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Apple offers free recycling of its products worldwide

Former GitHub CEO quits after harassment investigation

ITworld Today
April 22, 2014
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Netflix is about to raise prices by as much as 25%

Net income is up, yet the company says it needs to raise subscription fees.

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Issue highlights

1. Apple offers free recycling of its products worldwide

2. Former GitHub CEO quits after harassment investigation

3. NEC launches face-recognition protection for PCs

4. Google Hangouts for Android merges conversations

5. NEC launches face-recognition protection for PCs

6. With "Baidu Inside," the Chinese firm takes aim at hardware market

7. Web apps and point-of-sale were leading hacker targets in 2013, says Verizon

8. History's 15 most popular computer scientists

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Apple offers free recycling of its products worldwide

Apple is offering to recycle its products for free worldwide, and has included even third-party products like mobile phones and PCs in the program in some countries. READ MORE

Former GitHub CEO quits after harassment investigation

Former GitHub CEO Tom Preston-Werner has resigned from the company following an investigation into claims of harassment. READ MORE

NEC launches face-recognition protection for PCs

NEC has launched a biometric security program that uses face recognition to unlock access to PCs. READ MORE

Google Hangouts for Android merges conversations

The new Android version of Google communication tool Hangouts will allow users to merge SMS and Hangout conversations. READ MORE

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NEC launches face-recognition protection for PCs

NEC has launched a biometric security program that uses face recognition to unlock access to PCs. READ MORE

With "Baidu Inside," the Chinese firm takes aim at hardware market

Printers, air quality monitors, and weighing scales aren't exactly in the realm of Baidu, China's largest search engine. But that's starting to change under a new company initiative that seeks to bring Baidu technology to smart devices, including household appliances. READ MORE

Web apps and point-of-sale were leading hacker targets in 2013, says Verizon

Web application attacks, cyber-espionage and point-of-sale intrusions were among the top IT security threats in 2013, according to Verizon's latest annual report on data breach investigations. READ MORE

History's 15 most popular computer scientists

The MIT Media Lab uses Wikipedia data to rank which computer scientists have made the biggest impressions globally over time READ MORE

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