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	Researcher to release Web-based Android attack A computer security researcher says he plans to release code that could be used to attack some versions of Google's Android phones over the Internet. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Rightscale Promoting Cloud Inside Your Company Join us on for a webinar with RightScale CEO Michael Crandell that will empower you with the tools, data and approaches - from pilot projects to ROI analysis - that you can use to help win over colleagues and accelerate cloud deployments in your company. 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Based on the e-tailing group's Annual Mystery Shopping Survey, highlighted Internet gifting essentials were present in three-out-of-four of the 100 websites we surveyed last holiday season. Read More 4G definition creates marketing free-for-all Now that LTE and WiMax officially are not 4G, use of that heavily advertised term is a free-for-all -- at least until it comes time to name the next wave of mobile networks. Read More Rival calls foul over Microsoft's delivering Security Essentials via Windows Update Microsoft this week began offering U.S. customers its free antivirus program via Windows' built-in update service, a move one major security firm said may be anticompetitive. Read More Mozilla's new Firefox beta for Android improves speed, size Mozilla has released an faster, smaller beta version of its Firefox 4 browser for Android-based smartphones with an improved user interface, according to a Thursday blog post. Read More WEBCAST: Meraki Google Invests in Cloud-Controlled WiFi Effective management is key to wireless success. View this Webcast to hear how cloud-controlled wireless management provides the security, remote administration and reliability resource-constrained IT departments require. Learn more now! German Street View error lets iPhone users see hidden images Google is facing fresh complaints over Street View in Germany, after technical problems caused some properties to be visible rather than blurred in a preview of the service launched earlier this week. Read More Alcatel-Lucent returns to profit, helped by data growth Telecommunications equipment vendor Alcatel-Lucent returned to profitability and grew its revenue in the third quarter, the company said on Thursday. Read More Clearwire to lay off 15 percent to save cash WiMax service provider Clearwire will lay off 15 percent of its employees and suspend the opening of retail stores and marketing campaigns in some cities as it tries to conserve cash and raise additional capital. Read More Smartphones grow by 90% in third quarter, IDC says The global smartphone market grew nearly 90% in the third quarter, with enormous gains by Samsung and HTC, market research firm IDC reported. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Yahoo CIO departs In another high-profile departure, Michael Kirwan, formerly CIO of Yahoo, has left the company. Read More Is Your Business Compliant with Open Source Licenses? There are many ways that vendors of proprietary products try to scare business customers away from open source software, and one of the more commonly heard examples involves vague fears about compliance with open source licenses. There's nothing like the specter of a good lawsuit to scare a company back into a paid vendor's welcoming arms. Read More BIRT, One Of The Silent Heroes Of The Open Source Revolution 10 Million downloads and one million developers strong, BIRT is an open source powerhouse. Read More Cellular in the Unlicensed Bands? Why Not? You don't need expensive licensed spectrum to operate a full-blown voice/data/messaging/etc. cellular service. xG technology is doing exactly that today - and the potential is huge. 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