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11 spring cleaning tips for CIOs

Europe's top court orders Google to forget

Reported NSA backdoors might open up networks to more threats

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May 13, 2014
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11 spring cleaning tips for CIOs

Four CIOs and CTOs offer their best tips for cleaning up your IT environment.

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Issue highlights

1. Europe's top court orders Google to forget

2. Reported NSA backdoors might open up networks to more threats

3. AV Linux review: A distro packed with audio and visual applications

4. Exclusive: FCC, CTIA push against stolen phones went nowhere

5. Qualcomm looking to grab WiGig maker Wilocity

6. Here's how to chat with your Facebook friends using encryption

7. Microsoft's Lync plants its flag in Android tablets

8. Red Hat fortifies OpenStack suite, eases management for enterprise users

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Europe's top court orders Google to forget

A person has the right to request that search engines remove personal information from search results, the Court of Justice ruled. READ MORE

Reported NSA backdoors might open up networks to more threats

The agency intercepts devices and installs software that gives them access, an upcoming book says. READ MORE

AV Linux review: A distro packed with audio and visual applications

In today's open source roundup: AV Linux provides robust audio and visual applications in a slick package. Plus: Make your Bash prompt cool, and check out Lenovo's new Chromebooks. READ MORE

Exclusive: FCC, CTIA push against stolen phones went nowhere

A draft plan might have made it harder to resell stolen phones, if it had gone into place. READ MORE

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Qualcomm looking to grab WiGig maker Wilocity

Move would put Qualcomm at the front of the 802.11ad race, which hasn't even started yet. READ MORE

Here's how to chat with your Facebook friends using encryption

Facebook's messaging application doesn't support encryption, but an open-source chat program, Cryptocat, has made it possible to chat with friends there over an encrypted connection. READ MORE

Microsoft's Lync plants its flag in Android tablets

Android users of the unified communications product now also can add participants to a meeting in progress. READ MORE

Red Hat fortifies OpenStack suite, eases management for enterprise users

Red Hat has updated its OpenStack distro to the latest edition, and has partnered with NetApp and eNovance to advance OpenStack. READ MORE

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