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Google Wallet Works on Galaxy Phones With AT&T SIM Card
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-02-06
One of the big knocks on Google Wallet, the company's smartphone-based mobile-payment service, is that it's only been available on one phone to date--the Samsung Nexus S from Sprint. That is no longer true. The Wallet app may be installed and used on Samsung Galaxy S
Apache, Apple, PHP Release Security Updates
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2012-02-04
The past few days has been filled with security patches and updates that may have slipped past IT administrators.
Apache released its HTTP Server 2.2.22 which included fixes to six
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Meet Android Market's Malware Bouncer
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-02-03
One of the leading knocks on Google's freewheeling, open approach to the Android Market is that it's leaves the application store more susceptible to malware and lots of spammy apps. Indeed, Symantec, Lookout Mobile and other security firms have reported a significant rise in Android Market malware in
Google Docs for Android Gets Offline File Access
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-02-02
Google continues to leverage its good work in HTML5 to enable its productivity and collaboration applications to work offline. The company is now letting users make any Google Docs
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Megaupload Users Gain Reprieve, EFF Working to Retrieve Data
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2012-02-01
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is working on a way to separate legitimate user data from illegal content that had been stored on Megaupload servers so that users can
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Romanian Police Arrest TinKode
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2012-02-01
Romanian police have arrested a man they believe is TinKode, who broke into Department of Defense Websites and other government agencies.
Razvan Manole Cermaianu, an IT student, is suspected of being
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Much Ado About Google's Privacy Policy Changes
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-02-01
Google is getting a lot of flak about its new privacy policies, some of it warranted and some of it not. The fact is that Google has been heading along this path for years. One could argue the first indication was the Dashboard Google set up in 2009
Lots of Google Apps Seats Live in Large Businesses
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-31
There is a long-held belief that the majority of Google App customers are small mom-and-pop shops, ranging between two and 10 employees.
Technically, that is true of the 4 million-plus businesses using Google Apps. However, there are more companies of scale using Apps than you might think, according to
Google Search Head Preaches Patience for Personal Search
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-30
Danny Sullivan, the Search Engine Land head who has been dogged in his criticism of Google's Search plus your world feature, scored a nice interview with the company's search head, Amit Singhal. If you've been following the SPYW coverage, you should read it because it reveals much about
BUMI No Dumi When It Comes to Replication-less DR
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2012-01-27
No, it's not pronounced "bummy." "Boo-mi" would probably be a phonetically more desirable description of the company that calls itself BUMI (Backup My Info!), a managed online
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Google Music Allows Downloads, YouTube Videos
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-27
Google is providing two new perks for Google Music users, including the ability to shuttle their tracks from the music locker and share YouTube videos. Users have been able to upload up to 20,000 songs to the Google Music locker and play them on their Android smartphone or
How Many Android Gadgets Do We Wish?
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-26
The Verge founder Josh Topolsky both marveled at and lamented the sheer volume of smartphones, tablets and other consumer devices trotted out at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Topolsky
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Google Keeps Mum on Don't Be Evil Bookmarklet
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-25
Ever since Facebook Product Director Blake Ross unveiled his Don't Be Evil bookmarklet, which uses Google's search indexes to show what Google Search, plus your world would look like if it included results from Facebook, Twitter and other sources, the tech world has been waiting for Google to respond.
HP TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative Modifies Pwn2Own Rules
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2012-01-24
HP's TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative unveiled a new format for its popular Pwn2Own contest at the upcoming CanSecWest conference with new prizes and scoring system.
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Google Hotel Finder Now Refines Results by Travel Time
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-24
Google has upgraded the Hotel Finder travel search feature, adding an option to help users filter hotels by how close they want to be to a place when looking for a place to stay. Launched last July to help travelers narrow their options for hotel stays, Hotel Finder
