanese mobile carrier to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel for US$20 billion, the companies announced.
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News: IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics
Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis.
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News: Windows 8 Update: Microsoft sacks iPad in Windows 8 ad, join forces with NFL
A new ad from Microsoft mocks iPads by comparing them – unfavorably – to tablets running Windows 8, which receive live updates on their Start screens, run office apps, display two apps at a time and support Microsoft Office applications – things iPads don't do.
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News: Facebook is the new religion, Ashton Kutcher says
Internet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher told CTIA Wireless Thursday.
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News: Windows 8 users snub 'Modern' apps, stick to desktop
A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one "Modern" app a day, signaling that they're spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style desktop, according to data released Wednesday.
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News: Box buys iOS app to improve its own
Box has acquired an unreleased application called Folders, designed to give iPhone and iPad users a mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage and file management and sharing service as well as for competitors Google Drive and Dropbox.
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News: Lyft gears up for international expansion on anniversary
Lyft, the ridesharing service known for its fleet of pink mustache-festooned cars, is eyeing international expansion supported by its biggest funding round yet.
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News: Salesforce.com Launches Mobile Apps for Government
Amid a growing appetite among public-sector agencies for mobile applications to improve services, Salesforce.com debuts new government collaboration, app-development tools.
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News: Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days
A freelance Java developer claims it took him only 30 days to build and launch a basic open source office suite that runs on multiple OSes.
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News: IT security vendors seen as clueless on industrial control systems
Even the most innocuous security processes used for traditional IT systems could spell disaster in an ICS
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