Sunday, September 29, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 9/30/2013





Microsoft buys used iPhones in latest attempt to get consumers to switch to Windows
Microsoft on Friday launched yet another trade-in program to convince consumers to switch to a Windows device, this time aimed at iPhone owners.

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Why San Francisco today is like every city tomorrow
San Francisco residents are used as lab rats in Silicon Valley's many new high-tech services. And you won't believe the cheese they get.

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Wall Street Beat: Tech IPOs, M&A continues to heat up
Several recent IPOs and eBay's $800 million cash offer for payments startup BrainTree this week highlight what looks like a burgeoning market for tech initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

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Microsoft gets 37,000 requests for user data in first half of year
Judges and police investigators are on track to submit about the same number of requests to Microsoft for end user data this year as they did in 2012, according to figures released Friday.

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Iran accused of hacking into U.S. Navy computers
Hackers backed by Iran have penetrated an unclassified U.S. Navy network in one of the most serious incidents of cybercrime yet by the Middle East nation, according to a report Friday.

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Rights groups plan anti-NSA surveillance rally in D.C.
About 100 public advocacy and other groups plan to stage what they hope will be a big rally in Washington D.C. to protest the the controversial National Security Agency surveillance programs disclosed by document-leaker Edward Snowden in June.

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'Free Unix!': The world-changing proclamation made 30 years ago today
It was 30 years ago today -- which is to say Sept. 27, 1983 -- that the seeds were planted for both Linux and the open source software movement, though neither is called that name by the man who help set both of them into motion, the irascible Richard Stallman.

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Flash storage vendor Violin falls on IPO
Shares of solid-state storage vendor Violin Memory plunged more than 17 percent on the company's first day of trading Friday, but analysts said the market for flash storage remains hot.

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What kind of ads would you 'like'? Facebook wants to know
Facebook wants to make its ads less annoying to users by only showing them what they want to see, even if it means a dip in ad exposure for some marketers.

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On 15th anniversary, Google is a historical tech powerhouse
On its 15th anniversary, Google has grown from its early days as a search engine company to a powerhouse not only in the high-tech world but in the mainstream world as well.

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