Microsoft lays out money-making options for Windows Store developers

Black Hat demo: Google Bouncer malware detection can be beaten | Firefox 15 beta tackles memory leaks in add-ons

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Microsoft lays out money-making options for Windows Store developers
Application developers aiming to make a buck through Microsoft's Windows Store can finally plug some real numbers into profit projections. With the release of Windows 8 imminent, The Big Redmond Machine has revealed the pricing structure and payment information for its application market. In doing so, it's evident Microsoft is drawing from the playbooks of pioneering purveyors of third-party apps, making its own adjustments along the way. Read More


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Webcast Demonstrates New Collaboration Advances
An insightful webcast demonstrates how you can harness the power of people-centric collaboration in today's post-PC world. You'll learn about new collaboration tools and technologies and witness firsthand why they're making the experience more immersive and more mobile, in boardrooms, bistros, and everywhere in between. Watch the webcast today. See how these solutions make collaboration possible from iPads to boardrooms. And learn how they're enabling organizations to accelerate decisions, be more productive, and save countless dollars in the process. View the webcast and see for yourself.

Black Hat demo: Google Bouncer malware detection can be beaten
Google in February implemented in its Google Play (formerly Android Market) a technology called Bouncer to check apps submitted by Android developers for any traces of malicious code. This week at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas, security firm Trustwave will demonstrate and discuss how it's possible to circumvent the Google Bouncer security check. Read More

Firefox 15 beta tackles memory leaks in add-ons
Mozilla has released a beta version of the next version of its Firefox browser with better memory management and significant speed improvements. "Firefox 15 prevents most memory leaks caused by add-ons, including Firebug," Nicholas Nethercote writes in a Mozilla blog. Firebug is a Firefox add-on for debugging web pages. Read More

Dell's ambitious cloud plans slip behind schedule
Dell announced an aggressive schedule last year to roll out cloud-based application services, but it now looks like the schedule was a little too aggressive. Dell said last August that it planned to launch an online analytics service in the first half of this year for small and midsized businesses, but that service isn't due now until early next year, a Dell executive said. Read More

Intel not porting Android for Clover Trail tablets
Intel isn't actively porting Android to work on tablets based on the upcoming Atom chip code-named Clover Trail, which is purpose built for Microsoft's Windows 8, according to a source familiar with the company's plans. Initial tablets using Clover Trail will launch later this year, and will coincide with the release of Microsoft's Windows 8, which is also expected later this year. Intel has said 20 Clover Trail tablet designs are in the works, and the companies launching tablets will include Acer. Read More

Dropbox finds no evidence of hack in investigation of spam
Dropbox's ongoing investigation into a possible security breach has not produced any evidence that its systems have been infiltrated, according to an update to the company's user forum. "As of today, we've found no intrusions into our internal systems and no unauthorized activity in Dropbox accounts," said the update, posted Friday morning. Read More




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