Friday, August 10, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 10/08/2012





Google to pay $22.5 million fine over privacy practices
]Google will pay a historic fine to settle U.S. government charges that it violated privacy laws when it tracked via cookies users of Apple's Safari browser.

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Nation-backed surveillance malware monitors Middle East bank accounts
A sophisticated cyber surveillance tool that monitors financial transactions with Middle Eastern banks was probably built by or under the auspices of a government, security researchers said today.

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Security Manager's Journal: Security training on the cheap
With no budget, our manager has to devise a security awareness and training program on his own.

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Four high-level Facebook officials resign in the past week
Facebook has confirmed that four high-ranking managers are moving on from the company, news that will fuel speculation that the social networking giant may suffer a talent drain in the wake of its IPO.

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Flick Champions World Edition for iPhone and iPad
Unless you are reading this from the Olympic Village in London, I'm going to guess that the odds of you one day enjoying Olympic glory are several hundredths of a decimal point removed from "minimal." Not to worry: Flick Champions World Edition gives you a chance to enjoy some time on the medal stand, and the only muscles you'll need to exert reside within your index finger.

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Internet attacks from China and US increased in first quarter of 2012, report says
China and the U.S. were the two largest sources of Internet-attack traffic in the first quarter of 2012, increasing to account for 16 percent and 11 percent respectively, according to Akamai Technologies.

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SloPro - 60fps Slow Motion Video
With its rugged-looking interface and sample videos depicting slowed-down mountain biking and ski jump shots, SloPro seems to cater to a particular set of X Games surf/snowboard/skater enthusiasts. But even if you don't generally shoot fast action sports videos, SloPro is fun to use. With a few taps, you can speed up or slow down video of any subject--from a passing cityscape to a child blowing out her birthday candles--without relying on desktop video-editing software like iMovie or Final Cut Pro. There are some limitations to what you can accomplish with SloPro, and editing can be annoying, but the app produces cool results.

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10 practices of highly ineffective software developers
Some are bad habits to overcome; some are poor decisions forced by managers who don't know what they're doing. Read 'em ... and weep

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Digia buys Qt framework from Nokia; plans Android, iOS and Windows 8 ports
Digia has acquired the Qt framework from Nokia, giving it full control over the application framework, and now plans to expand support to more platforms, it said on Thursday.

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