This tiny Kansas town is battling cable lobbyists over municipal broadband

10 cities that provide 1-Gig internet services iPads, smartphones on the front lines in Syria ITworld Tonight February 26, 2014 Share this email This tiny Kansas town is battling cable lobbyists over municipal broadband When the Kansas state senate proposed legislation barring local governments from providing high-speed Internet to their citizens, one small community, which was effectively exempt from the legislation, spoke out the loudest. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 10 cities that provide 1-Gig internet services 2. iPads, smartphones on the front lines in Syria 3. IBM solar energy tech claims to harness power of 2,000 suns 4. Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 1 in 5 Macs vulnerable to attacks 5. Microsoft's 'go-low' play puts Windows revenue on the line 6. Why Ford is dumping Microsoft for Blackberry's QNX OS 7. Study: IRS exposing Social Security numbers online 8. Carriers say they support mobile kill switch effort 9. Nokia chief: Nokia X Android smartphone is a gateway drug to Windows Phone 10 cities that provide 1-Gig internet services Municipal broadband is becoming a contentious issue in the race to establish ubiquitous high-speed Internet throughout the United States. READ MORE iPads, smartphones on the front lines in Syria War-torn country involved in high-tech conflict. READ MORE IBM solar energy tech claims to harness power of 2,000 suns IBM is working on an affordable photovoltaic system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2,000 times and converting 80% of the incoming radiation into useful energy. READ MORE Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 1 in 5 Macs vulnerable to attacks Apple on Tuesday made it clear that it will no longer patch OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, when it again declined to offer a security update for the four-and-a-half-year-old operating system. READ MORE Microsoft's 'go-low' play puts Windows revenue on the line Analysts were uncertain today whether the recent stretch of "go-low" moves by Microsoft means that the company has tweaked its strategy to emphasize services at the expense of devices. READ MORE Why Ford is dumping Microsoft for Blackberry's QNX OS Ford is reportedly set to replace the Windows-based Sync platform in its cars with an open-source based system used by several other automakers. READ MORE Study: IRS exposing Social Security numbers online This tax season you may have more to worry about than how much you owe. A new study from Identity Finder finds the IRS is not properly protecting social security numbers in some tax returns. READ MORE Carriers say they support mobile kill switch effort Executives with three U.S. mobile carriers have voiced support for an effort in the U.S. Congress to encourage mobile carriers to offer services to customers that would render smartphones and tablets inoperable if they're stolen. READ MORE Nokia chief: Nokia X Android smartphone is a gateway drug to Windows Phone Nokia's Android-based mobile phones are part of a strategy to grab more customers for Microsoft in countries that haven't been saturated yet with smartphones - the intent being to upsell them to actual Windows Phones over time, according to the pending head of Microsoft's phone division. READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAY: Enter today for your chance to win. The drawings end February 28. A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux This comprehensive guide, written by Linux expert and best-selling author Mark Sobell, brings together all the knowledge and real-world insights you need to master and succeed with today's versions of Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Development with the Force.com Platform: Building Business Applications in the Cloud, 3rd Edition With Salesforce.com's Force.com platform, you can build and deploy powerful cloud-based enterprise applications faster than ever before. Now, Jason Ouellette gives you all the practical, technical guidance you need to make the most of the newest Force.com releases in your own custom cloud applications. DON'T MISS... 20 tech brand names you're saying wrong 10 Eclipse projects that have made waves in IT Your new PC needs these 22 free programs 10 Chrome tab tricks The clock in the mountain: 10 curious side projects of tech's rich and famous Follow ITworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **