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	Top sites are covertly cramming cookies down users' throats Judging by the latest spate of high-profile password heists from such popular websites as eHarmony and LinkedIn, companies simply aren't interested in embracing the most basic of best security practices to keep users safe. They are, however, ready and willing to let all sorts of third parties slurp up information about their site visitors, judging by a couple of separately released studies on how companies track users online. Read More WEBCAST: SAP Automate Your Partners for Efficient E-Business Join IDC's Maureen Fleming and SAP for an insightful Webcast on the different approaches companies are taking to B2B integration and how you can ask the right questions to reassess your B2B approach. Learn More In this Issue Data snatchers! The booming market for your online identity Google offers developers a peek at Glass Windows desktop destined for long slide to oblivion, says Gartner Wickr mobile privacy app sweeps digital crumbs away RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2 Get up to 312 hours of free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on-demand instances on Amazon EC2. Leverage the cost effectiveness, scalability, and flexibility of Amazon Web Services (AWS), with the proven reliability of RHEL and the backing of AWS premium support. Try now. Data snatchers! The booming market for your online identity Make no mistake, your personal data isn't your own. When you update your Facebook page, "Like" something on a website, apply for a credit card, click on an ad, listen to an MP3, or comment on a YouTube video, you are feeding a huge and growing beast with an insatiable appetite for your personal data, a beast that always craves more. Virtually every piece of personal information that you provide online (and much that you provide offline) will end up being bought and sold, segmented, packaged, analyzed, repackaged, and sold again. Read More Google offers developers a peek at Glass Attendees of the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco this week saw a demo of the search giant's Glass wearable computing technology, and were even promised the opportunity to take the headsets for a whirl themselves -- just not right now, and the chance won't come cheap. Read More Windows desktop destined for long slide to oblivion, says Gartner Microsoft will deemphasize the Windows desktop in future releases of its operating system as usage of traditional Windows applications falls to just 10 percent of users' time by 2020, analysts said this week. A quartet of Gartner analysts, led by Michael Silver, released a report that spelled out the market research firm's prediction for what it described as a Microsoft-initiated "technology shift," the first in nearly two decades. Read More Wickr mobile privacy app sweeps digital crumbs away A new mobile application for Apple devices called Wickr lets people exchange files and messages without leaving digital traces that could be examined by law enforcement or cyber spies. Wickr, released on Wednesday, addresses the raft of privacy concerns that arise when a person sends a sensitive message: email providers, ISPs, mobile phone companies and social networking sites all retain detailed records of activity on their networks. Read More
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