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IBM tries to forecast and control Beijing's air pollution Mobile phones and other electronic devices under higher scrutiny at airports ITworld Today July 07, 2014 Share this email Superclass: 14 of the world's best living programmers When developers discuss who the world's top programmer is, these names tend to come up a lot. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. IBM tries to forecast and control Beijing's air pollution 2. Mobile phones and other electronic devices under higher scrutiny at airports 3. Who is buying these non Moto 360 Android watches? 4. Encrypted instant messaging project seeks to obscure metadata 5. NSA may be targeting Linux users for increased surveillance 6. Ruby on Rails gets patches for SQL injection vulnerabilities 7. BOOK GIVEAWAY: App Accomplished: Strategies for App Development Success White Paper: iRise Why Projects Fail CIOs are expected to deliver more projects that transform business, and do so on time, on budget and with limited resources. An IDG survey reveals the top three drivers of project failure and offers CIOs insight into how to prevent or overcome project failure. Learn more IBM tries to forecast and control Beijing's air pollution Using supercomputers to predict and study pollution patterns is nothing new. But IBM is hoping to design a better system tailored for Beijing that can predict air quality levels three days in advance, and even pinpoint the exact sources of the pollution down to the street level. READ MORE Mobile phones and other electronic devices under higher scrutiny at airports The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has said it may ask air travelers headed to the U.S. on direct flights to power up some electronic devices, including cell phones, as part of enhanced security measures at certain airports abroad. READ MORE Who is buying these non Moto 360 Android watches? At Google I/O this year presenters drew a chorus of boos when they revealed that the Moto 360 watch would not be available until some time later in 2014. They did however release two Android Wear watches from LG and Samsung instead. My question is, who in their right mind is going to buy one of these? READ MORE Webcast: CA Technologies The End of Data Protection As We Know It. A fundamental change is necessary to fix data protection. It requires the adoption of a modern architecture that has been designed to solve today's complex problems, as well as provide a highly scalable platform for the future. Learn more! Encrypted instant messaging project seeks to obscure metadata Security researchers have a working prototype of an instant messaging application that aims to thoroughly obscure and scrub evidence that two parties have been chatting. READ MORE NSA may be targeting Linux users for increased surveillance In today's open source roundup: The NSA considers Linux Journal an "extremist forum" and may be targeting Linux users for additional surveillance. Plus: Download Tor to protect your privacy and funny NSA jokes. READ MORE Ruby on Rails gets patches for SQL injection vulnerabilities Two SQL injection vulnerabilities were patched in Ruby on Rails, a popular open-source Web development framework used by some high-profile websites. READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAY: App Accomplished: Strategies for App Development Success Whether you're writing your own code or contracting out, you'll find hard-won guidance for your entire mobile app development life cycle. Five will win. Enter the drawing today! READ MORE White Paper: New Relic Navigating DevOps: Learn What It Is and Why It Matters In this eBook you'll learn; what DevOps is, where it came from, why it was created and who's adopting it...plus a whole lot more. Learn more! GIVEAWAYS: July's giveaways are here. Enter now for your chance to win! App Accomplished: Strategies for App Development Success Whether you're writing your own code or contracting out, you'll find hard-won guidance for your entire mobile app development life cycle. Five will win. Enter now! SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL The clearest, simplest tutorial on writing effective SQL queries. Five will win. Enter now! DON'T MISS... Ringing a bell: 11 common phrases and terms that came from obsolete technology IT salaries for the 20 hottest tech skills Quick Look: Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 Haunting photos of a village built to handle electronic waste Willkommen software engineers! 10 countries that pay you what you're worth 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. **