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10 best Android smartphones of 2013

Inside knowledge likely in Target breach, experts say

Microsoft manager charged with insider trading

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December 20, 2013
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10 best Android smartphones of 2013

2013 was a big year for the Android smartphone ecosystem.

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Issue highlights

1. Inside knowledge likely in Target breach, experts say

2. Microsoft manager charged with insider trading

3. Oracle buying marketing software vendor Responsys for $1.5 billion

4. What do John Lennon, Bach, Beethoven, Salvador Dali and Truman Capote have in common?

5. Foxconn will develop some Blackberry phones

6. 3 Trends That Will Make Life Harder for CIOs in 2014

7. Huawei sends 400Gbps over next-generation optical network

8. Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

9. Another thing I don't like about Android and my S4

10. Secure Cloud Gateway: Using the Internet to Fight Cyber-Attacks

11. On vacay: Check out the 'Top 10 Buzzblog Posts of 2013'

12. Google Glass can now search faces in real time

13. When bad things happen to good apps, Part 1

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Foxconn will develop some Blackberry phones

Blackberry is turning to Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, to jointly develop and produce some models of handset, the two companies said on Friday. READ MORE

3 Trends That Will Make Life Harder for CIOs in 2014

Robots, 3-D printers and wearable tech are indeed cool, but they should raise red flags for IT leaders. Here's how these emerging technologies will cause operations, privacy and user policy headaches for CIOs in 2014. READ MORE

Huawei sends 400Gbps over next-generation optical network

Huawei Technologies and Polish operator Exatel have tested a next-generation optical network based on WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology and capable of 400Gbps throughput. READ MORE

Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

After six months of contentious debate over U.S. National Security Agency surveillance programs, prompted by leaks from former government contractor Edward Snowden, the third week in December may have marked a major turning point. READ MORE

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Another thing I don't like about Android and my S4

Sorry to be a bah humbug on the eve of the holidays, but I need to get this off my chest. The more I use Android for my phone, the more I don't like it. This is not specific to my Galaxy S4, which as I have already written I think is the worst smartphone I have ever had. This is about Android and how it handles multiple email accounts and calendars. READ MORE

Secure Cloud Gateway: Using the Internet to Fight Cyber-Attacks

Today's security platforms, which are plagued by reactive intelligence, gaps in enforcement, and the inability to integrate the two, can't keep up. This has paved the way for a new category of cyber-security platform called a Secure Cloud Gateway (SCG). READ MORE

On vacay: Check out the 'Top 10 Buzzblog Posts of 2013'

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Google Glass can now search faces in real time

A new facial recognition app for Google Glass could tell people a lot about you without your help. READ MORE

When bad things happen to good apps, Part 1

There are fewer disappointments worse than getting hooked on a piece of software and then, with one revision, seeing everything go wrong. Microsoft did that to us last year with Windows 8, and in 2013, I'd say Tune-Up Media takes the prize for the most fouled-up software of the year. READ MORE

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