Tuesday, September 17, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 9/18/2013





Take note: Box looks beyond cloud storage with note-taking app
Box, the Silicon Valley darling that has disrupted enterprise cloud storage and file sharing, will broaden its scope into the content-creation space with a new online note-taking application.

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Sprint's $100 discount for new customers drops iPhone 5c price to $0
Sprint recently renewed a $100 discount on any new phone to any new customer who switches a phone number from another carrier to Sprint. That deal includes the $99 iPhone 5c.

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Update: Nasdaq waited two weeks to fix flaws
A Swiss security firm says that potentially critical vulnerabilities it doscovered on Nasdaq's website weren't fixed until more than two weeks after it alerted the stock exchange to the problems.

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Google buys Bump, focuses on mobile file sharing
Google is buying the mobile startup Bump Technologies, makers of the popular app that enables users to transfer photos, videos and files just by bumping their phones together.

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Patch expert wants Ballmer to get to the bottom of buggy Windows, Office updates
A Microsoft MVP and Windows expert has sent company CEO Steve Ballmer a letter asking him to look into the worrisome trend of releasing sub-standard patches.

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NSA monitored global financial transactions
A branch of the NSA has been collecting global financial data, including credit card transactions and data from SWIFT, which runs an international bank messaging system, according to a report Sunday from Der Spiegel.

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Sprint's early upgrades program to launch Friday, same day as new iPhones
Sprint will reportedly launch a One Up early upgrade program on Friday that allows customers to get a new device every year with a smartphone or tablet trade-in.

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