Geeksphone's Firefox OS developer phones go on sale

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	Geeksphone starts selling Firefox OS developer phones At long last, Spain-based Geeksphone has started selling its Firefox OS smartphones, the Keon and the Peak. Pricing for the Keon is $119; the higher-end Peak is priced at $194. At the time of writing, the Geeksphone website was suffering a high volume of traffic, though it was still possible to go through the checkout process. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: VMware Innovation Awards Showcase Your Company's Leadership Share your story and gain recognition for your leadership. Nominations are now being accepted for the first annual VMware Innovation Awards, produced by Computerworld. Categories include: Cloud, Mobility, Software-Defined Data Center, Transforming the Workforce with New Tech. Learn more. In this Issue Microsoft expects cheaper Windows 8 PCs and tablets this fall Red Hat drops JBoss, rebrands as WildFly for Java middleware One in five data breaches are the result of cyber espionage, Verizon says Reddit apologizes for 'online witch hunt' for Boston bombing suspect Malware hijacks Twitter accounts to send dangerous links WHITE PAPER: Aerohive BYOD and Beyond: How To Turn BYOD into Productivity One of the most overlooked aspects of the BYOD phenomenon isn't just connecting the users to the network, but how to manage them once they're there. Getting mobile and BYO devices onto the network is now table stakes. Read Now Microsoft expects cheaper Windows 8 PCs and tablets this fall Smaller, less expensive Windows 8 devices based on upcoming Intel processors are in the offing for later this year, the company says. The devices will be based on "Haswell" Core processors and "Bay Trail" Atom processors, both of which are designed for longer battery life, Microsoft's outgoing CFO Peter Klein said in the company's quarterly earnings meeting. Read More Red Hat drops JBoss, rebrands as WildFly for Java middleware If you've ever thought that Java-related open-source middleware just wasn't exciting enough for you, good news -- Red Hat announced today that it would be jazzing up its JBoss application server software, rebranding the project as WildFly, and focusing on obtaining Java Enterprise Edition 7 certification. Red Hat's vice president of middleware engineering, Mark Little, said that the change should help broaden the scope of the company's appeal in the developer community. Read More One in five data breaches are the result of cyber espionage, Verizon says Even though the majority of data breaches continue to be the result of financially motivated cyber criminal attacks, cyber espionage activities are also responsible for a significant number of data theft incidents, according to a report that will be released Tuesday by Verizon. Read More Reddit apologizes for 'online witch hunt' for Boston bombing suspect In a testament to the issues surrounding the appropriate use of social media during a tragedy, Reddit is publicly apologizing for the role that it played last week in fueling an online witch hunt that led to identifying an innocent Brown University student as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Read More Malware hijacks Twitter accounts to send dangerous links Twitter users in the Netherlands are being targeted by a piece of malware that hijacks their accounts, according to security vendor Trusteer. The software vulnerability lies on the client computers of people using Twitter and not Twitter itself. Once a computer is infected, the malware injects JavaScript into the victim's browser when they're on their Twitter account page. The malware steals the user's authentication token, which allows it to make calls to Twitter's API (application programming interface) and post tweets. Read More
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