Data suggests 45M devices are running Windows 10

Computerworld Wrap-Up August 11, 2015 Windows 10's user share suggests 45M devices are running the new OS Microsoft's Windows 10 piled up user share, finishing last week with a record 3% of all Windows-powered devices. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Will stock, hiring surge at a more transparent Google? 2. HTC's nosedive blamed on scant smartphone innovation, fierce competition 3. Mozilla fights to keep users with new Firefox for Windows 10 4. NOW ON CIO: How legacy technology is creating the next skills gap 5. Rite Aid adds Apple Pay, Google Wallet for in-store payments 6. Oracle yanks blog post critical of security vendors, customers 7. 9 charged in press release breaches, stock trading scheme 8. Lenovo-backed ZUK brand takes on the smartphone market 9. NOW ON CSO: New IP address blacklist based on Web chatter 10. IDG Contributor Network: LastPass gives its mobile password manager away for free 11. That ad blocker you love? It's costing publishers a pretty penny 12. Symantec sells Veritas for $8B to investment group 13. IDG Contributor Network: Alphabet will become the parent company of Google, and that's a good thing 14. Jonny Evans: 3 less known Apple Mail features White Paper: Level 3 Communications Driving Your Cloud Strategy with Private Network Solutions There is no understating the impact of security and network connectivity on today's cloud environments. Yes, clouds can scale, expedite processing, and reduce costs, but they also incur risks associated with multi-tenancy, availability, and access control. Learn More Will stock, hiring surge at a more transparent Google? Google's restructuring could finally deliver to Wall Street something it's been after for years: more insight into what the company is doing. READ MORE HTC's nosedive blamed on scant smartphone innovation, fierce competition The financial future of smartphone maker HTC appears dire, analysts say, even as the company has remained upbeat. READ MORE Mozilla fights to keep users with new Firefox for Windows 10 Mozilla today released a Windows 10 version of Firefox, making good on a pledge last month to get something in users' hands as soon as possible after the debut of the new OS. READ MORE NOW ON CIO: How legacy technology is creating the next skills gap Many IT pros with skills in Cobol and mainframes will be aging out of the workplace in the near future. How can CIOs address the inevitable skills shortage? READ MORE Rite Aid adds Apple Pay, Google Wallet for in-store payments The company, and some others, are opting for an 'all of the above' approach for in-store payments: Apple Pay, Google Wallet, Android Pay and CurrentC. READ MORE Oracle yanks blog post critical of security vendors, customers Oracle published, then quickly deleted, a blog post criticizing third-party security consultants and the enterprise customers who use them. READ MORE 9 charged in press release breaches, stock trading scheme Nine people face criminal charges in the U.S. for allegedly hacking three press release distributors and stealing yet-to-be-published announcements in a stock trading scheme authorities say generated about $30 million in illegal profits. READ MORE White Paper: Dell SonicWall NSS Labs: Next Generation Firewall Product Analysis Discover a next-generation firewall solution that increases security while reducing complexity. Read the NSS Labs report and learn why our NGFW solution was rated as one of the top products for security effectiveness, performance and scalability, three years in a row. View now Lenovo-backed ZUK brand takes on the smartphone market The newly established ZUK brand introduced its first Android phone, the Z1, which will arrive in China later this month, offering strong specs and an affordable price. International launches are expected later this year. READ MORE NOW ON CSO: New IP address blacklist based on Web chatter Traditionally, blacklists of malicious IP addresses are assembled using honeypots and intrusion detection systems. But a new approach, analyzing chatter on the dark and open Web, can find malicious addresses that might be missed. READ MORE IDG Contributor Network: LastPass gives its mobile password manager away for free Individuals are increasingly having to think about the security of a multitude of different online services. Password management solutions take away much of this pain, and LastPass is now doing so for free, across mobile and laptops. READ MORE That ad blocker you love? It's costing publishers a pretty penny Ads have long been part of the trade-off for users of the free Web, but the rise of ad blockers is making it increasingly difficult for publishers to sustain that ad-supported model. READ MORE Symantec sells Veritas for $8B to investment group Symantec is selling its information management business, known as Veritas, to an investor group led by The Carlyle Group for $8 billion as it looks to increase its focus on security. READ MORE IDG Contributor Network: Alphabet will become the parent company of Google, and that's a good thing Google is going to be folded under a new umbrella called Alphabet. It might fail, it might become a world-changer. Either way, it will be fun to watch. READ MORE Jonny Evans: 3 less known Apple Mail features Apple made a few small improvements to Mail in OS X Yosemite, but many users may have missed these three features. READ MORE White Paper: KPMG 5 Key Big Data Security and Privacy Challenges Discover in this whitepaper five key big data security and privacy challenges and seven areas of focus in KPMG's approach to help minimize risks and maximize control over big data. Learn More Peruse our library of free digital magazines! 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