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Friday, March 14, 2014

Goodbye, Google Voice

Pants on fire: 9 lies that programmers tell themselves

All major browsers fall during second day at Pwn2Own hacking contest

ITworld Tonight
March 14, 2014
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Goodbye, Google Voice

Can you hear me now, Google Voice? I'm breaking up with you. Here's the core problem: the way you interact with other people. The way you interact with other apps. Even the apps in your family.

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Issue highlights

1. Pants on fire: 9 lies that programmers tell themselves

2. All major browsers fall during second day at Pwn2Own hacking contest

3. The secrets of OS X's text tools

4. REVIEW: Dell Venue 11 Pro: Tablet plus accessories makes three good devices

5. California police criticized for 'stingray' cellphone trackers

6. Would you buy a phone that dual-boots Android and Windows?

7. Microsoft's new lower-priced Office 365 is 'obvious preface' for iPad suite

8. Secusmart puts its BlackBerry encryption chip to work on the desktop

9. CARTOON: Happy birthday to the mother of all time-wasters!

Pants on fire: 9 lies that programmers tell themselves

Software developers, like everybody else, aren't always honest with themselves. Here are some common untruths that they can come to believe are true. READ MORE

All major browsers fall during second day at Pwn2Own hacking contest

Researchers demonstrate remote code execution exploits against Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Safari, racking up total prizes of $450,000. READ MORE

The secrets of OS X's text tools

OS X has its own system-wide text-manipulation tools. Here's how to find and use them. READ MORE

REVIEW: Dell Venue 11 Pro: Tablet plus accessories makes three good devices

Add the dock or the keyboard with battery to stretch this Windows tablet's capabilities as you wish. READ MORE

California police criticized for 'stingray' cellphone trackers

Handsets nearby feed location data to the devices as if they were cell towers. READ MORE

Would you buy a phone that dual-boots Android and Windows?

In today's open source roundup: Are dual-boot phones a good idea? Huawei thinks so and will release a dual-boot Android and Windows phone. Plus: A user abandons OS X for Linux, and Apple lashes out at Samsung with $40 per device licensing fees. READ MORE

Microsoft's new lower-priced Office 365 is 'obvious preface' for iPad suite

Upcoming $70 Office 365 Personal also includes rights for one tablet. READ MORE

Secusmart puts its BlackBerry encryption chip to work on the desktop

Secusmart is also behind a new voice encryption app that could help multinational, multiplatform enterprises. READ MORE

CARTOON: Happy birthday to the mother of all time-wasters!

25 years ago this week Tim Berners-Lee gave birth to the world wide web - and the ultimate time-killer. READ MORE

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