Fresh from Fukushima: Leafy Fujitsu lettuce

PC sale leads Sony to $1.25B loss, more gloom ahead Samsung offers apology for workers' leukemia ITworld Today May 14, 2014 Share this email Fresh from the clean room, leafy Fujitsu lettuce Semiconductor know-how, cloud computing are used to raise deluxe veggies. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. PC sale leads Sony to $1.25B loss, more gloom ahead 2. Samsung offers apology for workers' leukemia 3. Adobe patches critical flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and Illustrator 4. Microsoft Patch Tuesday gives attackers a roadmap to XP vulnerabilities 5. Oracle asks for its pound of flesh in unique SAP theft case 6. Linux group builds 64-bit Android KitKat for ARM developers 7. BlackBerry opens management of its smartphones to rivals 8. Got $1,500? Google selling Glass 'Explorer' edition to anyone in the US 9. 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READ MORE Adobe patches critical flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and Illustrator All of the security updates address remote code execution vulnerabilities. READ MORE Microsoft Patch Tuesday gives attackers a roadmap to XP vulnerabilities Microsoft has issued eight bulletins that fix 13 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. READ MORE White Paper: Dell Software IT business continuity in the face of disaster Forces of nature, malicious acts or even a simple mistake can have a long-lasting negative effect on your business. Read this whitepaper to learn about some first steps and follow-up steps you can take to upgrade your disaster preparedness. Learn more Oracle asks for its pound of flesh in unique SAP theft case The company asked an appeals court to reinstate a $1.3 billion damages award against SAP. READ MORE Linux group builds 64-bit Android KitKat for ARM developers Linaro has built a 64-bit version of Android 4.4 for developers to write and test applications for ARM-based mobile devices. READ MORE BlackBerry opens management of its smartphones to rivals BlackBerry said that its devices could now be managed using third-party mobile device management applications. READ MORE Got $1,500? Google selling Glass 'Explorer' edition to anyone in the US Google, clearly sensing a market, is opening sales of its Glass head-mounted computer to anyone with the money. READ MORE Microsoft Xbox One ditches 'essential' Kinect, drops in price $100 Who cares about E3? Microsoft decided not to wait for the big tradeshow to unveil the next phase of its Xbox One strategy. 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