Tuesday, July 2, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 7/3/2013





Winklevoss twins will secure bitcoins like gold -- in vaults
A U.S. regulatory filing for a Bitcoin investment trust by the Winklevoss twins said they will protect the virtual currency like gold bars -- in vaults.

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Snowden seeks asylum from several countries including China, Russia
Applications for asylum or asylum assistance were submitted on behalf of former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden to a number of countries including China, Russia, and India, whistle-blower site WikiLeaks said Tuesday.

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Pincus pursued Xbox chief for several months for Zynga CEO job, source says
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus pursued Microsoft's Xbox chief for several months and had no other candidates in mind for the top job at the social games company, a source at Zynga said Monday.

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Critical vulnerabilities found in single sign-on enterprise tool Atlassian Crowd
A critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to access sensitive enterprise log-in credentials and other data was fixed last week in Crowd, a single sign-on (SSO) and identity management tool used by large organizations to simplify access to their internal Web applications and services.

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Hands-on: Telefonica's $90 Firefox phone
After several months of anticipation, the first phones based on the Firefox operating system are here. TelefA3nica will begin selling the ZTE Open on Tuesday in Spain as the first step of a global rollout that should see Firefox OS devices available in all the carrier's markets by the end of next year.

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Supercomputing needs to deliver 'real-life value,' senator says
At the Argonne National Lab on Monday, a dedication ceremony was held for the Mira supercomputer, where it was duly noted that it is the world's fifth-fastest system. You cannot mention the world's fifth-fastest system without noting the world's number one system, which is in China.

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Game over for Mark Pincus as Zynga CEO; Xbox chief to take over
Mark Pincus is stepping down as CEO of Zynga and will be replaced by the head of Microsoft's Xbox business, Don Mattrick, Zynga announced on Monday.

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Firefox tablet coming 'ASAP,' says Mozilla CTO
Mozilla says a tablet PC based on its new Firefox operating system is coming soon, although it won't say just how soon that could be.

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We Heart It quietly amasses a following, sneaks up on Pinterest
If Pinterest is looking over its shoulder, it's probably keeping an eye on We Heart It, an image-based social networking site that has quietly amassed a user base of 20 million.

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Microsoft shutters TechNet subscriptions
Citing a change in the way IT professionals consume information, Microsoft has closed down its long-running TechNet subscription service.

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