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CeBIT 2013 Video: One Minute With Uta Sommer From GoHiring
Uta Sommer from German start-up GoHiring talks about the need for quality recruiting software
Facebook Likes Can Reveal Users’ Private Personal Details – Study
Likes might reveal a lot more than users think,
Report: Facebook Defeats Users’ Privacy Efforts
A Carnegie Mellon report has found that while users are making increasing efforts to keep their information private, Facebook's privacy changes have resulted in their sharing more information over time
Facebook Revamps Newsfeed, Offers More Space For Content
The world’s largest social network gets with the program
Pwn2Own Hackers Down Browsers, Java, Adobe Plug-ins
The annual hacking contest in Canada has successfully compromised Java, Adobe plug-ins, as well as IE10, Firefox and Chrome
Twitter Updates Android And iOS Apps
Twitter has updated its mobile apps for Android and iOS devices to allow for faster content delivery for users
Rackspace Offers Free Download Of Open Cloud Platform
Rackspace's new OpenCenter dashboard fronting OpenStack-based software aims to ease deployment
Natwest Faces User Anger After Another IT Failure
Natwest is short of excuses after a second major IT failure in under a year
Microsoft Retreats Over Office 2013 Licence Restrictions
Microsoft has performed an abrupt u-turn over its restrictive licensing policy for Office 2013
Adobe Targets Mobile With Upgraded Marketing Cloud
Adobe has beefed up its Marketing Cloud suite after adding more mobile capabilities
Microsoft Buys MetricsHub For Azure Cloud Monitoring
Azure customers now have a free cloud monitoring tool after Microsoft acquired MetricsHub
Vint Cerf Says Google Wrong Over Real Names
Google is facing criticism from an unlikely source, after its chief Internet evangelist said it was wrong over user IDs
Technology Frontiers: The Machines Can Save Us
Jaron Lanier tells the Economist conference that nanopayments are the answer
IBM Embraces OpenStack For Cloud Offerings
At its Pulse conference in Las Vegas IBM announced it will shift all its future cloud products to code based on open standards and open source
CeBIT 2013: IBM Set To Launch Augmented Reality Shopping Assistant
IBM's shopping assistant smartphone app recognises product packaging on shop shelves and provides detailed information for shoppers
BitCoin: The Currency Of The Future?
Dan Charbonneau from CBT Nuggets explains what BitCoin support can do for your business
Evernote Resets All Passwords Following A Security Breach
50 million accounts need new passwords, but Evernote says no content had been compromised
IBM Drives Toward Big Data, Mobile, Social Technologies
At its PartnerWorld Leadership Conference IBM said it is developing opportunities in big data, social business, mobile and analytics for itself and its partners
Google+ Sign-In Opens To iOS, Android Apps
Google has opened up its Google+ sign-in feature to allow seamless access to third party iOS and Android apps
Microsoft Delivers New Office 365 Business Editions
Microsoft has upgraded its cloud productivity software to make it more attractive to enterprises and SMBs
Chrome 26 Beta Adds Context-Aware Spelling
Google adds an improved spellchecker, coupled with more language support, to its new Chrome browser beta
RSA 2013: Google Blasts ‘Dishonest And Misguided’ Privacy Criticism
Google's privacy lawyer tells us Microsoft's "Scroogled" attack on Gmail privacy policy is "intellectually dishonest"
MWC 2013 Video: TomTom “Adds Value To Smartphones”
Pieter Gillegot-Vergauwen from TomTom talks about the future of navigation
Intel Looks To Big Data With Own Hadoop Distribution
Intel continues its big data move by offering its own Hadoop platform, optimised for Xeon server chips
Internet Explorer 10 Finally Lands For Windows 7
Better late than never? Windows 7 users finally have the chance to download and run Internet Explorer 10
RSA 2013: Death To SIEMs, Hello To ‘Antifragile Security’
It seems SIEMs are on the way out, as Art Coviello hails the dawn of more adaptive, Big Data-led security
RSA 2013: Juniper Is Cagey About Sharing Threat Data
Juniper's Nawaf Bitar will share threat data with RSA, but will he work with rivals? That's not nearly so sure....
MWC 2013 Video: Canonical Unleashes Ubuntu For Mobile Platforms
Oren Horev, lead designer for Ubuntu on tablets, talks about Canonical’s promise of convergence
Chrome Browser Update Offers Speech Recognition Support
Google's new Chrome browser is now available for download and includes voice-recognition capabilities