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iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Aug. 10

Motorola to cut 4,000 employees as it focuses on high-end devices | NSA chief seeks help from hackers

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iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Aug. 10
How many pins can dance on the end of an iPhone? The iOSsphere darkened with crisscrossing claims of 8, 9, 18, 19, and debated whether they'll be incorporated in a MagSafe port. Read More


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Motorola to cut 4,000 employees as it focuses on high-end devices
Motorola Mobility is cutting 4,000 employees as the company shifts its emphasis from feature phones to focus on high-end devices, the company said late Sunday. Read More

NSA chief seeks help from hackers
Gen. Keith B. Alexander, National Security Agency director, addressed attendees of the recent Defcon hacker conference and asked for their help to secure cyberspace. Read More

iPhone 5 to come with much smaller 8-pin dock connector
Though Apple hasn't made any official announcement just yet, it's largely believed, and based on a number of credible reports, that the official iPhone 5 unveiling is set to take place on September 12. It's also believed that the official iPhone 5 launch will take place 9 days later on Friday, September 21. Read More

Federal watchdog calls on FCC to reassess mobile phone radiation issues
Noting that the Federal Communications Commission's Radio Frequency exposure limits may not reflect the latest research, and testing requirements may not identify maximum exposure in all possible usage conditions, the Government Accountability Office today said the agency should reassess and possibly change its regulations regarding mobile phone radiation. Read More


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US warning: Big uptick in Reveton malware impersonating the FBI
The US Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) today warned that a new drive-by variant of the malware known as Reveton is impersonating e-mail from the FBI and looking for your money. Read More

Top 5 cities for big data jobs
The big data deluge is creating a hiring boom across North America. Modis, an IT staffing firm, identified five cities in particular where big data is driving job growth. Read More

Samsung to provide small cells in Sprint's 4G LTE rollout
Samsung announced it will help develop Sprint's small-cell infrastructure for use in Sprint's 4G LTE network and its 3G network improvements. Read More

IBM wants RIM's crown jewel -- its enterprise business, report says
IBM has shown interest in acquiring the vital enterprise services business of struggling smartphone maker Research in Motion, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday. Read More


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Microsoft Outlook.com doesn't play well with Android mobile
One of the hot new features of Microsoft's upgraded and renamed email service Outlook.com -- that devices without Office loaded onto them can open Office attachments in the cloud via a browser – won't work with Android mobile devices.. Clicking on the attachments is supposed to enable viewing and editing them from a Microsoft cloud-based SkyDrive account, but that doesn't happen. Instead the device downloads the document and attempts to open it with an Office reader. Read More

Android news and rumor roundup for week ending Aug. 10
It's been a comparatively slow week in the world of Android, and one almost gets the sense that a lot of major players are starting to batten down the hatches for the rumored release of that other smartphone in about a month. No doubt it's difficult to make a dent in a news cycle featuring the next iPhone. Read More

What do you do when there's no app for that?
Companies and IT groups are scrambling to find or build well-designed mobile apps to realize the full promise of mobilized business processes. Read More

Windows Phone 8 hardware to compete with Android's best. Maybe.
Microsoft has already disclosed quite a few details regarding Windows Phone 8. Read More



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