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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Samsung, Arm and Nest launch Thread Group to tie home IoT devices together

iTunes Pass lets users deposit funds in Apple Japan stores

Samsung, Arm and Nest launch Thread Group to tie home IoT devices together

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July 15, 2014
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Oracle hopes to make SQL a lingua franca for big data

Oracle is hoping to turn heads in the crowded data analysis market with Big Data SQL, a software tool that can run a single SQL query against Oracle's own database as well as Hadoop and NoSQL data stores.

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Issue highlights

1. iTunes Pass lets users deposit funds in Apple Japan stores

2. Samsung, Arm and Nest launch Thread Group to tie home IoT devices together

3. Verizon customers lose as FiOS performance on Netflix continues to degrade

4. Your smartphone contains more data about you than you realize

5. BitOcean is latest contender for Mt. Gox assets

6. EA dismisses claim its Origin software spies on users

7. Critical design flaw in Active Directory could allow for a password change

8. AWS offers Marketplace software on annual subscriptions

9. Seattle city council legalizes Uber, Lyft, Sidecar without caps

10. OCZ flash accelerator takes a sharper focus on SQL Server

11. Nine things everyone should know how to do with a spreadsheet

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iTunes Pass lets users deposit funds in Apple Japan stores

Apple debuted an account recharging service called iTunes Pass at its stores in Japan on Tuesday. READ MORE

Samsung, Arm and Nest launch Thread Group to tie home IoT devices together

Google's Nest subsidiary and heavy hitters including Samsung Electronics and Arm Holdings are launching the latest bid to make sensors, cameras, appliances and other devices in homes easily talk to each other. READ MORE

Verizon customers lose as FiOS performance on Netflix continues to degrade

When I was forced to switch from Verizon FiOS to Time Warner Cable I was annoyed, but these days I'm feeling like I dodged a bullet. READ MORE

Your smartphone contains more data about you than you realize

Researchers find that by touching our phones all the time we're leaving our biological mark on them READ MORE

BitOcean is latest contender for Mt. Gox assets

A group of creditors of failed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox wants to acquire its assets and set up a new exchange for the digital currency in Japan. READ MORE

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EA dismisses claim its Origin software spies on users

Gamemaker Electronic Arts dismissed a rumor on Tuesday that its download client called Origin secretly collects data from users' computers. READ MORE

Critical design flaw in Active Directory could allow for a password change

Microsoft's widely used software for brokering network access has a critical design flaw, an Israeli security firm said, but Microsoft contends the issue has been long-known and defenses are in place. READ MORE

AWS offers Marketplace software on annual subscriptions

Amazon Web Services is offering on its Marketplace annual subscriptions to over 90 software products, which could help customers cut software costs by over 40 percent, the Amazon.com unit said. READ MORE

Seattle city council legalizes Uber, Lyft, Sidecar without caps

Seattle city council members voted Monday to legalize ride-hailing apps like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar, despite concerns from one council member about the adequacy of insurance coverage provided by the companies. READ MORE

OCZ flash accelerator takes a sharper focus on SQL Server

Storage has always affected how fast software runs, but IT shops now have more tools they can bring to bear on the problem. READ MORE

Nine things everyone should know how to do with a spreadsheet

If your job (or even your personal life) requires you to do anything substantial with numbers, chances are you use a spreadsheet app to do it. As a Mac user, you've got plenty of choices among spreadsheet apps, but for most of us the choice comes down to three: Microsoft's Excel 2011; Apple's Numbers (version 3.2); and the browser-based Sheets section of Google Docs. READ MORE

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