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	Free app sniffs out aggressive ad networks on Android Lookout Security today launched a free program that scans Android devices for evidence of apps that use any of 35 different ad networks, and tells users what kinds of ads will be displayed and what user information is collected. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: RIM Introducing BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Now all personal and corporate-owned BlackBerry® smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ devices can seamlessly access business data and applications on a single, secure management platform. Soon, Apple® iOS and Google® Android™ devices will be able to do the same. Learn how this new approach will end mobile chaos at blackberry.com/mobilefusion. In this Issue Obama online privacy plan faces challenge 'Generation C' likes social networking, tech gadgets Google commits Chrome to support 'Do Not Track' Dell's first ultrabook, XPS 13, to ship next week From CIO.com: How to Save the IT Industry in 4 (Not So Easy) Steps T-Mobile USA plans LTE next year, keeps low-price focus Box offers 50 GB free storage with updated Android cloud service FTC reaches $359M settlement over 'free' trial offers First look: OnLive Desktop Plus Kenneth Van Wyk: With Gatekeeper, is Apple Big Brother or a practitioner of safer computing? LG launches Optimus 4X HD with quad-core processor JR Raphael: Asus: Transformer gets ICS in the U.S. tomorrow Christopher O'Malley: Software licensing drags innovation Preston Gralla: Three reasons Microsoft fears Google more than Apple Barbara Krasnoff: Hands on: Google Docs for Android makes mobile word processing practical RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. Watch now! Obama online privacy plan faces challenge Privacy advocates Thursday said they welcomed a White House privacy plan that would let consumers control how their personal data is collected, used, stored and shared by websites and online advertisers. Read More 'Generation C' likes social networking, tech gadgets Step aside Gen X. It looks like Gen C is outpacing you and other older users when it comes to online connections. And Gen C likes gadgets, too. Read More Google commits Chrome to support 'Do Not Track' Google will add support for the "Do Not Track" effort to its Chrome browser by the end of this year. Read More Dell's first ultrabook, XPS 13, to ship next week Dell will start shipping its first ultrabook, the XPS 13, in the U.S. and Canada starting next week, the company said on Thursday. Read More From CIO.com: How to Save the IT Industry in 4 (Not So Easy) Steps Offshore outsourcing is again a hot topic this election year, but the solutions U.S. politicians are proposing will do little to prop up the American IT services industry. If government leaders really want to save U.S. IT jobs, here's what they should do. Read More T-Mobile USA plans LTE next year, keeps low-price focus T-Mobile USA will roll out LTE next year, partly by using spectrum it is receiving in the wake of its failed merger with AT&T, the company said Thursday. Read More Box offers 50 GB free storage with updated Android cloud service Box Thursday said it has updated its cloud storage service Box for Android, adding a new interface to support Android 4.0 devices and new collaboration features Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Best Practices for Implementing 2048-bit SSL Ready for 2048-bit SSL? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x faster 2048-bit SSL performance. Download the Citrix and Verisign 2048-bit Performance Kit. Learn More FTC reaches $359M settlement over 'free' trial offers The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a suspended US$359 million settlement with a Canadian businessman and his companies for charging customers for supposedly free trial offers. Read More First look: OnLive Desktop Plus OnLive, the streaming game service, made a move for mainstream appeal last month by announcing OnLive Desktop, a free iPad app and Web service that gives you limited access to a Windows 7 desktop, including a basic version of Microsoft Office, from the tablet. But that initial version of OnLive Desktop had its share of problems. Read More Kenneth Van Wyk: With Gatekeeper, is Apple Big Brother or a practitioner of safer computing? Warning: Many readers will not agree with this column, but that's because they are far more technically inclined than the average user. Read More LG launches Optimus 4X HD with quad-core processor LG Electronics has launched the Optimus 4X HD smartphone, which is powered by a quad-core processor from Nvidia and runs Android 4.0, the company said on Thursday. Read More JR Raphael: Asus: Transformer gets ICS in the U.S. tomorrow The Android Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade is officially rolling out to Asus's Transformer TF101 tablet -- and users in the U.S. should see the software very soon. Read More Christopher O'Malley: Software licensing drags innovation Often, we think that the primary obstacles to innovation are technological. Can we run the right analytics on this data? Will we be able to maintain service performance given the potential scale of our peak workload? What do we have to do to make this system more secure? But nothing happens without money. And, when it comes to software, monetary requirements are largely dictated by vendor licensing. Unfortunately, software vendors are struggling to keep up with the reality of the New IT, especially when it comes to virtualization and the cloud. Read More Preston Gralla: Three reasons Microsoft fears Google more than Apple Microsoft has recently launched an all-out advertising assault against Google, attacking everything from the company's privacy policies to what Microsoft considers the inadequacy of Google Apps. Meanwhile, it's been mum about Apple, and unconfirmed rumors say it might even be developing an Office app for the iPad. Here are three reasons Microsoft fears Google more than it does Apple Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Hands on: Google Docs for Android makes mobile word processing practical The latest version of Google Docs, which became available yesterday, means that it is finally a truly usable mobile word processor for Android devices. Read More
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