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FBI denies it was source of leaked Apple device ID data
The FBI has denied that the 1 million unique device identifiers for Apple devices (UDIDs) posted publicly by hacker group AntiSec on Monday had come from its computers. The FBI's denial comes less than a day after AntiSec, a splinter group of hacking collective Anonymous, announced on Pastebin that it had accessed more than 12 million Apple UDIDs from the computer of FBI special agent Christopher Stangl of the agency's Regional Cyber Action Team in New York. Read More


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As Chrome turns 4, Google's browser in flux
As Google touted Chrome's fourth launch anniversary, a pair of Web measurement firms continued to argue about whether the browser is still gaining ground or has stalled. According to California-based Net Applications, Chrome's share of all browsers grew by a quarter of a percentage point to 19.1 percent in August, returning Chrome to a mark it set in December 2011 but still off its peak of 19.6 percent in May 2012. Meanwhile, rival StatCounter pegged Chrome on a downward slope for August, saying the browser lost two-tenths of a point to slip to 33.6 percent. What was most striking about the figures was that they were contrary to each firm's longer-running trends. Read More

Apple's U.S. share of smartphones grows to 33.4 percent
Apple's iPhone share of U.S. smartphone subscribers bumped upward 2 percentage points from May through July, giving it 33.4 percent of the market, online tracking and analytics firm comScore said. The iPhone's gain in market share was bigger than Android's improvement of 1.4 percentage points to 52.2 percent of the market in the U.S. Even so, both platforms are gaining subscribers. The increase could be attributed to broad availability of the iPhone on several U.S. carriers and the availability of more affordable, older iPhone models, including the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, as Apple prepares to release a new model. Read More

Salesforce.com drops under pressure its bid to trademark 'social enterprise'
Salesforce.com has decided to withdraw its applications to trademark the term "social enterprise" following objections from social organizations who held that the term was understood to describe businesses with a social purpose, it said Tuesday. The enterprise cloud computing company, which has used the term social enterprise to highlight the use of social media and related technologies by businesses to link with customers, partners, and employees, also said it will look to remove any references to social enterprise in its marketing materials in the future. Read More

Oracle to keep porting software to Itanium after ruling in HP lawsuit
Oracle said on Tuesday it will continue porting its database and other software to Hewlett-Packard's Itanium server platform after a California judge ruled that it was obligated to do so. The case brought to light a once-close partnership between the companies that has grown tense since Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems and former HP CEO Mark Hurd's move to Oracle. Read More




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